Two Government Schemes of West Bengal Wins UN awards

Two Welfare Schemes of West Bengal Government Wins UN awards

Two Welfare Schemes of West Bengal Government Wins UN awards

  • The West Bengal government launched schemes named “Utkarsh Bangla” and “Sabooj Sathi” have won the prestigious WSIS awards of the United Nations during the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held from April 8-12, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • While the “Utkarsh Bangla” was awarded the topmost prize in Capacity Building category, “Sabooj Sathi” was ranked in the top five as a champion project under ICT application: E-Government category.
  • The two projects were selected out of 1062 nominations in 18 different categories.
  • The “Utkarsh Bangla” is a skill development scheme to create a pool of skilled candidates who are industry ready.
  • Under the “Sabooj Sathi” scheme, bi-cycles are distributed to students between class IX and XII studying in government run and government aided schools and madrashas of the state.

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