Rashtriya Puruskar Portal: The Union Government has launched Rashtriya Puruskar Portal to bring together all the awards of the various Ministries, Departments and agencies of the government under one platform.

Key Points:

• The Rashtriya Puruskar Portal has been launched by to ensure transparency and public partnership.
• For the first time in the history of India, information regarding all national awards would be available to the public on a single digital platform including their eligibility criteria, selection procedure, and details of past awardees will be available in this simple and user friendly portal.
• This common portal will facilitate every citizen or organization to nominate individuals or organizations for various awards instituted by the Government of India (GoI).
• The nominations or recommendations for the Padma Awards are open till September 15, 2022, while the nominations or recommendations for Jeevan Raksha Padak will be invited till September 30, 2022.
• For the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023, the last date is August 31.