Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 14: NHPC has been awarded First Prize by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for the year 2016-17 under ‘Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar’ scheme for commendable work in implementation of Rajbhasha amongst Public Sector Undertakings located in Region ‘A’.
The award was received from President of India, Ram Nath Kovind by Ratish Kumar, CMD, NHPC during an award ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi today. Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Home Affairs, Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister of State for Home Affairs and Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Home Affairs were also present on the occasion.
This is the highest award given by the Government of India in the field of implementation of official language. NHPC has won this prestigious award for the eighth time for outstanding implementation of Rajbhasha amongst the Public Sector Undertakings. Before this the NHPC received first prize for the years 2008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2014-15 and second prize for the year 2010-11, 2012-13 & 2015-16. In addition to this NHPC Official Language Magazine Rajbhasha Jyoti has been awarded second prize for the year (2016-17) amongst PSUs located in Region ‘A’ under Government of India’s highest official language award Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar (House magazine).
Along with the development and generation of Hydropower, NHPC has also made remarkable progress in the field of Rajbhasha Hindi. Keeping in view the commendable achievements of NHPC in implementation of Rajbhasha, it has been conferred with several Rajbhasha awards at national level.
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