• The Padma Awards are one of the highest and most respected civilian honours of India. These awards are announced on Republic Day eve annually.
• The ceremony is held at Rashtrapati Bhavan and the Hon’ble President of India confers the awards to the recipients. 
• The Padma Awards Committee makes recommendations for these awards.This Committee is constituted by the Prime Minister every year. 
• The Prime Minister and President of India approve the recommendations.

Brief History of Padma Awards

In 1954, the Government of India introduced two civilian awards-

• Bharat Ratna– highest civilian award of India
• Padma Vibhushan– This has three tiers: 
• Pehla Varg
• Dusra Varg
• Tisra Varg

Subsequently, vide a Presidential notification issued on January 08, 1955, they were renamed as-

• exceptional and distinguished service- Padma Vibhushan
• distinguished service of high order- Padma Bhushan
• for distinguished service- Padma Shri

Evolution of the Padma Awards

• The nominee groups have changed since 1954. In other words, the number of nominations for the awards have increased as these awards have begun recognising a wider range of people.
• In 2020, 46,000 nominations were received by the government. On the other hand, only 2,200 nominations were received in 2014.
• The government launched the Padma Quiz 2018, which allows the winners to attend the award ceremony in person.

Fields of Padma Awardees 2021

Overview: Padma Awardees of 2021

• In 2021, 119 Padma awards were conferred.
• 16 awards were conferred posthumously.
• The awardees include 29 women and one transgender awardee.

Winners of Padma Awardees 2021 

Padma Vibhushan

It is the second-highest civilian award, after the Bharat Ratna.

In 2021, the Padma Bhushan award has been conferred on 7 recipients. The complete list of awardees is given below:

Padma Bhushan

Padma Bhushan is the third-highest civilian award. This award succeeds Bharat Ratna and Padma Vibhushan. 

For the year 2021, this award has been conferred on 10 recipients. is the list of the awardees:

Padma Shri 

Padma Shri is the fourth-highest civilian award. It succeeds Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan and Padma Bhushan. 

In 2021, this award was conferred on 102 recipients. The list of the awardees is given below:

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