Significantly, in a statement issued by the Ministry of Culture, it has been said that the jury headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi unanimously decided to select Geeta Press, Gorakhpur for the Gandhi Peace Prize. The ministry said that the award is being given to Geeta Press for its outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political change through non-violent and other Gandhian methods. According to the Ministry of Culture, the Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award instituted by the government in 1995 on the occasion of the th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi to honor the ideals propounded by Gandhiji. It happened.