Former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, ex-Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan, former Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan given Padma Bhushan: MHA
This year the President has approved conferment of 119 Padma Awards. The list comprises 7 Padma Vibhushan, 10 Padma Bhushan and 102 Padma Shri Awards. 29 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 10 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI, 16 Posthumous awardees and one transgender awardee.
Padma Bhushan (10)
Ms. Krishnan Nair Shantakumari Chithra | Art | Kerala | |
Shri Tarun Gogoi(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Assam | |
Shri Chandrashekhar Kambara | Literature and Education | Karnataka | |
Ms. Sumitra Mahajan | Public Affairs | Madhya Pradesh | |
Shri Nripendra Misra | Civil Service | Uttar Pradesh | |
Shri Ram Vilas Paswan(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Bihar | |
Shri Keshubhai Patel(Posthumous) | Public Affairs | Gujarat | |
Shri Kalbe Sadiq(Posthumous) | Others-Spiritualism | Uttar Pradesh | |
Shri Rajnikant Devidas Shroff | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra | |
Shri Tarlochan Singh | Public Affairs | Haryana |