Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be awarded wirh the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2017.
- The award jury was chaired by former President Pranab Mukherjee.
- Manmohan Singh will be acclaimed for his contribution to the cause of economic and social development.
- He help to improve India’s stature in the world and its relationship with its neighbours and the leading nations
About Sh. Manmohan Singh
- He was Born in Gah (now in Pakistan).
- He is only the third Indian Prime Minister to complete two full terms.
- He obtained a doctorate from Oxford University and worked with the United Nations in the 1960s
- He worked as chief economic adviser, the governor of Reserve Bank of India and deputy chairman of the Planning Commission.
- He was also Secretary General of the South Commission based in Geneva.
- He entered politics as finance minister in the PV Narsimha Rao government
- He was leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha between 1998 and 2004
- He became Prime Minister in 2004
About Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
- It is the prestigious award given annually by Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust
- The prize carries a cash award of 2.5 million Indian rupees and a citation.
- It was first awarded in 1986 to the Parliamentarians for Global Action
