The President of India, Droupadi Murmu, conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 to 11 selected children in an award ceremony on January 23.
The award ceremony held today at Vigyan Bhawan.
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.
In this award ceremony, each awardee is presented with a medallion, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate.