Jammu And Kashmir And Ladakh GK MCQ Question and Answer | State Gk MCQ

Chief Minister’s Vigilance Medal is given annually in recognition of exemplary work done for the eradication of corruption and/or in bringing about transparency and accountability in the functioning of the Government.

Chief Minister's Gold and Silver Medals The awards were given to those officers/officials/ contractors working in Jammu and Kashmir, who are or have been directly associated with the execution of infrastructure related schemes/projects, whose performances were outstanding and of very high order. The awards are announced by the Chief Minister on Republic Day (26^th January), every year.

In category-I, a Gold Medal weighing 20 g (18 Carat), Rs. 50,000 in cash, a citation and a scholarship of Rs. 1,000 per month upto the class the awardee pursues education are given. This award is given to show extraordinary act of courage under circumstances of very grave danger to life.

Administration of Jammu and Kashmir provides various types of Awards and Honours. General Administrative Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir is the Nodal Agency for various Awards and Honours in different fields.

Play-Script Competition Award is given by the Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages to play-script writers who write stage play in the regional languages of the state. The award for the year 2018 was given to Dildar Ashraf Shah for play-script 'Tsange Gayah Tseteh' (Kashmiri), Gian Singh for play script 'Sah Basah' (Dogri), S. S. Anand Lehar for play script 'Sarhad Se Wapsi' (Urdu) and Rajneesh Gupta for play-script 'Jashn-e-Zindagi' (Hindi).

Jeevan Raksha Padak Award has three categories, namely, Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.

The Jammu and Kashmir Administration is conferring Deen Dayal Upadhyay Sashaktikaran Puraskar for the outstanding contribution to the socio-economic development of the Gram Panchayats. This award is given for the improvement in public services like sanitation, natural resource management, maintaining record, construction of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Gramin) houses, data management, implementation of agriculture-related schemes, electricity coverage, etc.

Padma Shri Awardee, 2020, Chewang Motup Goba of Ladakh received the award for excellence in Trade and Industry.

Padma Vibhushan Award is the second highest Civilian Award instituted on 2^nd January, 1954. Two people from Jammu and Kashmir have received the honour so far. They are Ghulam Mohd. Sadiq and T. M. Rana.