15th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function will be held on Saturday, 26th July 2025 at New Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi. Only invitees are allowed. Please watch the proceedings live from 10:30 am on 26th July 2025.
Wednesday, July 23, 2025
Sunday, May 18, 2025
Sansad Ratna Awards 2025 announced
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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Monday, April 1, 2024
205th (March 2024) Edition of PreSense | Editorial and article on the performance of 17th Lok Sabha + Cover Story on Modi's 10 years rule, a review + Review of March 2009 edition of PreSense + Aditi Devo Bhava + Freedom fighter Radharaman Saha + Indian Express article featuring Priyadharshni + Prince cartoon
I am happy to release the 205th (March 2024) edition of your eMagazine PreSense with rich content.
1. Editorial: Prime Point Srinivasan writes on the performance of the 17th Lok Sabha from the Government's perspective.
2. Cover Story: Prime Point Srinivasan analyses the achievements, criticisms and tasks ahead based on a decade of the Modi regime.
3. Special Analysis: A detailed analysis of the performance of Members of 17th Lok Sabha, sttewise, genderwise, agewise, and termwise.
4. Susan Musings: Susan Koshy writes on "Aditi Devo Bhava'.
5. From the Archives: A review of the March 2009 edition of PreSense
6. Indian express report featuring Priyadharshni Rahul, Editor
7. C Badri writes on Radharaman Saha, Freedom Fighter from Tiripura.
8. Prince cartoon.
I am confident that readers will continue to enjoy this edition too. This edition will be useful for all citizens to assess the performance of the 17th Lok Sabha.
Please share this edition with your contacts. Please send your feedback and comments to editor@corpezine.com.
This edition can be downloaded from the link.
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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024 - Speeches of Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra and Justice Shri Sanjay Kishan Kaul
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024 function was held at New Delhi on February 17, 2024 to honour the outstanding Parliamentarians of the 17th Lok Sabha. Please click here for a detailed report..
Please listen to the speech of Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra, Hon'ble Minister of State, Home Affairs, Government of India.
Justice Shri Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India delivered the Key Note Address.
14th Editio of Sansad Ratna Awards function - Speeches of Shri Hansraj Ahir and Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan
14th Editio of Sansad Ratna Awards function was held on February 17, 2024 at New Delhi to honour the outstanding Parliamentarians of the 17th Lok Sabha. Click for details.
Shri Hansraj G Ahir, Hon'ble Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes was one of the Chief Guests. He is in the rank of the Cabinet Minister of the Union Government. Please listen to his speech.
Dr. Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon'ble Governor of Telangana and Hon'ble LG of Puducherry was also one of the Chief Guests to present the Awards.
Please listen to her speech.
Sunday, March 3, 2024
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024 held at New Delhi on February 17, 2024 to honour the outstanding Indian Parliamentarians
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024
Twelve individual Parliamentarians and three Parliamentary Standing Committees received the prestigious Sansad Ratna Awards this year, spanning across three distinct categories.
The Sansad Utkrishta Maha Ratna Awards were presented to those individual Members who had previously been Sansad Maha Ratna Awardees in the 16th Lok Sabha and continued to demonstrate consistent performance in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD, Odisha), Smt. Supriya Sule (NCP, Maharashtra), and Shri Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra) were honoured with this award.
The Sansad Maha Ratna Awards - Individuals were bestowed upon Members of the Lok Sabha who exhibited unwavering consistent performance in initiating debates, presenting private members' bills, and raising questions throughout the 17th Lok Sabha, from its inception to its conclusion. Shri N K Premachandran (RSP, Kerala), Shri Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (INC, West Bengal), Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand), and Dr. Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (BJP, Maharashtra) were recipients of this award, which is presented only once every five years.
The Sansad Maha Ratna Awards - Committees were dedicated to Parliamentary Committees that rendered exemplary service in the democracy. These awards were presented to Committees that consistently performed well in sittings and the presentation of reports during the tenure of the 17th Lok Sabha. The Finance Committee (Chairman: Shri Jayant Sinha), Agriculture Committee (Chairman: Shri Addi Gowdar), and Transport, Tourism, and Culture Committee (Chairman: Shri Vijaysai Reddy and past chairman: Shri T G Venkatesh) were acknowledged for their outstanding contributions.
Sansad Ratna Awards were presented to the individual Members of Lok Sabha for their outstanding and top performance in the 17th Lok Sabha, in the areas of initiated debates, private members bills and questions. Dr Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, West Bengal), Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC, Andaman and Nicobar Islands), Shri Sudhir Gupta (BJP, Madhya Pradesh), Dr Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra) and Dr Shrikant Shinde (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra) were honoured with this Award.
The Chief Guests at the event were Shri Hansraj G Ahir (Hon'ble Chairman, National Commission for Backward Classes), Dr. Smt. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Hon'ble Governor, Telangana, and Hon'ble LG, Puducherry), Shri Ajay Mishra (Hon'ble MoS, Home Affairs), and Justice Shri Sanjay Kishan Kaul (Former Judge, Supreme Court of India). They presented the awards to the deserving recipients.
Prime Point Foundation also released three eBooks (1) Handbook for Young Indian Political aspirants, (2) Digist of Cover Stories published in 2023 and (3) The Digest of Editorials published during the years 2020 to 2023. With this Prime Point Foundation has published 36 ebooks.
Following the awards ceremony, all awardees participated in a photo session with the Hon'ble President of India and subsequently with the Hon'ble Vice President of India.
For a visual recap of the event, you can view the photos at the following link:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/2QxrHGGaWjUryjyG8
Additionally, you can watch the videos of the Sansad Ratna 2024 event in the provided YouTube playlist:
https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLnU8HzYLSLcrJVtJmuCcv5TImNDOtFy6x/videos
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024 held at New Delhi | A Comprehensive Report in eMagazine PreSense Feb 2024 Edition
We are delighted to announce the release of the 204th (Feb 2024) Edition of eMagazine PreSense.
PreSense was launched in March 2006 based on the suggestion of Dr Abdul Kalam to promote positive journalism. With this edition, we celebrate our 18-year journey in digital journalism. One of our key initiatives is the 'Sansad Ratna Awards', which recognizes the outstanding performance of Indian Parliamentarians.
In this edition, you will find a detailed report on the 14th Edition of the Sansad Ratna Awards 2024, which took place in New Delhi on February 17, 2024. We were honoured to have a photo session with the Hon'ble President of India and the Hon'ble Vice President of India after the Award ceremony. We encourage you to read this edition for the full report and share it with others.
You can also download this edition from the following link:
https://www.prpoint.com/ezine/presense0224.pdf
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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards function 2024 - Live streaming - February 17, 2024 at 10.30 am
14th Edition of Sansad Ratna Awards 2024 function is being held at New Maharashtra Sadan, New Delhi on Saturday, 17th February 2024 from 10.30 am. Sansad Ratna Sansad Maha Ratna and Sansad Utkrisht Maha Ratna awards are being presented to 16 Parliamentarians, including Parliamentary Committees.
Please watch live
Sunday, January 7, 2024
Press Release - Twelve Lok Sabha MPs and three Parliamentary Standing Committees nominated for the ‘Sansad Ratna Awards’ based on their performance in the 17th Lok Sabha
Press Release
Twelve Lok Sabha MPs and three Parliamentary Standing
Committees nominated for the ‘Sansad
Ratna Awards’ based on their performance in the 17th Lok Sabha
New Delhi, January 7, 2024: The
prestigious Sansad Ratna and Sansad Maha Ratna Awards have been announced for
the 17th Lok Sabha, to honour twelve distinguished Parliamentarians and three
Standing Committees of Parliament in recognition of their exemplary
performances.
‘Sansad Ratna Awards’ presented annually and ‘Sansad Maha Ratna Award,’
presented once in five years by the Chennai-based NGO Prime Point Foundation
and the eMagazine PreSense, acknowledge outstanding performances of MPs in the
Parliament. Prime Point Srinivasan, the Founder and Chairman of Prime Point
Foundation, said these awards are based on comprehensive performance, with
nominees selected by a distinguished Jury Committee chaired by Arjun Ram
Meghwal, Minister of State for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, and T. S.
Krishnamurthy, Former Chief Election Commissioner of India. The performance
data is sourced from the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha websites and the PRS
Legislative Research. This is the only Award presented by civil society to honour
the top-performing Parliamentarians in India.
The Sansad Ratna Awards Committee,
led by Priyadharshni Rahul, Trustee Secretary of Prime Point Foundation and the
Chairman of Sansad Ratna Awards Committee, announced the recipients for the
Sansad Maha Ratna Awards for the entire 17th Lok Sabha. These include NK
Premachandran (RSP, Kerala), Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (Indian National Congress,
West Bengal), Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand), and Dr. Heena Vijayakumar
Gavit (BJP, Maharashtra).
“Recognising the continued consistent top performance of Supriya Sule
(NCP, Maharashtra), Shrirang Appa Barne (Shiv Sena, Maharashtra), and
Bhartruhari Mahtab (BJD, Odisha), the Sansad Maha Ratna Awardees of the
previous 16th Lok Sabha, the Jury
Committee has decided to honour them for their 'Exemplary Performance'
in the 17th Lok Sabha as well”. These three Members would be honoured with
“Sansad Utkrisht Mana Ratna” Award”, said Priyadharshni Rahul.
She further added that five Lok Sabha Members, Sudhir Gupta (BjP, Madhya
Pradesh), Dr Shrikanth Eknath Shinde
(Shiv Sena, Maharashtra), including first time MPs Dr Sukanta Majumdar (BJP,
West Bengal), Kuldeep Rai Sharma (Congress, Andaman and Nicobar Islands) and Dr
Amol Ramsingh Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra will receive the “Sansad Ratna” Awards. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Dr Amol Ramsingh Kolhe
and Sudhir Gupta are receiving the Award for the third time for their
performance in the 17th Lok Sabha”.
“All the above MPs are nominated
by the Jury Committee for the Awards transparently, based on their outstanding
performance in Initiated debates, Private Members Bills and Questions since the
inception of the 17th Lok Sabha”, added Priyadharshni Rahul.
Sansad Maha Ratna Awards were not previously conferred upon
Parliamentary committees. Considering
the importance of these Committees, starting from the current 17th Lok Sabha,
three Standing Committees have been included in the Sansad
Maha Ratna Awards. The Agriculture Committee chaired by P C Gaddi Gowdar (BJP,
Karnataka), the Finance Committee chaired by Jayant Sinha (BJP, Jharkhand), and
the Transport and Tourism Committee presently
chaired by Vijayasai Reddy (YSR Congress, Andhra Pradesh) and formerly chaired
by T G Venkatesh (BJP, Andhra Pradesh) have been nominated for their consistent
contributions based on sittings and the reports presented by them, relying on
the data commensurate with the term of 17th Lok Sabha.
The prestigious awards are scheduled to be presented at a grand ceremony
on February 17, 2024, in Delhi, marking the 14th edition of the event. Prime
Point Foundation instituted these honours at the instance of Dr. Abdul Kalam,
former President of India, who himself inaugurated the first award event in
2010 in Chennai.
Sansad Ratna Awards are presented annually to the top performing
Parliamentarians based on their performance, while Sansad Maha Ratna awards are
presented once in five years for the consistency of performance during the term
of the Lok Sabha. Till March 2023, 106 Sansad Ratna Awards have been presented
through 13 award ceremonies making it the only award presented by any civil
society at a global level to the best-performing Parliamentarians.
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