Mamata Banerjee's welfare schemes win UN award
Ajanta Chakraborty | TNN | Apr 11, 2019, 19:47 IST
File photoKOLKATA: Bengal has won the United Nations World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards.
"I am very happy to share with you that our “Utkarsh Bangla” and “Sabooj Sathi” projects have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards under the aegis of the United Nations," chief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on Facebook.
Out of 1062 nominations in 18 categories, “Utkarsh Bangla” got the topmost award and emerged a winner in Capacity Building category. “Sabooj Sathi” ranked in the first five as a champion project under ICT application: E-Government category.
"My heartiest greetings and best wishes to all," wrote Mamata.
"These projects are for our young generation - skill development training for increasing employment opportunities for 6 lakh youth every year under “Utkarsh Bangla” and environment-friendly bicycles to school going students in classes IX to XII under “Sabooj Sathi”. Nearly 1 Crore cycles are being distributed since the inception of the project.
Once again, heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all," the chief minister wrote.
"I am very happy to share with you that our “Utkarsh Bangla” and “Sabooj Sathi” projects have won the prestigious World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) awards under the aegis of the United Nations," chief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote on Facebook.
Out of 1062 nominations in 18 categories, “Utkarsh Bangla” got the topmost award and emerged a winner in Capacity Building category. “Sabooj Sathi” ranked in the first five as a champion project under ICT application: E-Government category.
"My heartiest greetings and best wishes to all," wrote Mamata.
"These projects are for our young generation - skill development training for increasing employment opportunities for 6 lakh youth every year under “Utkarsh Bangla” and environment-friendly bicycles to school going students in classes IX to XII under “Sabooj Sathi”. Nearly 1 Crore cycles are being distributed since the inception of the project.
Once again, heartiest congratulations and best wishes to all," the chief minister wrote.
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