Nana Patekar to get 'Godavari Gaurav' award

Well-known actor Nana Patekar will get the 'Godavari Gaurav' award, instituted by city-based 'Kusumagraj Prathishthan'.
The other awardees include dancer Kanak Rele, Chetana Sinha, Dr Shashi Kumar Chitre, Dr Balkrishna Joshi and endurance cyclists Hitendra and Mahendra Mahajan, who successfully completed the world's toughest 'Race Across America', for their contribution in various fields, Prathishthan officials said today.
The award carries a prize of Rs 21,000 and a memento. The awards will be presented by Marathi writer Madhu Mangesh Karnik on March 10 - the death anniversary of well-known poet and writer V V Shirwadkar, who was popularly known as 'Kusumagraj', at the ceremony here, they said.

Sinha has worked in drought areas and formed a women co-operative bank while Doshi is an famous architect.
This year's awards, he said, will be based primarily on
excellence in implementation of five priority programmes of government of India, which include Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana (PMKSY) and Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

Awards will be given for excellence in implementation of Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), e-National Agriculture Market (eNAM) and Startup India, Standup India programmes.
In addition, awards shall also be presented for innovative work done in areas of environment, conservation, disaster management, education, health, women and child initiatives, said Singh.

He said the entire concept and format of Civil Services Day has evolved in the last two years and transformed from being a mere ritual to an elaborate stimulating academic event.
The function inspires a sense of healthy competition among the different districts and states of the country to excel each other in implementing the various public welfare schemes and programmes of the Centre, the Minister said.
Singh said it has also inculcated a spirit of healthy competition among young Collectors and Deputy Commissioners across the country to showcase their work and to share it with the rest of the fraternity across the country, with final recognition and award from the Prime Minister.