Ministers and their Portfolios 2019

Ministers and their Portfolios in New Modi Government 2019: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new cabinet has several first-time ministers, who were sworn into office alongwith him in a grand oath ceremony in Delhi today. The most prominent first timer in PM Modi's cabinet is BJP president Amit Shah. 

Ministers and their Portfolios 2019:

Cabinet Ministers

1. Shri Narendra Modi

2. Shri Raj Nath Singh

3. Shri Amit Shah (first time)

4. Shri Nitin Jairam Gadkari

5. Shri D. V. Sadananda Gowda

6. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman

7. Shri Ramvilas Paswan

8. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar

9. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad

10. Smt. Harsimrat Kaur Badal

11. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot

12. Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar

13. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' (first time)

14. Shri Arjun Munda

15. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani

16. Dr. Harsh Vardhan

17. Shri Prakash Javadekar

18. Shri Piyush Goyal

19. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

20. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

21. Shri Pralhad Joshi (first time)

22. Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey

23. Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

24. Shri Giriraj Singh

25. Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Ministers of State (Independent Charge)

1. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar

2. Rao Inderjit Singh

3. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik

4. Dr. Jitendra Singh

5. Shri Kiren Rijiju

6. Shri Prahalad Singh Patel

7. Shri Raj Kumar Singh

8. Shri Hardeep Singh Puri

9. Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya

Ministers of State

1. Shri Faggansingh Kulaste

2. Shri Ashwini Kumar Choubey

3. Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal

4. General (Retd.) V. K. Singh

5. Shri Krishan Pal

6. Shri Danve Raosaheb Dadarao

7. Shri G. Kishan Reddy

8. Shri Parshottam Rupala

9. Shri Ramdas Athawale

10. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti

11. Shri Babul Supriyo

12. Shri Sanjeev Kumar Balyan

13. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao

14. Shri Anurag Singh Thakur

15. Shri Angadi Suresh Channabasappa (first time)

16. Shri Nityanand Rai

17. Shri. Rattan Lal Kataria (first time)

18. Shri V. Muraleedharan

19. Smt. Renuka Singh Saruta

20. Shri Som Parkash

21. Shri Rameswar Teli (first time)

22. Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi

23. Shri Kailash Choudhary (first time)

24. Deboshree Choudhury (first time)

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George Fernandes passes away

Veteran Socialist leader and former Union Defence Minister George Fernandes passes away after Prolonged illness, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior cabinet ministers and political leaders mourn the passing away of the veteran leader, Bihar Govt. announces 2 Day State Mourning. Former Defence Minister in Vajpayee government, George Fernandes passed away on Tuesday at the age of 88.

Born in Karnataka's Mangalore on 3rd June 1930, George Fernandes was a veteran socialist leader and trade unionist. He rose to prominence in 1967 with a surprise victory over senior Congress leader SK Patil from South Bombay constituency. He organised many strikes and bandhs in Bombay in the 1950s and 1960s, the most notable among these was the All India Railway strike in 1974. Fernandes went underground in 1975, while challenging Prime Minister Indira Gandhi for imposing emergency. However, he was arrested later on.

In 1977, after the Emergency had been lifted, Fernandes won the Muzaffarpur seat in Bihar in absentia. He was appointed Union Minister for Industries in Morarji Desai's cabinet when the Janata Party took office in 1977. George Fernandes was among those leaders of anti-Congress politics, who led from front.

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Ashok Chakra Award 2019 to Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani

Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, a militant-turned-soldier who laid down his life fighting a group of terrorists in Shopian in Kashmir in November, was awarded the Ashoka Chakra by President Ram Nath Kovind 26th january 2019. The award -- India’s highest peacetime gallantry honour -- was received by Wani’s wife and mother at the Republic Day celebrations at Rajpath. Wani is the first Kashmiri to be conferred the Ashoka Chakra. On November 25, 38-year-old Wani, hailing from Cheki Ashmuji in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, lost his life in a counter-terror operation against six terrorists in Hirapur village near Batgund in Shopian.

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved awards of 411 Gallantry and other Defence decorations  to Armed Forces personnel and others on the eve of the 70th Republic Day Celebrations.The awards  include one Ashoka Chakra, 4 Kirti Chakras, 11 Shaurya Chakras, 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 3 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, 51 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, one Bar to Yudh Seva Medal, 9 Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Vishisht Seva Medals. Besides,  120 Vishisht Seva Medals and  six Bar to Sena Medals, 103 Sena Medals, 7 Nao Sena Medals , 2 Vayu Sena Medals, 5 Bar to Sena Medals, 35 Sena Medals, 9 Nao Sena Medals and 14 Vayu Sena Medals also included in the list.

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Bharat Ratna Award to Pranab Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh and Bhupen Hazarika

Pranab Mukherjee, India's 13th President and one of the Congress' tallest leaders for decades, has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian honour. Along with Mr Mukherjee, social activist and one of the BJP's senior-most leaders Nanji Deshmukh and music maestro from Assam, Bhupen Hazarika, have been awarded posthumously.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said Nanaji Deshmukh's stellar contribution towards rural development showed the way for a new paradigm of empowering those living in the villages. In a series of tweets, Mr. Modi said, Nanaji Deshmukh personifies humility, compassion and service to the downtrodden and he is a Bharat Ratna in the truest sense.  The Prime Minister said the songs and music of Bhupen Hazarika are admired by people across generations and from them radiates the message of justice, harmony and brotherhood. He popularised India's musical traditions globally.  Mr. Modi said,  former President Pranab  Mukherjee is an outstanding statesman of our times and he has served the nation selflessly and tirelessly for decades, leaving a strong imprint on the nation's growth trajectory.  The Prime Minister said Mr. Mukherjee's wisdom and intellect have few parallels. 

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Padma Award 2019 Winners

Late actor Kader Khan, cricketer Gautam Gambhir, senior advocate HS Phoolka, scientist Nambi Narayanan, late journalist Kuldip Nayar, mountaineer Bachendri Pal and southern actor Mohanlal are among the 112 personalities selected for the Padma awards announced this evening ahead of India's 70th Republic Day celebrations. Of the 112 recipients, 21 are women and 11 foreigners or NRIs, three posthumous awardees and one transgender person.

Padma Vibhushan 2019 Winners: Folk artiste Teejan Bai, Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh, entrepreneur Anilkumar Manibhai Naik, and writer Balwant Moreshwar Purandare will receive the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honour, from President Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan around March.

Padma Bhushan 2019 Winners:  Kuldip Nayar and Nambi Narayanan are among the 14 names picked for the Padma Bhushan award. 

Padma Bhushan 2019 Winners: The list of 94 Padma Shri awardees features actor Manoj Bajpayee, footballer Sunil Chhetri, choreographer/director Prabhu Deva, singer Shankar Mahadevan and freestyle wrestler Bajrang Punia.

Complete List of 112 Padma Award winners 2019.

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Piyush Goyal is New Finance Minister

Piyush Goyal Given Temporary Charge Of Finance Ministry Days Ahead Of Interim Budget on 23rd January 2019. Arun Jaitley to be minister without portfolio. Piyush Goyal already handles the railways and coal ministries. He will now also hold temporary charge of the finance and corporate affairs ministries, both of which were assigned to Arun Jaitley.

Arun Jaitley, who underwent a kidney transplant surgery last year, left for the United States for a medical check-up earlier this month. He has not yet returned. The Rashtrapati Bhavan in a satement said Arun Jaitley was “indisposed” and would remain a minister without portfolio.

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Shaurya Chakra 2018 Winners

Shaurya Chakra 2018 Winners 14 List, Names: President Ram Nath Kovind on 25th January 2018 approved 390 gallantry awards and other Defence decorations for the Armed Forces personnel and others on the 69th Republic Day. The awards include one Ashok Chakra, one Kirti Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, 4 Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 49 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 10 Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 86 Sena Medals (Gallantry), one Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), two Bar to Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 38 Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 13 Nao Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 14 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), one Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal and 121 Vishisht Seva Medals.

The Third highest peacetime decoration of India, the Shaurya Chakra, will be awarded to following 14 personnel (9 Army, 3 Airforce, 2 CRPF).

1. Major Akhil Raj RV, (Army)
2. Captain Rohit Shukla, (Army)
3. Captain Abhinav Shukla, (Army)
4. Captain Pradeep Shoury Arya, (Army)
5. Havildar Mubarak Ali, (Army)
6. Havildar Rabindra Thapa, (Army)
7. Naik Narendra Singh, (Army)
8. Lance Naik Badher Hussain, (Army)
9. Paratrooper Manch, (Army)
10. Corporal Nilesh Kumar Nayan (Posthumous), (Air Force)
11. Sergeant Khairnar Milind Kishor (Posthumous), (Air Force)
12. Corporal Devendra Mehta, (Air Force)
13. CRPF Sub-inspector Riyaz Alam Ansari
14. CRPF Assistant commandant Vikash Jakhar

• Gallantry Award 2018 Winners List

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Kirti Chakra 2018 to Major Vijayant Bisht

Major Vijayant Bist of the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry was conferred the Kirti Chakra, recognising the valour he displayed in an operation in J&K. The Kirti Chakra, the second highest peacetime military award, was given to Major Vijayant Bisht of the Army, who led an ambush in Jammu and Kashmir's Uri district and killed two terrorists while saving the life of another soldier.

On June 6, 2017  at 2140 hours, leading an ambush in Chorgali Forest of Uri district of Jammu and Kashmir, Major Vijayant spotted infiltration and immediately engaged them.  In the intense firefight, some terrorists infiltrated into Goalta forest. At 0500 hours on 07 June, Major Vijayant tracked the terrorists and at 1140 hours engaged them in a fierce firefight.  While closing in with the terrorists, first scout of the patrol Rifleman Raj Paul got injured. Under heavy volume of fire from the terrorist, the officer unmindful of his personal safety, crawled forward and pulled his colleague almost 30 meters in an undulating ground behind cover. The terrorists continued to engage the patrol with heavy fire. Undeterred, he regardless of personal dangers, carried out hot pursuit of escaping terrorists. Displaying tactical acumen and extraordinary physical courage, he moved forward and engaged the fleeing terrorist and thus prevented their escape.  The officer motivated his team to continue search of terrorists for next 48 hours under adverse weather conditions. His perseverance fructified on 09 June at 1345 hours when the terrorists were sighted again. In ensuing firefight, officer dashed forward, unmindful of terrorist’s heavy fire and lobbed grenades while firing on them. In this daring act he neutralized one terrorist. However, the second terrorist charged towards the patrol and came face to face with the officer. Major Vijayant displaying nerves of steel and raw courage engaged the second terrorist in a close quarter battle and eliminated him at point blank range. For displaying conspicuous gallantry and indomitable spirit, beyond the call of duty for eliminating two terrorists, saving the life of one comrade under heavy volume of fire and gallantly leading his men in neutralising three more terrorists, Major Vijayant is awarded with “KIRTI CHAKRA”.

• Gallantry Award 2018 Winners List

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Ashok Chakra 2018 to Commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala

Ashok Chakra 2018 has been awarded posthumously to Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, a Garud commando of the Air Force, who died fighting terrorists in Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir in November. Ashok Chakra is the highest peacetime military decoration for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield. Besides one Ashok Chakra, the list approved by Kovind includes one Kirti Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras, 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, four Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 49 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 10 Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 86 Sena Medals.

On November 18, 2017, based on specific intelligence, an offensive was launched in Chanderger village of Bandipora district in J&K. The Garud detachment covertly approached the target house where the suspected terrorists were hiding and laid a close quarter ambush. "Crpl Nirala, displaying exceptional battle craft, positioned himself close to the approach of the hideout, thus cutting off all possibilities of an escape by the terrorists. "Laying the ambush at such close quarters demanded a very high degree of courage and professional acumen," a statement by the Defence Ministry said. While the detachment laid in wait, six terrorists hiding in the house, rushed out, shooting and lobbing grenades at the Garuds. "Crpl Nirala, disregarding personal safety and displaying indomitable courage, retaliated with effective lethal fire and gunned down two category 'A' terrorists and injured two others," the statement said. In this violent exchange of fire, Nirala was hit by a volley of small arms fire. Despite being critically injured, the Corporal continued retaliatory fire. Subsequently, he succumbed to fatal gunshot wounds received in the fierce encounter, which resulted in the killing of all six dreaded terrorists, the statement said. "Crpl Nirala exhibited most conspicuous gallantry in fighting with terrorists and made supreme sacrifice," it said.

• Gallantry Award 2018 Winners List

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Gallantry Award 2018 Winners List

Gallantry Award 2018 Winners List: President Ram Nath Kovind on 25th January 2018 approved 390 gallantry awards and other Defence decorations for the Armed Forces personnel and others on the 69th Republic Day. The awards include one Ashok Chakra, one Kirti Chakra, 14 Shaurya Chakras and 28 Param Vishisht Seva Medals, among others. Others include four Uttam Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 49 Ati Vishisht Seva Medals, 10 Yudh Seva Medals, two Bar to Sena Medals (Gallantry), 86 Sena Medals (Gallantry), one Nao Sena Medal (Gallantry), three Vayu Sena Medals (Gallantry), two Bar to Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 38 Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 13 Nao Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), 14 Vayu Sena Medals (Devotion to Duty), one Bar to Vishisht Seva Medal and 121 Vishisht Seva Medals.
Ashok Chakra has been awarded posthumously to Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, a Garud commando of the Air Force, who died fighting terrorists in Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir in November. Kirti Chakra has been awarded to Major Vijayant Bisht of the Army, who led an ambush in Chorgali forest of Jammu and Kashmir's Uri district, killed two terrorists and saved the life of another soldier during an ambush.

• Ashok Chakra 2018 to Commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala
• Kirti Chakra 2018 to Major Vijayant Bisht
• Shaurya Chakras Awards 2018 Winners

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Chief Guest of Republic Day 2018

Chief Guest of Republic Day, 26th January 2018: In a first, leaders of 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are the chief guests of the Republic Day parade and ceremony at Rajpath near India Gate as India marks its 69th Republic Day on 26 January 2018. ASEAN is a regional grouping of 10 Southeast Asian countries.  The chief guest at India's first Republic Day on January 26, 1950 was the President of Indonesia, and since then, five other Southeast Asian leaders have chief guests at the Republic Day parades. Here is Name, List of 10 Guests:

1. Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah
2. Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen
3. Indonesia's President Joko Widodo
4. Laos' Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith
5. Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak
6. Myanmar's State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
7. Philippines' President Rodrigo Roa Duterte
8. Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
9. Thailand's Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha
10. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. 

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Usha Ananthasubramanian becomes 1st Woman IBA Chief

Usha Ananthasubramanian, MD and CEO, Allahabad Bank, has been elected the first woman chairman of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA). Usha was elected IBA Chairman for the year 2017-18 by its Managing Committee.

IBA Chairman’s position fell vacant following the superannuation of Jatinder Bir Singh. Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, State Bank of India, was elected Deputy Chairman of IBA for the year 2017-18.

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Padma Awards 2018 Full List

Padma Awards 2018 Winners Full List: Padma Awards - one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service; ‘Padma Bhushan’ for distinguished service of high order and ‘Padma Shri’ for distinguished service in any field. The awards are announced on the occasion of Republic Day every year. This year the President of India has approved conferment of 85 Padma Awards including two duo cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) as per list below. The list comprises 3 Padma Vibhushan, 9 Padma Bhushan and 73 Padma Shri Awards. 14 of the awardees are women and the list also includes 16 persons from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI and 3 Posthumous awardees.

Padma Vibhushan Awards Winners List 2018:

SN	Name	Field	State
1	Shri Illaiyaraja	Art-Music	Tamil Nadu
2	Shri Ghulam Mustafa Khan	Art-Music	Maharashtra
3	Shri Parameswaran Parameswaran	Literature and Education	Kerala

Padma Bhushan Awards Winners List 2018:

SN	Name	Field	State
1	Shri Pankaj Advani	Sports- Billiards/Snooker	Karnataka
2	Shri Philipose Mar Chrysostom	Others-Spiritualism	Kerala
3	Shri Mahendra Singh Dhoni	Sports-Cricket	Jharkhand
4	Shri Alexander Kadakin (Foreigner/Posthumous)	Public Affairs	Russia
5	Shri Ramachandran Nagaswamy	Others-Archaeology	Tamil Nadu
6	Shri Ved Prakash Nanda (OCI)	Literature and Education	USA
7	Shri Laxman Pai	Art-Painting	Goa
8	Shri Arvind Parikh	Art-Music	Maharashtra
9	Ms. Sharda Sinha	Art-Music	Bihar

Padma Shri Awards Winners List 2018:

S.N	Name	Field	State
1	Shri Abhay Bang  & Ms. Rani Bang (Duo)	Medicine	Maharashtra
2	Shri Damodar Ganesh Bapat	Social Work	Chhattisgarh
3	Shri Prafulla Govinda Baruah	Literature and Education-Journalism	Assam
4	Shri Mohan Swaroop Bhatia	Art-Folk Music	Uttar Pradesh
5	Shri Sudhanshu Biswas	Social Work	West Bengal
6	Ms. Saikhom Mirabai Chanu	Sports-Weightlifting	Manipur
7	Shri Pandit Shyamlal Chaturvedi	Literature and Education-Journalism	Chhattisgarh
8	Shri Jose Ma Joey Concepcion III (Foreigner)	Trade & Industry	Philippines
9	Ms. Langpoklakpam Subadani Devi	Art-Weaving	Manipur
10	Shri Somdev Devvarman	Sports-Tennis	Tripura
11	Shri Yeshi Dhoden	Medicine	Himachal Pradesh
12	Shri Arup Kumar Dutta	Literature and Education	Assam
13	Shri Doddarange Gowda	Art-Lyrics	Karnataka
14	Shri Arvind Gupta	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
15	Shri Digamber Hansda	Literature and Education	Jharkhand
16	Shri Ramli Bin Ibrahim (Foreigner)	Art-Dance	Malaysia
17	Shri Anwar Jalalpuri (Posthumous)	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
18	Shri Piyong Temjen Jamir	Literature and Education	Nagaland
19	Ms. Sitavva Joddati	Social Work	Karnataka
20	Ms. Malti Joshi	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
21	Shri Manoj Joshi	Art-Acting	Maharashtra
22	Shri Rameshwarlal Kabra	Trade & Industry	Maharashtra
23	Shri Pran Kishore Kaul	Art	Jammu and Kashmir
24	Shri Bounlap Keokangna (Foreigner)	Others-Architecture	Laos
25	Shri Vijay Kichlu	Art-Music	West Bengal
26	Shri Tommy Koh (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	Singapore
27	Ms. Lakshmikutty	Medicine-Traditional	Kerala
28	Ms. Joyshree Goswami Mahanta	Literature and Education	Assam
29	Shri Narayan Das Maharaj	Others-Spiritualism	Rajasthan
30	Shri Pravakara Maharana	Art-Sculpture	Odisha
31	Shri Hun Many (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	Cambodia
32	Ms. Nouf Marwaai (Foreigner)	Others- Yoga	Saudi Arabia
33	Shri Zaverilal Mehta	Literature and Education-Journalism	Gujarat
34	Shri Krishna Bihari Mishra	Literature and Education	West Bengal
35	Shri Sisir Purushottam Mishra	Art-Cinema	Maharashtra
36	Ms. Subhasini Mistry	Social Work	West Bengal
37	Shri Tomio Mizokami (Foreigner)	Literature and Education	Japan
38	Shri Somdet Phra Maha Muniwong (Foreigner)	Others-Spiritualism	Thailand
39	Shri Keshav Rao Musalgaonkar	Literature and Education	Madhya Pradesh
40	Dr Thant Myint – U (Foreigner)	Public Affairs	Myanmar
41	Ms. V Nanammal	Others-Yoga	Tamil Nadu
42	Ms. Sulagitti Narasamma	Social Work	Karnataka
43	Ms. Vijayalakshmi Navaneethakrishnan	Art-Folk Music	Tamil Nadu
44	Shri I Nyoman Nuarta (Foreigner)	Art- Sculpture	Indonesia
45	Shri Malai Haji Abdullah, Bin Malai Haji Othman	Social Work	Brunei, Darussalam
46	Shri Gobaradhan Panika	Art-Weaving	Odisha
47	Shri Bhabani Charan Pattanaik	Public Affairs	Odisha
48	Shri Murlikant Petkar	Sports-Swimming	Maharashtra
49	Shri Habibullo Rajabov (Foreigner)	Literature and Education	Tajikistan
50	Shri M R Rajagopal	Medicine-Palliative Care	Kerala
51	Shri Sampat Ramteke (Posthumous)	Social Work	Maharashtra
52	Shri Chandra Sekhar Rath	Literature and Education	Odisha
53	Shri S S Rathore	Civil Service	Gujarat
54	Shri Amitava Roy	Science and Engineering	West Bengal
55	Shri Sanduk Ruit (Foreigner)	Medicine-Ophthalmology	Nepal
56	Shri R Sathyanarayana	Art-Music	Karnataka
57	Shri Pankaj M Shah	Medicine-Oncology	Gujarat
58	Shri Bhajju Shyam	Art-Painting	Madhya Pradesh
59	Shri Maharao Raghuveer Singh	Literature and Education	Rajasthan
60	Shri Kidambi Srikanth	Sports-Badminton	Andhra Pradesh
61	Shri Ibrahim Sutar	Art-Music	Karnataka
62	Shri Siddeshwara Swamiji	Others-Spiritualism	Karnataka
63	Ms. Lentina Ao Thakkar	Social Work	Nagaland
64	Shri Vikram Chandra Thakur	Science and Engineering	Uttarakhand
65	Rudrapatnam Brothers (RN Thyagarajan, RN Tharanathan)	Art-Music	Karnataka
66	Shri Nguyen Tien Thien (Foreigner)	Others-Spiritualism	Vietnam
67	Shri Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi	Literature and Education	Uttar Pradesh
68	Shri Rajagopalan Vasudevan	Science and Engineering	Tamil Nadu
69	Shri Manas Bihari Verma	Science and Engineering	Bihar
70	Shri Panatawane Gangadhar Vithobaji	Literature and Education	Maharashtra
71	Shri Romulus Whitaker	Others-Wildlife Conservation	Tamil Nadu
72	Shri Baba Yogendra	Art	Madhya Pradesh
73	Shri A Zakia	Literature and Education	Mizoram

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