Global Goalkeeper Award

Global Goalkeeper Award

Question:Who has been conferred the Global Goalkeeper Award?
(a)Narendra Modi
(b)Piyush Goyal
(c)Emmanuel Macron
(d)Angela Markel
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been conferred the ‘Global Goalkeeper’ Award, for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, on September 24 2019.
  • The award is instituted by Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • As a national movement, Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on 2nd October 2014 at Rajpath in New Delhi.
  • The Mission aims to achieve a Swachh Bharat by 2019, as a fitting tribute to Mahatma Gandhi on his 150th birth anniversary.
  • Till now,over 11 crore households toilets have been built since 2nd October 2014.

Links:
http://ddnews.gov.in/national/pm-modi-receives-global-goalkeeper-award-swachh-bharat-abhiyan
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/global-goalkeeper-award-for-pm-modi-for-swachh-bharat-abhiyan/article29506068.ece