Twilight News Edition 95
Edition 95, 10th November 2021
INDIA’S HIGHEST CIVILIAN HONOURS - PADMA AWARDS’21
By Guest Writer
Padma Awards - the highest civilian Awards of the country, were given out this week for the year 2021. Conferred in three categories - Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri, the awards honour achievers in various fields.
The awards are categorised as below:
‘Padma Vibhushan’ for exceptional and distinguished service
Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order
‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service
This year the President gave out 119 Padma Awards (list as per link here). 29 of the awardees are women and 1 transgender awardee.