Question : Who among the following has been awarded Padma Vibhushan by Indian Government for year 2021?
(a) Shinzo Abe
(b) Sumitra Mahajan
(c) S P Balasubramaniam
(d) Kalbe Sadiq
Ans: a and c
Recent Context
- On 8th and 9th November 2021, President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind presented the Padma Award for the year 2020 and 2021 respectively in New Delhi.
- Related Facts
- The Padma Awards are one of the highest civilian honours of India announced annually on the eve of Republic Day.
- It was instituted in 1954, except for brief interruption (suspended) during the years 1978 and 1979 and 1993 to 1997.
- All persons without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex are eligible for these awards.
- However, Government servants including those working with PSUs, except doctors and scientists, are not eligible for these Awards.
- It seeks to recognize achievements in all fields of activities or disciplines where an element of public service is involved.
- For the year 2021, the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards including 1 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).
- The awards comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards.
- 29 of the awardees are women , 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and 1 transgender awardee.
2021 Padma Award List
- Manjamma Jogathi is first transgender to receive the Padma Shri award. She is a Kannada theatre actress, singer and dancer of Jogti Nritya, a folk dance form of North Karnataka.
By Kameshwar Shukla
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