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Date : 26 Jan 2022
Padma Awards 2022 announced
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- Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
- The Awards are given in various disciplines/ 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 and
- ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field.
- The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year.
- These awards are conferred by the President of India at ceremonial functions which are held at RashtrapatiBhawan usually around March/ April every year.
- This year the President has approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards including 2 duo case (in a duo case, the Award is counted as one).
- The list comprises 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards.
- 34 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 13 Posthumous awardees.
| Name | Field | State/Country | |
| 1. | Ms. Prabha Atre | Art | Maharashtra |
| 2. | Shri Radheyshyam Khemka (Posthumous) |
Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| 3. | General Bipin Rawat (Posthumous) |
Civil Service | Uttarakhand |
| 4. | Shri Kalyan Singh (Posthumous) |
Public Affairs | Uttar Pradesh |
