Prime Minister Narendra Modi was honored with Seoul Peace Prize in South Korea.
Modi is the only Indian to bag the Seoul Peace Prize.
The award is given for his “contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth”.
He is the fourteenth recipient of the award, received an honorarium cash prize of $200,000 and he gave that to the Namami Gange Programme (National Mission for Clean Ganga).
Seoul Peace Prize
Established in 1990, the Seoul Peace Prize was an effort to crystallise the Korean people’s yearning for peace on the Korean Peninsula and in the rest of the world.
It was initially established to commemorate the success of the 24th Olympic Games held in Seoul, Republic of Korea.