President Murmu confers Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023 to 11 children; PM Modi to meet awardees today

These awards are given to selected students for their excellence in six categories — art and culture, bravery, innovation, scholastic, social service and sports.

OM Modi will meet awardees tomorrow after Droupadi Murmu

In this award ceremony, each awardee of will be given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate. (Representative image. Source: PTI)

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The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 to 11 selected children in an award ceremony today, i.e. January 23. The award ceremony held today at Vigyan Bhawan.

After the award ceremony today, Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees on January 24, 2023. This will be followed by a meeting with the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, and Minister of State, Munjpara Mahendrabhai.

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The awards are conferred upon children in the age group of 5–18 years. These awards are given to selected students for their excellence in six categories — art and culture, bravery, innovation, scholastic, social service and sports. This year, four students are being awarded in the art and culture category, one for bravery, two for innovation, one for social service and three children have been selected for sports category.

President Droupadi Murmu will confer the #PradhanMantriRashtriyaBalPuraskar, 2023 to 11 exceptional children in an award ceremony which will take place at Vigyan Bhawan on 23rd January, 2023.

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In this award ceremony, each awardee of will be given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate.

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