14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards - A Report

This cover story gives a brief report on the 14th edition of sansad ratna awards function held at delhi.

 

14^th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards  - A Report

This is the Cover Story published in the February 2024 edition of PreSense)

Chief Guests

The 14^th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards event was held at New Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi on Saturday, February 17, 2024.  Shri Hansraj Ahir (Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes), Dr Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Governor, Telangana and LG, Puducherry), Ajay Mishra (Minister of State, Home Affairs), and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India) were the Chief Guests.  12 Individuals and 3 Parliamentary Committees were honoured with the Sansad Ratna Awards. 

This Awards event is the last of the 17^th Lok Sabha. An eminent Jury Committee chaired by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Minister of State, Law, and Parliamentary Affairs) and T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India)  selected the awardees based on the data provided by PRS Legislative Research, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha websites. The performance of the Members / Committees covering the entire 17^th Lok Sabha was taken into account.

Three categories of Awards, Sansad Ratna, Sansad Maha Ratna, and Sansad Utkrisht Maha Ratna Awards were presented on behalf of civil society.  After the Awards ceremony,  all the awardees had a photo session with the Hon’ble President of India and the Hon’ble Vice President of India. 

Photo Session with Hon’ble President of India

 

Photo Session with Hon’ble Vice President of India

Photo Session during the Awards function

 

Sansad Utkrisht Maha Ratna Awards (Presented once in 10 years)

This Award is given to those who have received the Sansad Maha Ratna Award in the previous 16th Lok Sabha and continue to show consistent performance in the current 17th Lok Sabha from the first sitting. Initiated debates, private members bills and questions are taken into account.

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD, Odisha), Smt. Supriya Sule (NCP, Maharashtra) and Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra) received this Award.

Sansad Maha Ratna Awards – Individuals (Presented once in 5 years)

This Award is presented based on the consistency of performance from the first sitting in the 17^th Lok Sabha.  Initiated Debates, Private Members Bills, and Questions are taken into account.

Shri N K Premachandran (RSP, Kerala), Shri Adhiranjan Choudhury (Congresss, West Bengal), Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand) and Dr Heena Vijayakumar (BJP, Maharashtra) were honoured with this Award.

Sansad Maha Ratna Awards – Committees (Presented once in 5 years)

This Award is presented based on the consistency of performance in the 17^th Lok Sabha.  The number of sittings and Reports presented to the House are taken into account.  For Rajya Sabha Committees, the period coinciding with the 17^th Lok Sabha is considered.

This award was received by the Finance Committee (Chairman: Shri Jayant Sinha), Agriculture Committee (Chairman: Shri Gaddi Goudar), and Transport Committee (Chairmen: Shri T G Venkatesh and Shri Vijaysai Reddy).

Sansad Ratna Awards – Individuals (Presented Annually)

This Award is presented based on the top performance of the Members from the first sitting of the 17^th Lok Sabha till the end of Winter Session 2023.  Initiated Debates, Private Members Bills, and Questions are taken into account.

Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Congress, Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Shri Sudhir Gupta (BJP, Madhya Pradesh), Dr Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra), Dr Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra) and Dr Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, West Bengal) were honoured with this Award.

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