Deadline: 31-Aug-22
The Government of India is pleased to announce nominations for Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to provide adequate opportunity and support for the holistic growth and development of children as mandated by the Constitution of India.
The Government of India had been conferring the award to children for their exceptional achievements. The awards were given to children for their merit in innovation, scholastic, sports, arts, culture, social service, music, or any other field which deserves recognition.
Categories
The Government of India now introduces these awards under the name of “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar” in two categories:
- Bal Shakti Puraskar (Earlier known as National Child Award): These awards are to be given as recognition to children with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in the fields of innovation, scholastic, sports, arts & culture, social service, and bravery which deserves recognition.
- Bal Kalyan Puraskar (Earlier known as National Child Welfare Award):
- Individual: These Awards are given as recognition to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution towards service for children in the field of Child Development, Child Protection, and Child Welfare for not less than 7 years and have had a positive impact on the lives of children.
- Institution: These awards are given to institutions that have done exceptional work for the cause of children in any field of child welfare.
Award Details
- Bal Shakti Puraskar:
- Each awardee will be given a medal, a cash prize of Rs. 1,00,000/-, book vouchers worth Rs. 10,000/-, a certificate, and citation.
- Due care should be taken to ensure fair representation of all States/UTs.
- Fair representation of all genders should be encouraged.
- Bal Kalyan Puraskar
- Individual: The award consists of a medal, a cash prize of Rs. 1, 00,000/- (one lakh), a citation, and a certificate for each awardee.
- Institutions: The award for the institution consists of a medal, a cash prize of Rs. 5,00,000/- each and a citation, and a certificate.
Eligibility Criteria
- Bal Shakti Puraskar
- A child who is an Indian Citizen and residing in India above the age of 5 years and not exceeding 18 years (as of 31st August of respective year).
- Excellence in any one of the following fields (achievements that benefit society will be encouraged):
- Innovation
- Scholastic
- Sports
- Art &Culture
- Social Service
- Bravery
- The achievement should not be one-off but carried out over a period of time. The achievements should be indicative of a child’s passion in their respective field and suggestive of a bright future in a particular field.
- The context and background of the child should also be criteria. For example, the achievements of a child in different circumstances should be given weightage.
- Bal Kalyan Puraskar
- Individual
- An individual who is an Indian Citizen and residing in India of the age group 18 or more (as of 31st August of respective year).
- An individual should have made an outstanding contribution in any of the following fields:
- Child Welfare
- Child Development
- Child Protection
- An individual should have worked for the cause of children for not less than 7 years.
- Salaried officers of the Institutions will not be eligible for consideration under this category
- Institution
- The institution should not be entirely funded by the government
- The institution should have been in the field of child welfare for 10 years and should have been performing consistently in the field. The contribution should have positively impacted the lives of the children
- Individual
For more information, visit https://nca-wcd.nic.in/resources/homePage/99/540/instruction.html