17 MPs and 2 Parliamentary Committees to be Honoured with
Sansad Ratna Awards 2025Press Statement issued by Prime Point Srinivasan (Founder of Sansad Ratna Awards) and Priyadharshni Rahul (Chairman of Sansad Ratna Awards Committee)
New Delhi, 18 May 2025
Seventeen Members of Parliament from both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,
along with two Parliamentary Standing Committees, have been nominated to
receive the prestigious Sansad Ratna Award 2025. The nominations were
made by the Jury Committee, chaired by Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir,
Chairman of the National Commission for Backwards Classes (NCBC), a
constitutional authority holding the rank of Union Cabinet Minister. The Awards
will be presented during the 15th edition of the Sansad Ratna Awards ceremony,
scheduled for the last week of July 2025 in New Delhi.
The Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted in
2010 by Prime Point Foundation
and the eMagazine PreSense, following the suggestion of Dr A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam. Dr Kalam also inaugurated the first award ceremony in Chennai in May
2010. Notably, Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir was the first recipient of the award.
The awards are presented on behalf of civil society.
As of 2024, 125 awards have been presented across 14
award ceremonies, recognising individual Parliamentarians and Parliamentary
Standing Committees. The Jury Committee — comprising distinguished Award-winning
Parliamentarians and representatives of civil society — nominates the awardees
based on performance data. This data is sourced from the official records of
the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha Secretariats, as well as PRS Legislative
Research. Performance indicators include the number of initiated debates,
private members’ bills introduced, and questions raised.
Individual Awards
This year, 17 individual awards will be conferred,
including four Special Awards by the Chairman of the Jury Committee, recognising
“Outstanding and Consistent Contribution to Parliamentary Democracy”. These Special Awards will be presented to:
- Bhartruhari
Mahtab (BJP, Odisha)
- N.K.
Premachandran (RSP, Kerala)
- Supriya
Sule (NCP SP, Maharashtra)
- Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra)
These four Members of Parliament were top performers
during the 16th and 17th Lok Sabha terms and continue their top performance in
the 18th Lok Sabha also.
Other Awardees from Maharashtra:
- Smita
Uday Wagh (BJP)
- Arvind
Ganpat Sawant (Shiv Sena UBT)
- Naresh
Ganpat Mhaske (Shiv Sena)
- Prof.
Gaikwad Varsha Eknath (Indian National
Congress)
- Dr.
Medha Vishram Kulkarni (BJP)
From other States:
- Praveen
Patel and Ravindra Kishan Shukla alias Ravi Kishan
(both BJP) are from Uttar Pradesh.
- Dr.
Nishikant Dubey and Bidyut Baran Mahato (both BJP) are
from Jharkhand.
- P.P.
Chaudhary and Madan Rathore (both BJP) are from
Rajasthan.
- C.N.
Annadurai (DMK) represents Tamil Nadu.
- Dilip
Saikia (BJP,
Assam)
Under Individual category, this year Maharashtra bags 7 Awards; Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan bag 2 awards each; Odisha, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Assam bag one award each.
Awards to Standing Committees
Two Departmentally Related Standing Committees
have also been chosen for their exceptional performance based on their reports
presented to Parliament.
- Standing
Committee on Finance, chaired by Bhartruhari
Mahtab (BJP, Odisha)
- Standing
Committee on Agriculture, chaired by Dr
Charanjit Singh Channi (Indian National Congress, Punjab)
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