Agartala, Apr 21: Tripura's Gomati District and Ganganagar Block in Dhalai district have been honoured with prestigious Prime Minister's Award for Excellence 2024 on Monday.

On the occasion of Civil Services Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi handed over the awards at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

Gomati District Magistrate and Collector Tarit Kanti Chakma has received the prestigious award in the Category of 'Holistic Development of Districts'. Tripura Chief Minister Dr Manik Saha in a social media post hailed the achievement.

Ganganagar Block in Dhalai district of Tripura has been honoured in the category 'Aspirational Block Programme'. On behalf of the people of Ganganagar, Dhalai District Magistrate and Collector Saju Wahid A received the award.

A video presentation showed that in Ganganagar, 2200+ houses were added to the SHG Network and 100 percent SHGs were given revolving fund, 1600 houses were built and 100 percent supplementary nutrition was distributed to pregnent mothers . This block also registered good progress in Digital Board and E-learning.

According to a PIB Press Release, The Scheme for Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration has been instituted to recognize the extraordinary and innovative work done by Districts & Organizations of the Central and State Governments for the welfare of common citizen. 

For the Prime Minister’s Awards Scheme 2024, the following priority programmes were identified for the awards presented on Civil Services Day 2025: (a) Category 1 - Holistic Development of Districts (b) Category 2- Aspirational Blocks Programme (c) Category 3 – Innovation. 
14 Awardees were shortlisted from 1588 nominations after a comprehensive evaluation.

The Prime Minister’s Awards consist of: (i) Trophy, (ii) Scroll and (iii) an incentive of Rs. 20 lakh to the awarded District/organization to be utilized for implementation of project/programme or bridging resources gaps in any area of public welfare.