Govt opens nominations for Padma Awards. Check details
The authorities on Thursday opened on-line nominations and proposals for Padma Awards 2022. The awards are introduced on the event of Republic Day yearly. The final date for nominations for Padma Awards is September 15, 2021.
The nominations or suggestions for Padma Awards can be obtained on-line solely on the Padma Awards portal – padmaawards.gov.in.
The Padma Awards, specifically, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, are amongst the very best civilian awards of the nation. Instituted in 1954, these awards are introduced on the event of the Republic Day yearly. The award seeks to acknowledge ‘work of distinction’ and is given for distinguished and distinctive achievements/service in all fields/disciplines, resembling, Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry and many others. All individuals with out distinction of race, occupation, place or intercourse are eligible for these Awards. Government servants together with these working with PSUs, besides Doctors and Scientists, are usually not eligible for the Padma Awards.
The Government is dedicated to rework the Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All residents are subsequently requested to make nominations/suggestions together with self-nomination, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) mentioned in a launch.
The nominations/suggestions ought to include all related details specified within the format accessible on the Padma Portal, together with a quotation in narrative kind (most 800 phrases), clearly bringing out the distinguished and distinctive achievements/service of the individual really useful in her/his respective subject/self-discipline.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has requested all Central Ministries/Departments, States/UT Governments, Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan awardees, Institutes of Excellence that concerted efforts could also be made to establish gifted individuals whose excellence and achievements actually should be acknowledged from amongst ladies, weaker sections of the society, SCs & STs, divyang individuals and who’re doing selfless service to society.
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