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- West Bengal government won WSIS (World Summit on the Information Society) award 2020 for its Sabuj Sathi scheme.
- After Kanyashree scheme, another West Bengal government project has received a global prize under the e-government category.
- This Project Started in 2015, bicycles are given to students of state-run, state-sponsored, aided schools and madrasas studying between classes 9 and 12.
- It aims to reduce the issue of dropping out of school, especially in rural Bengal and also to ensure they continue school education till at least class 12.
- In 2017, Kanyashree Prakalpa, which is a targeted conditional cash transfer scheme, received the United Nations highest award.
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