Question: How many MPs shortlisted for the Sansad Ratna Award 2022 ?
a. Eleven
b. Twelve
c. Thirteen
d. Fourteen
Ans. a.
Related facts —
- NCP’s Supriya Sule and BJD’s Amar Patnaik are among 11 MPs(8 LS +3 RS) shortlisted for the Sansad Ratna Award 2022.
- Name of Awardees –
- NCP’s Supriya Sule(Sansad Vishisht Ratna)
- RSP’s N K Premachandran(Sansad Vishisht Ratna)
- Shiv Sena MP Shrirang Appa Barne(Sansad Vishisht Ratna)
- Trinamool Congress MP Saugata Roy(Sansad Ratna Award)
- Congress MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma(Sansad Ratna Award)
- BJP MP Bidyut Baran Mahato(Jharkhand) (Sansad Ratna Award)
- BJP MP Heena Vijayakumar Gavit(Maharashtra) (Sansad Ratna Award)
- BJP MP Sudhir Gupta(Madhya Pradesh) (Sansad Ratna Award)
Rajy Sabha –
- BJD MP Amar Patnaik(‘sitting members’ category)
- NCP MP Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan(‘sitting members’ category)
- CPI(M) MP K K Ragesh(‘retired members in 2021’ category)
- The awardees were shortlisted based on their cumulative performance from the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha till the end of the winter session 2021 based on the data provided by PRS India.
- Lifetime achievement award –
- It has been awarded to senior BJP leader from Tamil Nadu H V Hande and Congress veteran M Veerappa Moily.
- Parliamentary standing committees — agriculture, finance, education and labour – will be awarded for their contributions.
By – Pankaj Pandey