Explanation:

=> Arun Kumar Singh, Additional Chief Secretary, Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Department of Jharkhand was presented the Skoch Award for Public Service by the Skoch Foundation at a function in New Delhi.

=> Arun Kumar Singh has been given this award for the work done in the field of Industrial Development, Commercial Taxes, Tourism, Public Works Department, Agriculture, Water Resources, Urban Development, Food and Public Distribution, Health and Family Welfare.

=> His exemplary and professional handling in Food and Civil Supplies including PDS and Supply Chain Management during the first wave of COVID and in the Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare during the dreaded second wave of COVID was particularly noteworthy.

=> The Skoch Awards are considered India's highest independent honor, and its recipients have been regulators, secretaries, union ministers and chief ministers over a twenty-year history.