Cachar district received National Silver SKOCH award

Cachar Deputy Commissioner, Keerthi Jalli received the National Silver SKOCH Award a few days ago for ‘Pushti Nirbhor’ (nutrition-dependent), a convergence project on transformation and development entailing setting up Nutri-gardens at houses in Dinnathpur Bagicha village. The village is near the India-Bangladesh border in the Katigorah circle of the Cachar district.

Buy Prime Test Series for all Banking, SSC, Insurance & other exams

Under the project:

• 30,000 seedlings of vegetables, fruits and herbal plants were distributed among 140 beneficiaries.
• Each household of the village was also given payment for 75 man-days to implement the project.
• The main objective was to train the villagers toward becoming self-reliant during the pandemic, grow enough for their own nutritional needs and sell the surplus in the markets.

About the award:

Instituted in 2003, SKOCH Award salutes people, projects and institutions that go the extra mile to make India a better nation.

Find More Awards News Here