Padma Awards 2021

Why in News ?

On the occasion of Republic Day (26 January, 2021), the President of India has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards. The list comprises of 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.

What is Padma Awards ?

The Government of India instituted two highest civilian awards - Bharat Ratna and Padma Awards. Whereas, Padma awards are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.

The awards are given in various fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc.

'Padma Vibhushan'  is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service.

'Padma Bhushan' for distinguished service of high order.

'Padma Shri' for distinguished service in any field.

Note : The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day (26th January) every year.

About Padma Awards 2021 :

• This year President has conferment of 119 Padma awards, Out of 119 awards 7 for Padma Vibhushan, 10 for Padma Bhushan and 102 for Padma Shri.

• 29 of the awardees are women.

• 10 persons from category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI including former Prime Minister of Japan - Shinzo Abe.

• 16 Posthumous awardees including  late singer SP Balasubramaniam.

• 1 transgender awardee. 

7 Padma Vibhushan :

Name	Field	State/Country
1. Shri Shinzo Abe	Public Affairs	Japan
2. Shri S P Balasubramaniam (Posthumous)	Art	Tamil Nadu
3. Dr. Bele Monappa Hegde	Medicine	Karnataka
4. Shri Narendra Singh Kapany	Science and Engineering	United States of America
5. Maulana Wahiduddin Khan	Others-Spiritualism	Delhi
6. Shri B. B. Lal	Others- Archeology	Delhi
7. Shri Sudarshan Sahoo	Art	Odisha

10 Padma Bhushan :

Name	Field	State/Country
1. Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chitra	Art	Kerala
2. Shri Tarun Gogoi (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Assam
3. Shri Chandra Shekhar Kambara	Literature and Education	Karnataka
4. Ms. Sumitra Mahajan	Public Affairs	Madhya Pradesh
5. Shri Nripendra Misra	Civil Service	Uttar Pradesh
6. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Bihar
7. Shri Keshubhai Patel (Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Gujarat
8. Shri Kalbe Sadiq (Posthumous)	Others-Spiritualism	Uttar Pradesh
9. Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff	Trade and Industry	Maharashtra
10. Shri Tarlochan Singh	Public Affairs	Haryana

102 Padma Shri : CLICK HERE

UPSC Prelims Based Questions :

* Padma Awards announced in which month?

* How many Padma awardees are foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI in 2021 ?

* The Padma Vibhushan awarded for ?

References 

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