Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh’s East Kameng district has been awarded a Gold category medal under the prestigious SKOCH Award for its “Atma Nirbhar East Kameng” initiative under the “District Governance” category for the year 2022, official sources said on Thursday.
“Honoured to receive SKOCH GOLD AWARD for District Governance at the national level for SHG & farm interventions taken up under “Atmanirbhar East Kameng” initiative. We secured this award out of 1088 entries and this is the 1st ever Gold from #ArunachalPradesh,” read a tweet from DC East Kameng.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Pema Khandu congratulated the Team East Kameng for bagging the coveted award and encouraged them to keep up the spirit and wished for future endeavours.
“Congratulations to Team East Kameng District for bagging SKOCH GOLD AWARD in recognition of your best practices for empowering Self-Help Groups and farm interventions taken under #AtmanirbharEastKameng initiative. Keep it up! Best wishes for your future endeavours!” Khandu tweeted.
