President Droupadi Murmu confers Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

President Droupadi Murmu has conferred upon Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar at a ceremony in New Delhi.  This year, 11 children have been selected for the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar from which, four are from Art and Culture field, one for Bravery, two for Innovation, one for Social Service, and three for Sports. 29 Children have been conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar this Year, selected from all regions of the country for their exceptional achievements in Innovation (7), Social Service (4), Scholastic (1), Sports (8), Art & Culture (6) and Bravery (3) categories.  There are 15 Boys and 14 Girls among the awardees belonging to 21 States and UTs.

The winners of PMRBP (Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar) get a medal along with a certificate. Apart from that, they also receive an amount of 1 Lakh Rupees. Besides, they also take part in Republic Day Parade in Rajpath on 26th January every year.

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The awards are conferred upon children in the age group of 5–18 years. These awards are given to selected students for their excellence in six categories — art and culture, bravery, innovation, scholastic, social service and sports. This year, four students are being awarded in the art and culture category, one for bravery, two for innovation, one for social service and three children have been selected for sports category.

AWARDEES OF PRADHAN MANTRI RASHTRIYA BAL PURASKAR-2022

S. No.	Name	Category	State
1.	Gauri Maheshwari	Art & Culture	Rajasthan
2.	Remona Evette Pereira	Art & Culture	Karnataka
3.	Deviprasad	Art & Culture	Kerala
4.	Syed Fateen Ahmed	Art & Culture	Karnataka
5.	Daulas Lambamayum	Art & Culture	Manipur
6.	Dhritishman Chakraborty	Art & Culture	Assam
7.	Gurugu Himapriya	Bravery	Andhra Pradesh
8.	Shivangi Kale	Bravery	Maharashtra
9.	Dhiraj Kumar	Bravery	Bihar
10.	Shivam Rawat	Innovation	Uttarakhand
11.	Vishalini N C	Innovation	Tamil Nadu
12.	Jui Abhijit Keskar	Innovation	Maharashtra
13.	Puhabi Chakraborti	Innovation	Tripura
14.	Aswatha Biju	Innovation	Tamil Nadu
15.	Banita Dash	Innovation	Odisha
16.	Tanish Sethi	Innovation	Haryana
17.	Avi Sharma	Scholastic	Madhya Pradesh
18.	Meedhansh Kumar Gupta	Social Service	Punjab
19.	Abhinav Kumar Choudhary	Social Service	Uttar Pradesh
20.	Pal Sakshi	Social Service	Bihar
21.	Aakarsh Kaushal	Social Service	Haryana
22.	Arushi Kotwal	Sports	Jammu & Kashmir
23.	Shriya Lohia	Sports	Himachal Pradesh
24.	Telukunta Virat Chandra	Sports	Telangana
25.	Chandhary Singh Choudhary	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
26.	Jiya Rai	Sports	Uttar Pradesh
27.	Swayam Patil	Sports	Maharashtra
28.	Tarushi Gaur	Sports	Chandigarh
29.	Anvi Vijay Zanzarukia	Sports	Gujarat

How Rashtriya Bal Puraskar started?

In order to reward the children for acts of bravery & courage, Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar was set up in 1996. Government has been recognizing exceptional achievement of children and conferring the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar in 6 categories since 1990s. In 2018, the award has been renamed to ‘Bal Shakti Puraskar’ in which children with brave and courageous work are also included to get the award.

Awardees are selected on the basis of the following fields:

• Innovation: A child must do something innovative in the field of science and innovation that must create an impact on humans, living organisms, and the environment.
• Social Service: A child must have taken action against any social issues such as child marriage, sexual assault, etc.
• Education: A child who has possessed an excellent academic performance nationally or internationally is chosen eligible for this award.
• Sports: A child who has possessed an excellent performance nationally or internationally in the field of sports are chosen eligible for this award.
• Arts and Culture: A child who is successful in the fields of music, dance, and painting under this age is considered eligible for the puraskar.
• Bravery: A child who shows bravery and courage in order to make a change in someone’s life or for the environment is chosen for the award.

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