Rashtriya Puruskar Portal Launched

Rashtriya Puruskar Portal

Rashtriya Puruskar Portal- Relevance for UPSC Exam

GS Paper 2: Governance, Administration and Challenges
- Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

Recently, a common Rashtriya Puruskar Portal was launched by the government so as to bring together all the Awards of the various Ministries/Departments/Agencies of the Government of India under one platform.

About: It is an initiative to bring together all National Awards of the various Ministries/Departments/Agencies of the Government of India under one digital platform reflecting transparency, accountability, and public partnership (Jan Bhagidari).
Objective: Rashtriya Puruskar portal aims to facilitate citizens to nominate individuals/organizations for various awards instituted by the Government of India to recognize and award them for their exceptional contributions in their respective fields.
Significance: With this portal, for the first time in the history of India, information regarding all national awards would be available to the public on a single digital platform including their eligibility criteria, selection procedure, and details of past awardees.
- Also, people will be able to make nominations for various awards on a single platform, which is simple and user-friendly.

Currently, nominations/recommendations for the following Awards are open:

Padma Awards- Last date is 15/09/2022
National Award for Excellence in Forestry 2022- Last date is 30/09/2022
National Gopal Ratna Award 2022– Last date is 15/09/2022
National Water Awards 2022-Last date is 15/09/2022
National Award for Senior Citizens -Vayoshreshtha Samman 2022– Last date is 29/08/2022
National Award for Individual Excellence 2021- Last date is 28/08/2022
National Award for Individual Excellence 2022- Last date is 28/08/2022
National Awards for Institutions Engaged in Empowering Persons with Disabilities 2021- Last date is 28/08/2022
National Awards for Institutions Engaged in Empowering Persons with Disabilities 2022– Last date is 28/08/2022
National CSR Awards 2022- Last date is 31/08/2022
Nari Shakti Puraskar 2023- Last date is 31/10/2022
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023- Last date is 31/08/2022
National Awards for Outstanding Services in the Field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse 2022- Last date is 29/08/2022
Jeevan Raksha Padak – Last date is 30/09/2022