The recipient of six National and one International award and much talked about successful project “The Paddy Procurement and Public Distribution System” of Chhattisgarh has once again sparkled in the light of prestigious Prime Minister's Award for Excellence in Public Administration for the year 2008-09. Coordinator of the project Sh. A.K. Somasekhar, PSA, NIC, Chhattisgarh State Centre, Raipur has received the award from the Hon'ble PM Dr. Manmohan Singh at the Civil Services Day function at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 21st Apr' 2010. Nine outstanding initiatives in three categories - individual, group and organization - have been selected for the award. Sh. Somasekhar received the award in the group category along with IAS officers Dr. Alok Shukla and Sh. Gaurav Dwivedi. In the beginning of his address the Hon'ble PM remarked “It gives me great pleasure to participate in these celebrations of the fifth Civil Services Day. I compliment the Cabinet Secretary, Sh. K.M. Chandrasekhar and his colleagues for organizing this function. I also congratulate all those who have received awards for excellence today. They have set an example for other civil servants to follow. I am sure their work will serve as an inspiration to others to strive for higher achievement in the service to the people of our country.”