New Delhi, April 21 -- Jharkhand's Gamharia block in Seraikella Kharsawan district has been selected for the Prime Minister's Award for excellence in Public Administration, 2024, in the category Aspirational Block Program.

The Award will be presented by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the Civil Services Day to be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on today (Monday).

As part of the Civil Service Day function, five top-performing blocks are going to be awarded under the Aspirational Block Program category of the PM Award for excellence in Public Administration, 2024.

Ravi Shankar Shukla, Deputy Commissioner, Seraikella-Kharsawan, will receive the Award for block Gamharia, which has secured first place among 500 aspirational blocks across ...