Sansad Ratna Awards.

• Prime Minister recently congratulated Members of Parliament who will be conferred the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023.
• The Jury Committee has chosen a total of 13 MPs and two parliamentary committees for the award, with a lifetime award being presented for the first time this year.
• The Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted in 2010, inspired by the teachings of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who launched the first edition of the Award function in Chennai. They seek to recognise and felicitate the top-performing MPs on the basis of their work in the apex legislative body.
  • So far, 90 Parliamentarians have been given this award.
• The Sansad Ratna Awards are not given by the Government of India but by The Prime Point Foundation.
• The jury committee is composed of eminent Parliamentarians and members of civil society.
• The nominations were based on an MP’s cumulative performance in Parliament, from the beginning of the 17th Lok Sabha until the end of Winter Session 2022.
• Factors that the decision is based on include- questions asked, private members’ Bills introduced, debates initiated, attendance, funds utilised, etc.

List of Sansad Ratna Awards 2023

Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 nominated from Lok Sabha

• Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury (INC, West Bengal),
• Gopal Chinayya Shetty (BJP, Maharashtra),
• Sudhir Gupta (BJP, Madhya Pradesh) and
• Amol Ramsing Kolhe (NCP, Maharashtra)
• Bidyut Baran Mahato (BJP, Jharkhand),
• Sukanta Majumdar (BJP, West Bengal),
• Kuldeep Rai Sharma (INC, Andaman Nicobar Islands),
• Dr Heena Vijayakumar Gavit (BJP, Maharashtra),

Sansad Ratna Awards 2023 from Rajya Sabha

• Smt Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan (NCP, Maharashtra)
• John Brittas (CPI-M, Kerala),
• Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD, Bihar),
• Vishambhar Prasad Nishad (Samajwadi Party, UP) and
• Smt Chhaya Verma (INC, Chhattisgarh)

Two Parliamentary Committees of Lok Sabha nominated for Sansad Ratna Award 2023

• Rajya Sabha’s Standing Committee on Tourism, Transport, and Culture, chaired by Vijay Sai Reddy
• Lok Sabha’s Parliamentary Committee on Finance, chaired by Jayant Sinha

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Lifetime Achievement Award: T K Rangarajan (Former Rajya Sabha MP for two terms  and a Senior CPIM Leader)