Nari Shakti Puruskars Scheme
Every Year, Ministry of Women & Child Development celebrates International Women's Day on 8th March. The significance of the International Women’s Day lies in our re-affirmation of improve the condition of women, especially those at the margins of our society and empower them to take rightful place in society.Ministry of Women and Child Development, has revised the guidelines for Women Awards for conferring on eminent women, organisations and institutions.These awards will be called “Nari Shakti Puruskars”. Now, from the year 2016,20 Nari Shakti Puruskars shall be conferred every year. The awards will be conferred on 8th March on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD). The Award in each category shall carry a Certificate and a cash amount. The award would be given to eminent or outstanding Institutions or organizations and individuals.With the institution of these awards all the earlier women awards given by the Ministry of Women & Child Development ceased to exist.
Nari Shakti award:The award aims to acknowledge achievement of women by bestowing awards on eminent women and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause of women empowerment. It was established in 1991 and since then it is conferred annually by President on occasion of International Women’s Day on March 8 every year. It carries cash award of Rs. 1 lakh and certificate for individuals and institutions. The Ministry of Women and Child Development announces this national level award for eminent women, organisations and institutions.
Guidelines for Nari Shakti Puruskars--National Award for Women:
The year 1975, was celebrated as the International Women’s Year, but the United Nations began to celebrate 8th March as the Internal Women’s Day every year. It is a day that provides an opportunity to acknowledge the achievements of women for the nation and recognize their contributions to the society.The Ministry of Women & Child Development, celebrates International Women’s Day every year on 8th March as it is the nodal Ministry for the issues related to women. Taking this as an opportune moment to acknowledge Women’s achievements, it has been decided by the Ministry in the year 2015, to confer Nari Shakti Puruskars to eminent women and institutions in recognition of their service towards the cause of women empowerment.
Now, therefore, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, in order to recognize the efforts made by women & institutions in rendering distinguished services for the cause of women, especially vulnerable and marginalized women, hereby announce national level awards for conferring on eminent women, organisations and institutions. These awards may be called “Nari Shakti Puruskars”. The award shall be applicable to institutions and individuals who have rendered distinguished services to the cause of women.
Objectives:
In the last decade, there has been concerted effort by the Government to recognize and encourage women as reflected through a National Policy for Empowerment of Women in 2001. The issues related to women has gained utmost importance and focused attention. “Nari Shakti Puruskars” shall
showcase the Government’s commitment towards women with the aim of strengthening their legitimate place in the society. It will also provide an opportunity to the current generation to understand the contribution of women in building of society and the nation.
“Nari Shakti Puruskars” would be conferred on eminent women and institutions rendering distinguished service to the cause of women especially belonging to the vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society. The recipients would be drawn from institutions and individuals. The Ministry of Women & Child Development (herein after referred to as “ the Ministry) would invite nominations from the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, concerned Central Ministries, Non-Governmental Organizations, Universities, Institutions, private and public sector undertakings (PSUs) working for empowerment of women.
The Award in each category shall carry a Certificate and a cash amount. The award would be given to eminent or outstanding Institutions or organisations and individuals from any part of the country.
The categories, description and nature of awards are given below:
showcase the Government’s commitment towards women with the aim of strengthening their legitimate place in the society. It will also provide an opportunity to the current generation to understand the contribution of women in building of society and the nation.
“Nari Shakti Puruskars” would be conferred on eminent women and institutions rendering distinguished service to the cause of women especially belonging to the vulnerable and marginalized sections of the society. The recipients would be drawn from institutions and individuals. The Ministry of Women & Child Development (herein after referred to as “ the Ministry) would invite nominations from the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, concerned Central Ministries, Non-Governmental Organizations, Universities, Institutions, private and public sector undertakings (PSUs) working for empowerment of women.
Description:
20 Nari Shakti Puruskars shall be conferred every year. The recipients of the Puruskars shall be declared every year on 20th February and awards will be conferred on 8th March on the occasion of International Women’s Day (IWD).The Award in each category shall carry a Certificate and a cash amount. The award would be given to eminent or outstanding Institutions or organisations and individuals from any part of the country.
The categories, description and nature of awards are given below:
Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Award: for Best Private Sector organization/ Public sector undertaking in promoting the well-being and welfare of women, named after Ahilyabai Holkar, 18th-century ruler of the Malwa kingdom.
Kannagi Devi Award: for Best State which has appreciably improved Child Sex Ratio (CSR), named after Kannagi, the central character of the Tamil epic Silapathikaram.
Mata Jijabai Award for Best Urban Local body for providing services and facilities to women, named after Mata Jijabai, mother of Shivaji, who founded the Maratha Empire in the 17th century.
Rani Gaidinliu Zeliang Award: for Best Civil Society organization (CSO) doing outstanding work for the welfare and well-being of women, named after Rani Gaidinliu, a 20th-century Naga spiritual and political leader
Rani Lakshmi Bai Award: for Best Institution for Research & Development in the field of women empowerment, named after Lakshmibai, one of the leading figures of the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and erstwhile queen of Jhansi.
Rani Rudramma Devi Awards: for two District Panchayats and two Gram Panchayats, named after Rudrama Devi, a 13th-century ruler of Deccan Plateau.
ELIGIBILITY:
The Puruskars are open to all Indian Institutions, organisations and individuals without any distinction or discrimination on ground of race, caste or creed.
In case of Individual category, the awardee must be above 30 years of age on 1st January of the year for which the award is to be given. The applicant should have worked in the relevant field for at least last 5 years. She should not have been a recipient earlier of the award (including Stree Shakti Puruskars).
You can read about the eligibility criteria for each of the category of Awards by downloading the PDF document .
BENEFITS:
The Award in each category shall carry a Certificate and a cash amount. To read more about the nature of award for each category, you can download the PDF document on the link here.
MODE OF APPLICATION:
For inviting the applications for the Awards, an advertisement will be published by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Govt. of India in Newspapers across the country. The Ministry will write to all the State Governments, Union Territory Administrations, concerned Central Ministries/Departments.
To download Application form click here
Stree Shakti Puraskar, the predecessor of the Nari Shakti Puraskar, was instituted in the year 1991. It carried a cash prize of ₹100,000 and a citation. The Stree Shakti Puraskar was given in the same six categories as the Nari Shakti Award.
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