For its magnanimous social work Vivekananda Kendra to be awarded with Gandhi Peace Prize

NewsBharati 17-Jan-2019

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New Delhi, Jan 17: Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2015 is awarded to Vivekananda Kendra, for the work and contribution in Rural Development, Education and Natural Resources.

For 2016, the award has been jointly given to Akshaya Patra Foundation and Sulabh International.

They have been providing mid-day meals to children across the country and Sulabh International for its work towards the emancipation of manual scavengers, the Ministry of Culture announced.

2017 award has been given to Ekai Abhiyan Trust and 2018 award is for WHO Goodwill Ambassador Yohei Sasakawa. for its contribution to education for rural and tribal children

For the year 2018, to WHO Goodwill Ambassador Yohei Sasakawa for his role in leprosy eradication.

After a gap of four years, the Centre on Wednesday announced the awardees for the prestigious Gandhi Peace Prize for 2015 to 2018.

The decision to confer these awards was taken at a meeting of the five-member jury Wednesday (16-01-2019) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with Leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, BJP leader L K Advani, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi as members. The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 crore, a citation and a handicraft item.

The annual award was instituted by the Government of India in 1995 during the commemoration of the 125th Birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. The award carries an amount of Rs 1Crore, a Citation in a scroll, a plaque as well as an exquisite traditional handicraft or handloom item

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