The Ministry of Home Affairs has instituted awards for recognition of outstanding work done to check human trafficking.
A three member Committee headed by G. K. Pillai, IAS (Retd.), former Union Home Secretary will shortlist the awardees from the nominations.
The other two members are Koshy Koshy, IPS (Retd.) and M. Aslam, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU.
The awards will be given in three categories.
Category I is for States in which two awards each of 2 lakhs will be given.
In Category II, three awards will be given to individual officers of States. The award in this category will carry a commendation and Rs. 1.5 lakhs.
Category-III is for Non-Govt. Organisations/Civil Society Organisations (NGOs/CSOs) and two awards of Rs.75.000 each will be given in this category.
Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has called for nominations in Category I & II from the State Governments.
The last date for filing of nomination is Mar 5.
