The Proper Livelihood Award, additionally known as as “Alternative Nobel Prize” has been declared for the 12 months 2013. The Winners : Paul Walker (US) for his struggle in opposition to chemical weapons Raji Sourani (first winner from Palestine) for selling human rights Denis Mukwege (a chief surgeon from DR Congo) for his work with ladies survivors of war-time sexual violence. Hans Herren from Switzerland, one of many world’s main specialists on organic pest management, for serving to African farmers enhance their yield in a sustainable means. About : It’s a prestigious worldwide award to honor these “working on practical and exemplary solutions to the most urgent challenges facing the world today”Livelihood Award 2013 introduced. The prize was established in 1980 by German-Swedish philanthropist Jakob von Uexkull. The founding father of this award ‘Von Uexkull’ had earlier proposed the Nobel Basis to institute two extra prizes alongside the traces of Economics Prize; one for ecology and different for growth however The muse rejected his proposal. Award Classes : It has been awarded in (however not restricted to) fields like: environmental safety, human rights, sustainable growth, well being, schooling, and peace. Similarities with Nobel : It’s awarded on the Riksdag (Parliament) of Sweden in nationwide capital Stockholm. Nobel prizes are awarded in the identical metropolis It’s distributed yearly in early December (just some days sooner than Nobel Prizes) The prize is incessantly understood as a critique and various of the standard Nobel prizes. The Anomaly of the Nobel prize in Economics : The Nobel prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medication, Literature, and Peace had been first awarded in 1901 Whereas the prize in Economics was first given in 1969 The funding of the Nobel prize in Economics will not be taken from the Nobel’s fortune like different Nobel prizes It was instituted in 1968 (given in 1969) on the event of the financial institution’s 300th anniversary and thus formally known as the “Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel”. It was established by the way in which of modification to the Nobel Basis statutes. India at Awards : Thus far 11 Indian people/organizations have recieved the award 2008: Krishnammal Jagannathan and Sankaralingam Jagannathan 2006: Ruth Manorama 2004: Swami Agnivesh / Asghar Ali Engineer 1996: Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad 1994: Dr. H. Sudarshan 1993: Vandana Shiva 1991: Narmada Bachao Andolan