As many as 32 women achievers of Haryana would be honoured in recognition of their outstanding performance in different fields at a Mahila Samman Samaroh to be organised in Panipat.
The Samman Samaroh will be organized at Rajiv Gandhi Khel Parisar in Panipat on March 9, said Haryana Women and Child Development Minister Kavita Jain on Sunday.
She said that apart from this, State level Nutrition Awards and State level Awards for improvement in sex ratio would also be given away by the Chief Minister Manohar lal. Also, a State level Sports Meet would be held at the same venue on the same day.
The function is being organized by Haryana Women and Child Development Department. Minister of State for Women and Child Development Krishan Kumar would also grace the occasion.
The Minister said that Neha Mittal of Fatehabad has been nominated for Indira Gandhi Mahila Shakti Award of Rs1.50 lakh, Dr Anita Bhardwaj of Jhajjar and Sushma of Panipat have been nominated for Kalpana Chawla Shaurya Award of Rs50,000 each and Usha Bhandari of Sonipat has been nominated for life Time Achievement Award of Rs 51,000.
She said that Seema Punia of Sonipat, Priyanka of Bhiwani, Kavita Devi of Jind, Anita Mavi of Faridabad, Gori Sheoran of Panchkula, Yashaswini Singh Deshwal of Panchkula, Sarita of Sonipat among others have been nominated under sports category for the award carrying Rs21,000 each.
Jain said that as State level sports meet would also be organized the same day at the same venue and the winners of district level sports meet would participate in this State level Sports meet. The events for women above the age of 30 years would be Potato Race, Matka Race, 100 Meters Race and events for girls below the age of 30 years would be 300 Meters Race, 400 Meters Race and 5 KMs Cycle Race.
The women securing first, second and third positions would be given away cash awards of Rs3,100, 2,100, 1,100, respectively and Rs500 each would be given to all participants of this meet.
The state level award for improvement in sex ratio for 2015-16 would also be given away to three districts namely Narnaul, Bhiwani and Jhajjar. These awards carry Rsfive lakh, Rs. three lakh and Rstwo lakh respectively. These districts have been selected on the basis of data as onJanuary1, 2015 and improvement upto December31, 2015 as per the report of the Health Department and strategies adopted by the concerned Deputy Commissioners to bring improvement in sex ratio, said the Minister.
She added that State level Nutrition Awards for 2015-16 would also be given away to four best districts namely Panchkula, Jind, Narnaul and Mewat who have shown maximum improvement in nutritional status of children below six years.