The nominations and suggestions for the Padma awards 2026, which might be given to distinguished folks for his or her distinctive achievements and repair, started on Saturday.
The final date for nominations and suggestions for subsequent yr’s Padma awards to be introduced on the eve of Republic Day 2026 is July 31, 2025, based on an official assertion.
The nominations and suggestions for Padma awards will solely be obtained on-line on the Rashtriya Puraskar Portal (https://awards.Gov.In).
The Padma awards — particularly 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 eve of the Republic Day yearly.
The awards seeks to recognise ‘work of distinction’ and is given for distinguished and distinctive achievements and repair in all fields and disciplines resembling Artwork, Literature and Schooling, Sports activities, Drugs, Social Work, Science and Engineering, Public Affairs, Civil Service, Commerce and Business and many others.
All individuals with out distinction of race, occupation, place or intercourse are eligible for these awards, the assertion mentioned.
The federal government servants, together with these working with PSUs, besides docs and scientists, should not eligible for the Padma awards.
Ever because the Narendra Modi authorities got here to energy in 2014, it has starter honouring the “unsung heroes” by awarding them with the Padma awards, thus reworking the Padma awards into “Folks’s Padma”, officers mentioned.
All residents are, subsequently, requested to make nominations and suggestions, together with self-nomination.
Concerted efforts could also be made to establish proficient individuals whose excellence and achievements actually should be recognised from amongst girls, weaker sections of the society, SCs & STs, divyang individuals and who’re doing selfless service to the society, the assertion mentioned.
The nominations and suggestions ought to include all related particulars specified within the format accessible on the above mentioned portal, together with a quotation in narrative type (most 800 phrases), clearly bringing out the distinguished and distinctive achievements or service of the particular person advisable in her or his respective area and self-discipline.
The small print on this regard are additionally accessible underneath the heading ‘Awards and Medals’ on the web site of the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs (https://mha.Gov.In) and on the Padma Awards Portal. (https://padmaawards.Gov.In) The statutes and guidelines relating to those awards can be found on the web site with the hyperlink. Https://padmaawards.Gov.In/AboutAwards.Aspx.
