Chhattisgarh

• 06 Sep 2021

Memorial Award and State Teachers’ Award

Why in News

• On September 5, 2021, 54 teachers of the state were honored with State Teachers’ Award 2020 and 4 teachers were honored with Memorial Award in the name of great litterateurs of the state in the State Level Teacher Award Ceremony organized on the occasion of Teacher's Day.

Key Points

• Each of the teachers selected for the State Teacher Award was given a citation, a shawl and a Samman Nidhi of Rs 21 thousand.
• 4 Memorial Awards are-
  
  • Dr. Padumalal Punnalal Bakshi Memorial Award – Keshav Ram Verma (Head Reader, Pancham Diwan Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Bhatapara- Balodabazar)
  • Dr. Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh Memorial Award – Chovaram Verma (Lecturer, Government Higher Secondary School Kesda, Simga, Balodabazar)
  • Dr. Mukutdhar Pandey Memorial Award – Vijay Kumar Sharma, (Head Reader, Government Higher Primary School, Kasekera Bagbahra, Mahasamund)
  • Dr. Baldev Prasad Mishra Memorial Award – Kamal Kishore Tamrakar (Teacher, Government Pre-Secondary School, Usrijor, Gariaband)
• Apart from this, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel felicitated 20 teachers of the state who had innovated to keep children engaged in education during the Corona period in 'Shiksha Madai' organized at RD Tiwari Government English Medium School, Amapara in the capital.

Special Cover Issued on GI Tagged Products

Why in News

• On September 5, 2021, Governor Anusuiya Uikey released a special cover issued by the Indian Postal Department on three GI tagged products of Chhattisgarh (Bastar's Iron Craft, Wooden Craft and Jeeraphool Rice).

Key Points

• On the lines of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' of the Government of India, the Department of Posts has issued a special cover on 3 GI tagged heritage of the state for wide publicity through the vast network of Department of Posts/Philately Bureaus and counters spread across the country.
• Speaking on the occasion, the Governor said that Iron Craft from Bastar and Wooden Craft have an integral place in the tribal culture and history of the state and these crafts have also become the identity of Chhattisgarh's culture in the country and abroad.
• Jeeraphool rice is the first and till date only agricultural product of the state, which has been given GI tag by the Government of India for its special quality and identity.