{"id":28531,"date":"2017-06-26T13:04:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T07:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/?p=28531"},"modified":"2017-10-16T13:12:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-16T07:42:03","slug":"mamata-banerjee-gets-top-un-award-kanyashree-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/top-news-of-the-day\/news\/mamata-banerjee-gets-top-un-award-kanyashree-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Mamata Banerjee gets top UN award for her Kanyashree project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\n\/* custom css *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper wpb_text_column td_block_wrap td_block_wrap vc_column_text tdi_5  tagdiv-type td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1\"  data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_5\" ><div class=\"td-block-title-wrap\"><\/div><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><p><em>Above: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee receiving the United Nations Public Service Award for Kanyashree scheme at The Hague<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/topic\/mamata-banerjee\">Mamata Banerjee<\/a>\u2019s development programme for schoolgirls has already earned wide acclaim. On June 23, the West Bengal chief minister earned a top UN award for her \u2018Kanyashree\u2019 project at The Hague. The award was for public service.<\/p>\n<p>The award is the highest UN award for public service. \u2018Kanyashree\u2019, a project designed to empower the girl child through education is in its sixth successful year and has helped over 40 lakh girl students across the state.<\/p>\n<p>In a matter of standing, the project was top amid 552 such nominated social sector schemes from across 62 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The award was presented at the World Public Service Forum by UN Assistant Secretary General at a ceremony in Hague in Netherlands.<\/p>\n<p>Mamata dedicated it to the people of her state and the country. \u201cWe are delighted on behalf of our countrymen and the people of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/topic\/west-bengal\">Bengal<\/a> to receive the first prize on UN Public Service Day. Receiving the first prize from the UN for Kanyashree is a huge honour and recognition,\u201d Banerjee said.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming at stopping the dropout rates among girls students, the \u2018Kanyashree Prakalpa\u2019 used conditional cash transfer to not only keeping the girl in schools but also in skill development. It also has brought down child marriage.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2014<strong>India Legal Bureau<\/strong>\u200b<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[3],"tags":[13759,1292,13761,13760,2295],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/IL\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Mamata_kanyashreer-new.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28531"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.indialegallive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}