Winners of Bal Bharati Essay Competition 2008 felicitated
New Delhi: 13 school children from across the country have been declared winners of the 'Bal Bharati Essay Competition -2008'. Mrs. Stuti Kacker, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting awarded all of them at a function organized by the Publications Division here today. Bal Bharati is a popular children's monthly published by the Publications Division. The awards were presented to the 13 school children for their best essays on the given topic 'Rajneta Desh Ki Tasweer Badal Sakte Hain'. Delhi's Deepak Bisht's essay won the first prize of Rs.3000. The second prize of Rs.2000 went to Deepali Aggrawal of Jaipur and the third to Akriti Singh of Delhi. Ten other children won consolation prizes. All the children were given a citation along with the prize. For the first time, the competition was organized at the all India level in which 450 school children of up to class X participated. Children from across the country participated in the c...