Kohima: :Nagaland Government has won the United Nations’ Public Service Awards for promoting community participation by handing over the ownership and management of schools, hospitals, electricity, water supply and tourism to the villagers.

The award which falls under the category of fostering participation in policy-making decisions through innovative mechanism would be given on June 23 at New York, the CM’s office said in a release. Nagaland is the only winner in Asia Pacific region. It is one of the 12 awards given globally by the UN in various areas of public services. The announcement was communicated to the CM’s office by Steel Secretary and former Nagaland Chief Secretary R S Pandey.

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