Modi gets Seoul Peace Prize for fostering global links
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given the Peace Prize for 2018 on Friday for his contribution to international cooperation and fostering global economic growth.
- he was honoured that the award is being conferred on him in the year that India celebrated the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
- The Prime Minister dedicated the $200,000 (₹1.42 crore) prize money to the Namami Gange programme that seeks to stop pollution in the Ganga and rejuvenate the river.
