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Sikkim gets excellence in public administration award

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday presented to Sikkim an award for “extraordinary and innovative” work done by the state’s Rural Management and Development Department.

The prime minister presented a medal, a scroll and cash award of Rs.5 lakh to D.R. Nepal, secretary, Rural Management and Development Department, Sikkim, for exemplary performance of civil servants in the organizational category for year 2011-12, said a statement issued by Sikkim’s principal resident commissioner here.

The award was given on the occasion of the eighth Civil Services Day Sunday, at a function at Vigyan Bhawan in the national capital.

The state has been conferred with the Prime Minister’s Award for excellence in Public Administration for its initiative “Excellence in Rural Management and Development in challenging physical environment of the Sikkim Himalaya,” for achieving visible improvement in the quality of life of its rural people. (IANS)

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