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26/01/23 08:46 AM IST

Padma Awards 2023 announced

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  • President gives highest civilian awards in India like Bharat Ratna , Padma Awards every year on Republic Day to people or communities for their extraordinary work in society as a token of appreciation.
Padma Awards
  • Civilian Awards are conferred to people with outstanding achievements in their field of work.
  • These awards are presented to the respective recipients by the President of India on Republic Day.
  • The inception year of these Civilian awards is 1954.
  • Categories of the award -
  • Bharat Ratna– First Highest Civillian Award in India
  • Padma Vibhushan– Second (2nd) Highest Civillian Award in India
  • Padma Bhushan– Third (3rd) Highest Civillian Award in India
  • Padma Shri– Fourth (4th) Highest Civillian Award in India.
About Bharat Ratan Award
  • Bharat Ratna is India’s highest civilian award. It is awarded for the highest degrees of national service.
  • This service includes artistic, literary, and scientific achievements, as well as recognition of public service of the highest order.
  • Sports were added to this award category in 2013.
  • Unlike knights, holders of the Bharat Ratna carry no special title or any other honorifics, but they do have a place in the Indian order of precedence.
  • The Bharat Ratna award was established by the first President of India, Rajendra Prasad, on 2 January 1954.
  • Along with other major national honours, such as the Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, the awarding of the Bharat Ratna was suspended from July 13, 1977 to January 26, 1980.
  • The award does not carry any monetary grant.
  • The decoration is in the form of a Peepal leaf, about 5.8 cm long, 4.7 cm wide and 3.1 mm thick. It is of toned bronze.
About Padma Awards
  • The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours of India.
  • They are announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.
  • The awards come under the aegis of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
  • The award seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.
  • The Padma Awards are conferred on the recommendations made by the Padma Awards Committee, which is constituted by the Prime Minister every year
  • Padma Vibushan is the second-highest civilian award in India. This is conferred to people with distinguished achievements in the field of Arts, Literature, Science, Public Services.
  • Padam Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award in India and is conferred to people with achievements for service in any field including service rendered by Government servants including doctors and scientists, but exclude those working with the public sector undertakings.
  • Padma Shri is the fourth highest civilian award. This award is conferred to people for achievements in any field including the service rendered by the Government employees.
  • The total number of awards to be given in a year (excluding posthumous awards and to NRI/foreigners/OCIs) should not be more than 120.
  • The award does not amount to a title and cannot be used as a suffix or prefix to the awardees’ name.
Source- Indian Express

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