SANSAD RATNA AWARD - AWARDS
News: 13 MPs to get
the Sansad Ratna award
What's in the news?
● Eight Lok Sabha members
and five Rajya Sabha members have been nominated for
the Sansad Ratna Awards 2023, based on performance in questions, private
members Bills and participation in debates.
Key takeaways:
● In
addition, two Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSC) and a veteran
and distinguished leader (Shri T K
Rangarajan, Former Rajya Sabha MP) have also been nominated under the
special awards category.
○ The
Finance Committee (Lok Sabha
Committee) and Transport, Tourism and
Culture Committee (Rajya Sabha Committee) are nominated for Awards for
their outstanding cumulative performance from the beginning of the 17th Lok
Sabha until the end of Winter Session of 2022.
Sansad Awards:
● Sansad
Ratna Award (“Gem of Parliament”)
was established in 2010 by the Prime Point Foundation and E-magazine PreSense
to honor top-performing members of the Indian Parliament.
● The
Sansad Ratna Awards Committee was instituted in 2009 to promote the late President Doctor Abdul Kalam’s vision to
celebrate the success of outstanding parliamentarians.
● The
awards are given on behalf of civil society through a transparent selection
process by a jury committee of eminent parliamentarians based on the data on
various performance parameters.
Jury Committee - 2023:
● The
Jury Committee of eminent Parliamentarians and civil society, chaired by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal (Hon’ble
MoS, Parliamentary Affairs) and Co-Chaired by Shri T S Krishnamurthy (Former Chief Election
Commissioner of India).