Naukari.com founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani, industrialist Bharat Goenka, technocrat Nemnath Jain given Padma ShriCricketer Zaheer Khan, hockey player Rani Rampal, shooter Jitu Rai to be awarded Padma Shri
1 min read25 Jan 2020Naresh Chandra was the cabinet secretary during 1990-92 and the Indian ambassador to the US from 1996 to 2001; he was conferred with the Padma Vibhushan in 2007
1 min read10 Jul 2017While the list of Padma Shri winners heralded the country's unsung heroes, those of Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awardees hailed former bureaucrats and politicians
1 min read25 Jan 2017As per government data, a total of 4,284 Padma awards have been given between the 1955-2016 period
1 min read14 Sep 2016An interactive dashboard of all the awardees since the institution of the awards has been launched which allows the user to explore and analyse the list of 4,400 awardees
2 min read14 Sep 2016KG Subramanyan was famous for his terracotta murals, glass paintings, illustrated children's books and works on canvas that drew upon myth, memory and tradition
1 min read29 Jun 2016Ambani chosen for Padma Vibhushan, Mistry conferred Padma Bhushan and Shanghvi awarded Padma Shri
3 min read26 Jan 2016In his revelations on the lobbying for Padma Awards, Nitin Gadkari has managed to belittle our highest civilian honour
2 min read9 Jan 2016Dilip Kumar was presented the honour by home minister Rajnath Singh at his residence in Mumbai
1 min read15 Dec 2015Supreme Court advocate Kottayan K. Venugopal and D. Veerendra Heggade of the Dharmasthala Jain temple were also conferred the Padma Vibhushan award
1 min read8 Apr 2015The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared