President Kovind confers “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar”

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New Delhi The President of India Ram Nath Kovind on January 22, 2019, conferred “Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar”, the revamped award scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Government of India, to 26 children, 2 individuals and 3 institutions, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi.

Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Secretary, Rakesh Srivastava, and other senior officers of the Ministry along with a sizeable number of children living in Child Care Institutions of Delhi attended the function.
The Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar is being given in two categories from now on.

Twentysix children were awarded in the category Bal Shakti Puraskar (earlier known as National Child Award) under various fields like Innovation, Social Service, Scholastic, Sports, Art & Culture and Bravery. The bravery award has been the latest addition of the Ministry to the scheme. Each award carries a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1,00,000, book vouchers worth Rs 10,000, a certificate and a citation. These children will participate at the Republic day parade on January 26, 2019.

Two individuals and 3 Institutions were awarded in the Category of Bal Kalyan Puraskar (earlier known as National Child Welfare Award). The award for individual consists of a cash prize of Rs 1, 00,000, a medal, a citation and a certificate to each awardee. The award for institution consists of a prize of Rs 5,00,000 each and a medal, a citation and a certificate.
The awardees were selected from a total of 900 applications received through a special portal created for the purpose. The winners were selected through a rigorous process of critical analysis by a committee comprising of experts from varied disciplines like Sociology, Psychology, Mathematics, Science, Art, Music, Sports etc. The final selection was made by the National Selection Committee under the chairpersonship of the WCD Minister, according to a PIB release