Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021
According to the announcement from the ministry of culture, Gita Press, Gorakhpur, will get the Gandhi Peace Prize for 2021 in honour of its "outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violent and other Gandhian methods." The jury, which was presided over by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to award the prize to Gita Press.
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About the Gandhi Peace Prize
• The Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual honour established by the Government of India in 1995 to commemorate the 125th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi's birth and to honour the principles he upheld. The award is open to all persons regardless of nationality, race, language, caste, creed or gender.
• The award includes a monetary prize of Rs 1 crore, a certificate, a plaque, and a priceless traditional handicraft or item of handloom. The organisations that have received awards in the past include Ramakrishna Mission and ISRO.
• Past recipients of the honour include, among others, the ISRO, the Ramakrishna Mission, the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, the Vivekananda Kendra in Kanyakumari, the Akshaya Patra in Bengaluru, the Ekal Abhiyan Trust in India, and Sulabh International in New Delhi.
• The prestigious award has also been awarded to luminaries like Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa and Julius Nyerere, former president of Tanzania among many other personalities. Sultan Qaboos Bin Said Al Said of Oman (2019) and Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman of Bangladesh (2020) are two recent recipients.
Gita Press
Established in 1923, Gita Press is one of the world’s largest publishers, having published 41.7 crore books in 14 languages, including 16.21 crore Shrimad Bhagvad Gita. The institution has never relied on advertisement in its publications, for revenue generation.
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