Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday gave away awards to officers of the State Government for excellence and innovation and public service delivery.
The award carries a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh, citation and medal in case of individual category and Rs 5 lakh and citation in case of group category.
The officers who received the awards included Dharanidhar Patra, Deputy Director, Horticultrure, Mayurbhanj (Plantation), Pradeep Kumar Naik, PD DRDA, Nuapada (Housing), Binodini Panda, DPC, RET-SSA, Kandhamal (Orthopedic camp), Akshya Kumar Panda, OIC DRDC, Kandhamal (Orthopedic Camp), Samar Ranjan Behera, IE, Cordinator, RTE-SSA, Kandh ama-l(Orthopedic camp), Bhaskar Chandra Turuk, PD DRDA, Subarnapur (Social Security Scheme), Surya Narayan Das, Sub Collector, Subarnapur (Social Security Schemes), Gopinath Sarka, Sub Collector, Birmaharajpur (Social Security Schemes) and Ashok Rout, DIO NIC, Subarnapur (Social Security Schemes). Chief Secy GC Pati and senior officers of the State Govt were present.