JAMMU, Apr 21: On the occasion of Civil Services Day today, Mission Youth programme of Jammu and Kashmir was given the coveted Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.As per an official statement, the prestigious award was received by the Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, accompanied by CEO Mission Youth Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary.Brainchild of LG Manoj Sinha, the inter-sectoral initiative “Mission Youth”, a specially designed program for empowering youth, clinched the top position in over 600 nominations from across the States and Union Territories in the Innovation (State) category. While second position was bagged by Gujarat Government’s State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (SOTTO).
