Cash prize

Kalawati happens to be one of the project participants of S.H.E. (School of Hope & empowerment), a combined initiative by The Better India and TATA Communications’ CSR team.

The LV Prasad Eye Institute was chosen for the Greenberg Prize - End Blindness 2020, and the Outstanding Achievement award will be presented to its founder, Dr Gullapalli Nageswara Rao.

This includes giving a cash prize of Rs 50,000 to the hospital where the organ is retrieved and a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 5 lakh to the family of the donor. This prize will be given every year for five years.

The Goa police under its smart policing initiative, the 'Traffic Sentinel scheme' is offering cash rewards to citizens who are reporting violations over a period of time!

Dipika Pallikal, India's leading squash player is taking a stand against the discriminatory cash prizes awarded to female winners by pulling out of the National Squash Championship. Her absence has made the country stop and think about all the unequal pay cheques received by women across different fields of employment.