Nominations Open For Padma Awards 2025; Check Last Date, Other Details Inside
The Padma Awards are amongst the highest civilian awards of the country.
New Delhi: Nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards 2025 to be announced on the occasion of Republic Day, 2025 started on May 1, 2024. The last date for nominations for the Padma Awards is 15 September 2024. The nominations/recommendations for the Padma Awards will best be received online on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal https://awards.gov.in
The Padma Awards, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri are amongst the appropriate civilian awards of the U.S.. Instituted in 1954, these Awards are announced on the occasion of the Republic Day once a year.
The Award seeks to recognize ‘work of distinction’ and is given for distinguished and unparalleled achievements/service in all fields/disciplines, such as Art, Literature and Education, Sports, Medicine, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Trade and Industry etc.
All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these Awards. Government servants including those working with PSUs, rather then Doctors and Scientists, are no longer eligible for Padma Awards.
The Government is committed to remodeling the Padma Awards into “People’s Padma”. All citizens are, therefore, requested to make nominations/recommendations, including self-nomination. Concerted efforts will likely be made to perceive talented persons whose excellence and achievements must be recognized amongst ladies, weaker sections of the society, SCs & STs, divyang persons and who're doing selfless service to the society.
The nominations/recommendations should contain all relevant small print specified within the format on hand on the abovesaid Portal, including a citation in narrative form (maximum 800 words), clearly bringing out the distinguished and unparalleled achievements/service of the person recommended in her/his respective field/discipline.
Details on this regard are also on hand less than the heading ‘Awards and Medals’ on the web page online of the Ministry of Home Affairs https://mha.gov.in and the Padma Awards Portal https://padmaawards.gov.in
The statutes and rules regarding these awards will be found on the web page online with the link https://padmaawards.gov.in/AboutAwards.aspx
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