13 MPs conferred with Sansad Ratna Awards 2023
Kanwar Inder Singh/ February 22,2023
Thirteen members of parliament –lok sabha and rajya sabha have been selected for the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023.
The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has congratulated MP colleagues who will be conferred the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023.
Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi tweeted “Congratulations to the eminent Parliamentarians on being conferred upon Sansad Ratna Awards for 2023.13 MPs, 2 Parliamentary Committees and 1 Lifetime Achievement honour will be awarded during the 13th edition of these awards.”
Quoting a tweet by Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Pralhad Joshi, the Prime Minister tweeted; “Congratulations to the MP colleagues who will be conferred the Sansad Ratna Awards. May they keep enriching parliamentary proceedings with their rich insights.”
The Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians and civil society, chaired by Arjun Ram Meghwal (MoS, Parliamentary Affairs) and Co-Chaired by T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election Commissioner of India) has selected eight MPs from Lok Sabha and five from Rajya Sabha for the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 for their performance in the 17th Lok Sabha under various categories. These selection are based on the cumulative performance in Questions, private members bills and initiated debates of the members from the beginning of 17th Lok Sabha until the end of Winter Session 2022 . The performance data of the members has been sourced from data provided by PRS India, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariat.
In addition, two Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSC) and a veteran and distinguished leader has also been selected under the special awards category.
The Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSC) in Parliament have been performing exceedingly well and silently contributing their lot to parliamentary democracy. The Prime Point Foundation and eMagazine PreSense are honouring the Standing committees since the last six years, based on the subjects selected, sittings and reports presented. The Jury Committee has selected this time one Lok Sabha Committee and one Rajya Sabha Committee for the Award.
The Finance Committee (Lok Sabha Committee – Chairman – Jayant Sinha, BJP, Jharkhand) and Transport, Tourism and Culture Committee (Rajya Sabha Committee – Chairman – V. Vijayasai Reddy, YSR Congress, Andhra Pradesh) are nominated for Awards for their outstanding cumulative performance from the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha until the end of Winter Session of 2022.
In 2022, the Prime Point Foundation and PreSense introduced a new category “Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award” to honour veteran leaders for their contribution to Indian politics, the society and the people. The Jury Committee has nominated T K Rangarajan, (Former Rajya Sabha MP for two terms and a Senior CPIM Leader) for the Award.
13 MPs conferred with Sansad Ratna Awards 2023. All the above Awards will be presented on 25th March 2023 at New Delhi. These Awards are being presented on behalf of the Civil Society.
About Sansad Ratna Award
The Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted at the suggestion of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to honour top performing Parliamentarians. He himself launched the first edition of the Award function in 2010 at Chennai. Till now, 90 top performing Parliamentarians have been honoured and all of them have received the awards in person. The 13th Edition of the award function will be held on Saturday, 25th March 2023 at New Delhi. The 13th Edition will be making history as it crosses the century of awards mark. K. Srinivasan is the Founder Chairman and Priyadharshni Rahul is the President of the Sansad Ratna Awards Committee.
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