Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 15: NMDC has been awarded with the Rajbhasha Kirti Award for 2021-22 at the Hindi Diwas Samaroh, organised by the Official Language Department, Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI in Surat, today.
The Union Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Co-operation of India, Amit Shah was also present in the event and he lauded the contribution of Corporates in preserving and celebrating the Hindi language.
The NMDC was conferred with Rajbhasha Kirti-third prize in the category of Public Sector Undertakings located in Region ‘C’. Sumit Deb, NMDC Chairman and Managing Director received the award from Harivansh Narayan Singh, Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Nisith Pramanik, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Ajay Kumar Mishra, Members of Parliamentary Committee on Official Language and Senior Officials of the Government of India were also present at the Hindi Diwas Samaroh.
In 2021, NMDC’s efforts in promoting the Rajbhasha were recognized with the Ministry of Steel’s Ispat Rajbhasha Samman and in the same year, NMDC’s house journal ‘Khanij Bharati’ that encourages creative and technical writing in Hindi also received the first position in the ‘Published Magazine’ category.
Sumit Deb on this occasion said, “On this great celebration of Hindi Day, let us take a pledge that we will contribute our best to establish Hindi and Indian languages at their glorious place in the time of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.”
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