PM Interacts With The Rashtriya Bal Puraskar Awardees
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today held a virtually interaction with the awardees of the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021. This year, 32 children have been awarded the Puraskar. The awardee children are from 32 districts of 21 states/UTs. Seven awards have been given in the field of art & culture, 9 awards have been given for innovation and 5 for scholastic achievements. Seven children have won in sports category, 3 children have been felicitated for bravery and one child has been honoured for her efforts in the field of social service.
PM said that this year’s awards are special as the recipient earned them in the difficult times of corona. During the interaction, the PM acknowledged the role of children in major behaviour-change campaigns like swachchta movement. He said when children got involved in campaigns like handwash campaign during corona time, the campaigns caught the imagination of people and achieved success. He also noted the diversity in the fields in which awards have been given this year.
Earlier, while commending the young achievers, President Ram Nath Kovind stated in a message, “I am hopeful that Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2021 would not only motivate the winners but will also encourage millions of other young children to dream, aspire and stretch their limits. Let us all do our personal best to take our nation to new zenith of success and prosperity.”
The Government of India has been conferring the Bal Shakti Puraskar under Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar to the children with exceptional abilities and outstanding achievement in the fields of innovation, scholastic achievements, sports, arts & culture, social service and bravery. Below is the list of PMRBP, 2021 awardees. Click here to read about their achievements.
AWARDEES OF PRADHAN MANTRI RASHTRIYA BAL PURASKAR, 2021
| S. No. | Name | State | Category |
| 1 | Ameya Lagudu | Andhra Pradesh | Art and Culture |
| 2 | Vyom Ahuja | Uttar Pradesh | Art and Culture |
| 3 | Hrudaya R Krishnan | Kerala | Art and Culture |
| 4 | Anurag Ramola | Uttarakhand | Art and Culture |
| 5 | Tanuj Samaddar | Assam | Art and Culture |
| 6 | Venish Keisham | Manipur | Art and Culture |
| 7 | Souhardya De | West Bengal | Art and Culture |
| 8 | Jyoti Kumari | Bihar | Bravery |
| 9 | Kunwar Divyansh Singh | Uttar Pradesh | Bravery |
| 10 | Kameshwar Jagannath Waghmare | Maharashtra | Bravery |
| 11 | Rakeshkrishna K | Karnataka | Innovation |
| 12 | Shreenabh Moujesh Agrawal | Maharashtra | Innovation |
| 13 | Veer Kashyap | Karnataka | Innovation |
| 14 | Namya Joshi | Punjab | Innovation |
| 15 | Archit Rahul Patil | Maharashtra | Innovation |
| 16 | Ayush Ranjan | Sikkim | Innovation |
| 17 | Hemesh Chadalavada | Telangana | Innovation |
| 18 | Chirag Bhansali | Uttar Pradesh | Innovation |
| 19 | Harmanjot Singh | Jammu And
Kashmir |
Innovation |
| 20 | Mohd Shadab | Uttar Pradesh | Scholastic |
| 21 | Anand | Rajasthan | Scholastic |
| 22 | Anvesh Subham Pradhan | Odisha | Scholastic |
| 23 | Anuj Jain | Madhya Pradesh | Scholastic |
| 24 | Sonit Sisolekar | Maharashtra | Scholastic |
| 25 | Prasiddhi Singh | Tamil Nadu | Social Service |
| 26 | Savita Kumari | Jharkhand | Sports |
| 27 | Arshiya Das | Tripura | Sports |
| 28 | Palak Sharma | Madhya Pradesh | Sports |
| 29 | Mohammad Rafey | Uttar Pradesh | Sports |
| 30 | Kaamya Karthikeyan | Maharashtra | Sports |
| 31 | Khushi Chirag Patel | Gujarat | Sports |
| 32 | Mantra Jitendra Harkhani | Gujarat | Sports |
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