1. At the time of commencement of the First Five Year Plan in 1951, population of India was about 361 million and annual food grain production was 51 million tones (m.t.), which was not adequate.
2. Import of food grains was then inevitable to cover up the shortage. Attaining self sufficiently in food was therefore given paramount importance in the plan period and in order to achieve the objective, various major, medium and minor irrigation and multi-purpose projects were formulated and implemented through successive Five Year Plans to create additional irrigation potential throughout the country.
3. This drive compounded with green revolution in the agricultural sector, has enabled India to become marginally surplus country from a deficit one in food grains.
4. Thus the net irrigated area is 39 percent of net sown area and 30 percent of total cultivable area. As stated earlier, the ultimate potential due to major and medium projects has been assessed as 58 m.ha. of which 64 per cent estimated to be developed.
5. The Planning Commission after examining the earlier studies on the regionalization of the agricultural economy has recommended that agricultural planning be done on the basis of agro climatic regions.
6. The planning commission of India has introduced a new classification of irrigation schemes:
A. Major irrigation Schemes: Those with Cultural Command Area of more than 10000 hectares.
B. Medium Irrigation Schemes: Those with cultural Command Area between 2000 and 10000 hectares.
C. Minor irrigation Schemes: Those with cultural command area between 2000 -10000 hectares.
7. The government of India launched Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Program (AIBP) in 1996-97.
8. Micro Irrigation: A new Centrally Sponsored scheme on Micro Irrigation was launched by Department of of Agriculture and Cooperation with the approval of Cabinet on December 29, 2005, during the tenth plan with a target to bring 6.2 lakh hectares under the scheme with an objective of judicious use of water and available resources.
9. Drip Irrigation: Drip irrigation, also known as trickle irrigation or micro irrigation is an irrigation method which minimizes the use of water and fertilizer by allowing water to drip slowly to the roots of plants, either onto the soil surface or directly onto the root zone, through a network of valves, pipes, tubing, and emitters. It saves 30-40% of water as compared to irrigation with traditional method. It also gives 20-25% more productivity.
11. Irrigation under Bharat Nirman: Irrigation is one of the six components of for development of Infrastructure under Bharat Nirman. Under the Irrigation Component of Bharat Nirman, the target of creation of additional irrigation potential of 1 crore hectare in 4 years (2005-06 to 2008-09) is planned to be met largely through expeditious completion of identified ongoing major and medium irrigation projects.
Irrigation potential of 42 lakh hectare is planned to be created by expeditiously completing such ongoing major and medium projects. There is a definite gap between irrigation potential created and the potential utilized.
Under Bharat Nirman it is planned to restore and utilize irrigation potential of 10 lakh hectare through implementation of extension, renovation and modernization of schemes along with command area development and water management practices.
There are considerable areas in the country with unutilized ground water resources. Irrigation potential of 28 lakh hectare is planned to be created through ground water development. The remaining target for creation of irrigation potential of 10 lakh hectare is planned to be created by way of minor irrigation schemes using surface flow. lakh hectare of irrigation potential is also planned by way of repair, renovation and restoration of water bodies and extension, renovation and modernization of minor irrigation schemes.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Irrigation In India
Friday, February 11, 2011
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
SAARC to have first woman Secretary-General
Monday, February 7, 2011
2011 Asian Winter Games
The 2011 Asian Winter Games is a multi sporting event that is currently being held in Astana and Almaty, Kazakhstan and that began on January 30, 2011 and will end on February 6, 2011. It is the first time that Kazakhstan has hosted such a large event since independence from the Soviet Union.
Hosts Kazakhstan underlined their supremacy on the closing day of the Asian Winter Games on Sunday by winning four more gold medals to finish top of the medals table.
Kazakhstan were comfortably the most successful country at the event, having collected 32 gold medals and 70 overall.
Second-placed Japan finished with 13 golds and 54 overall, while South Korea were third after also picking up 13 gold medals.
In one of the tournament's final events, South Korea's women set a new Asian record in the speed skating team pursuit after clocking a time of 3min 04.35sec to finish two seconds ahead of China. Japan were third.
There was also a new Asian record in the men's equivalent event, as Japan set a new mark of 3min 49.18sec, just five minutes after South Korea had lowered the record to 3:49.21. The hosts took bronze.
In the women's nordic skiing 15km mass start, Masako Ishida of Japan led from start to finish to claim gold.
Ishida immediately took charge of a lead group containing three Kazakh skiers and China's Li Hongxue, before the 30-year-old moved up a gear at the 10km mark to finish 45.8sec ahead of second-placed local skier Elena Kolomina.
In the men's 30km mass start, Keishin Yoshida of Japan took an early lead but was ultimately outstripped by Kazakh pair Alexey Poltoranin and Sergey Cherepanov, who finished first and second respectively.
Kazakhstan started the day with a win in the biathlon, clinching the gold medal in the men's 4x7.5km relay.
Kazakhstan grabbed the lead through Alexandr Chervyakov, who came to the first exchange 52.5sec ahead of his closest chaser, Japan's Junji Nagai, who experienced problems at the shooting range.
Nikolay Braichenko increased the hosts' lead at the second leg to send Yan Savitsky into the third stage with a lead of more than one minute.
Savitsky had to use additional cartridges at the second shooting range and was subsequently held up, but he nonetheless managed to increase his team's advantage to 1min 48sec.
Dias Keneshev, the Kazakhastan anchor, came to the finish alone with Kazakhstan's flag in his hands, 2min 18sec ahead of Japan's Satoru Abe, with China finishing third.
"I'm very disappointed with my performance today," said Nagai, who had to run a penalty lap after his first shooting attempt.
"I had some problems with my rifle. Besides, I saw Chervyakov had finished shooting and I tried to shoot faster. That was my mistake as the haste led me into a series of misses."
Kazakhstan's bandy squad enjoyed complete command against Mongolia in the final, winning it 16-2.
The hosts kept their opponents under pressure from the start, scoring seven unanswered goals under the gaze of the country's president, Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The Mongols replied with some rough tactics, provoking a mass brawl at the end of the first half.
After the interval the hosts continued to dominate on the ice of the famous Medeu rink, scoring nine more goals to seal the gold medal before Mongolia replied with a couple of consolation goals from the penalty spot.
Kazakhstan's ice hockey squad also added a gold medal to their team's tally, beating Japan 4-1 in the final match.
After a goalless first period the hosts went into a 2-0 lead through quick-fire goals from Yevgeny Blokhin and Ilya Solarev.
In the third period Maxim Semenov and Roman Starchenko also scored for the hosts, while Jun Tonosaki pulled one back for Japan.
South Korea, who out-gunned China 11-1 earlier on Sunday, took the bronze medal.
7th Winter Asian Games Final Medal Tally
COUNTRY Gold Silver Bronze Total
Kazakhstan 32 21 17 70
Japan 13 24 17 54
Korea 13 12 13 38
China 11 10 14 35
Mongolia 0 1 4 5
Iran 0 1 2 3
Kyrgyzstan 0 0 1 1
7th Asian Winter Games Astana-Almaty 2011
| Opening Ceremony | 30-Jan-2011 |
| Closing Ceremony | 06-Feb-2011 |
| Host City | Astana-Almaty |
| Country | Kazakhstan |
| Nations Participating | 26 |
| Events | 69 |
| Sports | 5 |
| Disciplines | 11 |
President Nursultan Nazarbayev. Astana Arena (Opening)
Baluan Sholak Sport and Culture Palace (Closing)
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Important Bills
• Central information commission is constituted by the central government through a gazette
notification.
• The commission includes one chief information and not more than 10 information commission.
• All are appointed by the president.
• Oath of office is administered by the president of India according to the form set out in the first
schedule.
• Central information commission and state information commission have power of civil court.
2. Election Commission celebrates diamond jubilee:-
• The president of India recently inaugurated the diamond jubilee celebration of the election
commission of India.
• The commission was set up on Jan 25, 1950. While the rest of the constitution came into force
on Jan 26, 1950.
• Article 324 that created the commission was one of those exceptional provisions given effect as
early as on Nov 26, 1949.
• Until Oct 1989 there was just one chief election commission. In 1991 a law providing for the
appointment of two election commissioners. This law was amended and renamed in 1993.
• The election commission enjoys complete autonomy and is insulated from any kind of
executive interference.
• It also functions as a quasi-judicial body in matters of electoral disputes and other matters
involving the conduct of elections.
• However the decisions of the body are liable for independent judicial reviews by courts acting
on electoral petitions.
Principal functions of Election Commission of India:-
• Demarcation of consistencies
• Preparation of electoral rolls
• Recognition of political parties and allotment of symbols
• Scrutiny of nomination papers
• Conduct of polls
• Scrutiny of election expenses of candidates.
• The national health bill – 2009
• It seeks to provide health , health equity and justice for all Indians
3. National Health Bill- 2009
It seeks to provide health, health equity and justice for all Indians.
Its Important Features are:-
• Right to heath care:- the bill seeks to legalize the right to health care along with other issues
associated with health rights.
• Emergency care:- no individual should be denied emergency treatment because of his inability
to pay fees or due to the requirement for police clearance.
• Patient complaints:- bill seeks to make it mandatory for the hospitals to address patient
complaints on 24x7 basis.
• Name of doctor involved in treatment:- every patient has the right to know the name of
doctor/ nurse involved in his treatment.
4. National Arrears Grid:-
• Union law minister had announced that the national arrears grid and the special purpose vehicle
would implement the action plan to bring down the arrears of cases pending in various courts.
• The action plans should focus on human resource development, infrastructure development and
procedural reforms.
• It is decided that special judges to deal with all pending criminal cases where the term of
sentences was less than 3 years.
• It favored creation of a national pool of judicial officers from retired judges to enable persons
from the pool to be appointed as high court judges.
5. Gram Nyayalayas:-
• The Gram Nyayalayas act 2008 had been enacted to provide for the establishment of the gram
nyayalayas at the grass root level for the purpose of providing access to justice to the citizens at
their door steps.
Salient features:-
• It is aimed at providing inexpensive justice to people in rural areas at their door steps.
• It will have its court of judicial magistrate of the first class and its presiding officers
( Nyayadhikri) shall be appointed by the state government in consultation with the High Court.
• The Gram Nyayalaya shall be established for every panchyats at intermediate level in a district
or where there is no panchayat at intermediate level in any state for a group of contiguous
panchayats.
• Gram nyayalaya shall be a mobile court and shall exercise the powers of both criminal and civil
courts.
• Officiating nyaydhikari will go to villages work there and dispose of the cases.
6. Law commission:-
• It is a non- statutory body.
• Constituted by the government from time to time originally constituted in 1955 and it is
reconstituted every three years.
7. Judges ( inquiry) bill , 2006:-
• The judges ( inquiry ) bill 2006 established a national judicial council ( NJC) to conduct
Inquiries into allegations of incapacity or misbehavior by high court and Supreme Court judges.
• The proposed NJC would consist of the chief justice of India, two Supreme Court judges and
two high court chief justices to investigate high court judge (It has been change again in the new
draft).
• The chief justice of India and four Supreme Court judges to investigate Supreme Court judges.
• The NJC shall investigate complaints submitted by any persons, or upon receiving a references
from parliament based on a motion moved by 50 Rajya Sabha or 100 Lok Sabha m.p.
• If the allegations are proven, the NJC may impose minor measures or recommended the removal of judges. Removal of judges shall be through impeachment by parliament.
8. Biotechnology Regulating Authority of India (BRAI) bill:-
• This Bill would bring about wide ranging changes in the process of regulating research,
transport, import, manufacture and use of G.M product in the country.
Controversy regarding the Bill:-
• According to section 81 of the bill the act will have an overriding effect over other state – level
acts. Activists allege that this ignores the constitutional powers of states over agriculture and
health
• This bill has no provisions for public participation, which is a violation of article 23.2 of the
Cartagena Protocol on bio- safety to which India is a signatory.
• The bill also states that whoever without any evidence or scientific record misleads the public
about the safety of organism and products shall be punished with imprisonment for a term
which shall not be less than six months. But which may extend to one year and with fine which
may extend to two lakh rupees or with both.
• The bill serves to over ride state specific concerns by making the proposed authority solely
responsible for releasing and controlling genetically modified organisms (GMOs) through out
the country and envisages only an advisory role for state.
9. The prohibitions of unfair practices in technical, medical
educations institutions and universities bill:-
• It is drafted by the Human Resource development ministry to provide for a central law to curb
malpractices.
• However in the T.M.A pai , case supreme court held that establishment of private unaided
educational institutions was in the exercise of fundamental rights to occupations under article 19
(1) (g) of the constitution.
10. Communal violence bill:-
• It is communal violence (prevention, control and rehabilitation) bill.
• The bill empowers the centre to intervene to tackle communal violence without the concurrence
of the state government , if it is believe that state is not doing enough to control the violence.
• The bill also empowers the centre to declare any area in any state communally disturbed, if it is
convinced that the state government is not following its directions to control or to check
communal violence.
• The bill gives the central government exclusive power to constitute a unified command to deal
with communal violence.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Name of Chief Guests at Republic Day of India
Chief Guests at Republic Day of India (26th January Parades): Since 1950, India has been hosting head of state or government of another country as the state guest of honour for Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. Since 1955 parade is being presenting at Rajpath. The guest country is chosen after a deliberation of strategic, economic and political interests.
Following is the list of all Chief guest invited to attend Republic Day of India (26th January) since 1950 to 2011:
| Year | Chief Guest Name | Country |
| 1950 | President Sukarno | Indonesia |
| 1951 | ||
| 1952 | ||
| 1953 | ||
| 1954 | King Jigme Dorji Wangchuck | Bhutan |
| 1955 | Governor General Malik Ghulam Muhammad (first guest for parade at Rajpath) | Pakistan |
| 1956 | ||
| 1957 | ||
| 1958 | Marshall Ye Jianying | People’s Republic of China |
| 1959 | ||
| 1960 | President Kliment Voroshilov | Soviet Union |
| 1961 | Queen Elizabeth II | United Kingdom |
| 1962 | ||
| 1963 | King Norodom Sihanouk | Cambodia |
| 1964 | ||
| 1965 | Food and Agriculture Minister Rana Abdul Hamid | Pakistan |
| 1966 | ||
| 1967 | ||
| 1968 | Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin and President Josip Broz Tito | Soviet Union Yugoslavia |
| 1969 | Prime Minister of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov | Bulgaria |
| 1970 | ||
| 1971 | President Julius Nyerere | Tanzania |
| 1972 | Prime Minister Seewoosagur Ramgoolam | Mauritius |
| 1973 | President Mobutu Sese Seko | Zaire |
| 1974 | President Josip Broz Tito and Prime Minister Sirimavo Ratwatte Dias Bandaranaike | Yugoslavia Sri Lanka |
| 1975 | President Kenneth Kaunda | Zambia |
| 1976 | Prime Minister Jacques Chirac | France |
| 1977 | First Secretary Edward Gierek | Poland |
| 1978 | President Patrick Hillery | Ireland |
| 1979 | Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser | Australia |
| 1980 | President Valéry Giscard d’Estaing | France |
| 1981 | President Jose Lopez Portillo | Mexico |
| 1982 | King Juan Carlos I | Spain |
| 1983 | President Shehu Shagari | Nigeria |
| 1984 | King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Bhutan |
| 1985 | President Raúl AlfonsÃn | Argentina |
| 1986 | Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou | Greece |
| 1987 | President Alan Garcia | Peru |
| 1988 | President Junius Jayewardene | Sri Lanka |
| 1989 | General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh | Vietnam |
| 1990 | Prime Minister Anerood Jugnauth | Mauritius |
| 1991 | President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom | Maldives |
| 1992 | President Mário Soares | Portugal |
| 1993 | Prime Minister John Major | United Kingdom |
| 1994 | Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong | Singapore |
| 1995 | President Nelson Mandela | South Africa |
| 1996 | President Dr. Fernando Henrique Cardoso | Brazil |
| 1997 | Prime Minister Basdeo Panday | Trinidad and Tobago |
| 1998 | President Jacques Chirac | France |
| 1999 | King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev | Nepal |
| 2000 | President Olusegun Obasanjo | Nigeria |
| 2001 | President Abdelaziz Bouteflika | Algeria |
| 2002 | President Cassam Uteem | Mauritius |
| 2003 | President Mohammed Khatami | Iran |
| 2004 | President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva | Brazil |
| 2005 | King Jigme Singye Wangchuck | Bhutan |
| 2006 | King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz al-Saud | Saudi Arabia |
| 2007 | President Vladimir Putin | Russia |
| 2008 | President Nicolas Sarkozy | France |
| 2009 | President Nursultan Nazarbayev | Kazakhstan |
| 2010 | President Lee Myung Bak | Republic of Korea |
| 2011 | President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Indonesia |
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
PADMA AWARDS 2011
The President of India has approved the conferment of Padma Awards-2011. This year the President has approved 128 awards including one duo case (counted as one) and 12 in the category of Foreigners/ NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous. These comprise 13 Padma Vibhushan, 31 Padma Bhushan and 84 Padma Shri Awards. There are 31 ladies among the awardees.
Padma Vibhushan
| Sl No. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| | Dr. (Smt.) Kapila Vatsyayan | Art - Art Administration and Promotion. | Delhi |
| | Mrs. Homai Vyarawalla | Art - Photography | Gujarat |
| | Shri A Nageshwara Rao | Art- Cinema | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Parasaran Kesava Iyengar | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| | Dr. Akhlaq-ur-Rehman Kidwai | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| | Shri Vijay Kelkar | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| | Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia | Public Affairs | Delhi |
| | Shri Palle Rama Rao | Science and Engineering | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Azim Premji | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| | Shri Brajesh Mishra | Civil Services | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Prof. (Dr.) Ottaplakkal Neelakandan Velu Kurup | Literature and Education | Kerala |
| | Dr. Sitakant Mahapatra | Literature and Education | Orissa |
| | Late Shri L. C. Jain | Public Affairs | Delhi * |
Padma Bhushan
| Sl No. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| | Shri Satyadev Dubey | Art - Theatre | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi alias Khayyam | Art - Cinema - Music | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Shashi Kapoor | Art - Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Krishen Khanna | Art - Painting | Haryana |
| | Shri Madavur Vasudevan Nair | Art - Dance - Kathakali | Kerala |
| | Ms. Waheeda Rehman | Art - Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Rudrapatna Krishna Shastry Srikantan | Art - Music-Vocal | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Arpita Singh | Art - Painting | Delhi |
| | Dr. Sripathi Panditharadhyula Balasubrahmanyam | Art - Playback Singing, Music Direction & acting | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri C.V. Chandrasekhar | Art - Classical Dance-Bharatanatyam | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Dwijen Mukherjee | Art | West Bengal |
| | Smt. Rajashree Birla | Social work | Maharashtra |
| | Mrs. Shobhana Ranade | Social work | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. Suryanarayanan Ramachandran | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri S.(Kris) Gopalakrishnan | Trade and Industry | Karnataka |
| | Shri Yogesh Chander Deveshwar | Trade and Industry | West Bengal |
| | Ms. Chanda Kochhar | Trade and Industry | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. K. Anji Reddy | Trade and Industry- Pharmacy | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Analjit Singh | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| | Shri Rajendra Singh Pawar | Trade and Industry | Haryana |
| | Dr. Gunapati Venkata Krishna Reddy | Trade and Industry | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Ajai Chowdhary | Trade and Industry | Delhi |
| | Shri Surendra Singh | Civil Services | Delhi |
| | Shri M. N .Buch | Civil Services | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Shri Shyam Saran | Civil Services | Delhi |
| | Shri Thayil Jacob Sony George | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| | Dr. Ramdas Madhava Pai | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| | Shri Sankha Ghosh | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| | Late Shri K. Raghavan Thirumulpad | Medicine - Ayurveda. | Kerala* |
| | Late Dr. Keki Byramjee Grant | Medicine - Cardiology | Maharashtra * |
| | Late Shri Dashrath Patel | Art | Gujarat * |
Padma Shri
| Sl No. | Name | Discipline | State/ Domicile |
| | Ms. Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry | Art - Theatre | Chandigarh |
| | Shri Makar Dhwaja Darogha | Art- Chhau Dance | Jharkhand |
| | Shri Shaji Neelakantan Karun | Art – Film Direction | Kerala |
| | Shri Girish Kasaravalli | Art - Film making | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Tabassum Hashmi Khan alias Tabu | Art - Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Jivya Soma Mase | Art - Warli Painting | Maharashtra |
| | Guru (Ms.) M.K. Saroja | Art - Dance- Bharatnatyam | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Jayaram Subramaniam | Art - Cinema | Tamil Nadu |
| | Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty | Art - Music-Indian Classical Vocal | West Bengal |
| | Smt. Mahasundari Devi | Art - Mithilia/ Madhubani Painting. | Bihar |
| | Shri Gajam Govardhana | Art - Handloom Weaving | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Ms. Sunayana Hazarilal | Art - Dance - Kathak | Maharashtra |
| | Shri S.R. Janakiraman | Art - Carnatic Vocal Music | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Peruvanam Kuttan Marar | Art - Chenda Melam- Drum concert | Kerala |
| | Smt. Kalamandalam Kshemavathy Pavithran | Art - Dance - Mohiniattam | Kerala |
| | Shri Dadi Dorab Pudumjee | Art - Puppetry | Delhi |
| | Shri Khangembam Mangi Singh | Art - Traditional Music of Manipur (Pena) | Manipur |
| | Shri Prahlad Singh Tipaniya | Art - Folk Music | Madhya Pradesh |
| | Smt. Usha Uthup | Art - Music. | West Bengal |
| | Smt. Kajol | Art- Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Irfan Khan | Art- Cinema | Maharashtra |
| | Shri Mamraj Agrawal | Social work | West Bengal |
| | Shri Jockin Arputham | Social work | Maharashtra |
| | Ms. Nomita Chandy | Social work | Karnataka |
| | Ms. Sheela Patel | Social work | Maharashtra |
| | Ms. Anita Reddy | Social work | Karnataka |
| | Shri Kanubhai Hasmukhbhai Tailor | Social work | Gujarat |
| | Shri Anant Darshan Shankar | Public Affairs | Karnataka |
| | Prof. M. Annamalai | Science and Engineering | Karnataka |
| | Dr. Mahesh Haribhai Mehta | Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science | Gujarat |
| | Shri Coimbatore Narayana Rao Raghavendran | Science and Engineering | Tamil Nadu |
| | Dr. (Mrs.) Suman Sahai | Science and Engineering | Delhi |
| | Prof.(Dr.) E.A. Siddiq | Science and Engineering - Agricultural Science | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Gopalan Nair Shankar | Science and Engineering - Architecture | Kerala |
| | Shri Mecca Rafeeque Ahmed | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Kailasam Raghavendra Rao | Trade and Industry | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Narayan Singh Bhati
| Civil Services | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri P K Sen | Civil Services | Bihar |
| | Ms. Shital Mahajan | Sports - Adventure Sports- Para Jumping | Maharashtra |
| | Ms. Nameirakpam Kunjarani Devi | Sports - Weightlifting | Manipur |
| | Shri Sushil Kumar | Sports - Wrestling | Delhi |
| | Shri Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman | Sports - Cricket | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Shri Gagan Narang | Sports - Shooting | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Smt. Krishna Poonia | Sports - Discus Throw | Rajasthan |
| | Shri Harbhajan Singh | Sports - Mountaineering | Punjab |
| | Dr. Pukhraj Bafna | Medicine - Padeatrics | Chhattisgarh |
| | Prof. Mansoor Hasan | Medicine- Cardiology | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Dr. Shyama Prasad Mandal | Medicine - Orthopaedic | Delhi |
| | Prof. (Dr.) Sivapatham Vittal | Medicine - Endocrinology | Tamil Nadu |
| | Prof. (Dr.) Madanur Ahmed Ali | Medicine - Gastroenterology | Tamil Nadu |
| | Dr. Indira Hinduja | Medicine - Obstetrics and Gynaecology. | Maharashtra |
| | Dr. Jose Chacko Periappuram | Medicine - Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. | Kerala |
| | Prof. (Dr.) A. Marthanda Pillai | Medicine - Neurosurgery | Kerala |
| | Shri Mahim Bora | Literature and Education | Assam |
| | Prof. (Dr.) Pullella Srirama Chandrudu | Literature and Education- Sanskrit | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Dr. Pravin Darji | Literature and Education | Gujarat |
| | Dr. Chandra Prakash Deval | Literature and Education | Rajasthan |
| | Shri Balraj Komal | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| | Mrs. Rajni Kumar | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| | Dr. Devanooru Mahadeva | Literature and Education | Karnataka |
| | Shri Barun Mazumder | Literature and Education | West Bengal |
| | Dr. Avvai Natarajan | Literature and Education | Tamil Nadu |
| | Shri Bhalchandra Nemade | Literature and Education | Himachal Pradesh |
| | Prof. Riyaz Punjabi | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
| | Prof. Koneru Ramakrishna Rao | Literature and Education | Andhra Pradesh |
| | Ms. Buangi Sailo | Literature and Education | Mizoram |
| | Prof. Devi Dutt Sharma | Literature and Education | Uttarakhand |
| | Shri Nilamber Dev Sharma | Literature and Education | Jammu and Kashmir |
|
| Ms. Urvashi Butalia # | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| Ms. Ritu Menon # | Literature and Education | Delhi | |
| | Prof. Krishna Kumar | Literature and Education | Delhi |
| | Shri Deviprasad Dwivedi | Literature and Education | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Ms. Mamang Dai | Literature and Education | Arunachal Pradesh |
| | Dr. Om Prakash Agrawal | Others - Heritage Conservation | Uttar Pradesh |
| | Prof. Madhukar Keshav Dhavalikar | Others - Archeology | Maharashtra |
| | Ms. Shanti Teresa Lakra | Others-Nursing | Andaman & Nicobar |
| | Smt. Gulshan Nanda | Others - Handicrafts promotion | Delhi |
| | Dr. Azad Moopen | Social work | UAE * |
| | Prof. Upendra Baxi | Public Affairs -Legal Affairs | United Kingdom * |
| | Dr. Mani Lal Bhaumik | Science and Engineering | USA * |
| | Dr. Subra Suresh | Science and Engineering | USA * |
| | Prof. Karl Harrington Potter | Literature and Education | USA * |
| | Prof. Martha Chen | Social work | USA * |
| | Shri Satpal Khattar | Trade and Industry | Singapore * |
| | Shri Granville Austin | Literature and Education | USA * |
Note: * indicates awardees in the category of Foreigners / NRIs/ PIOs/ Posthumous.
# indicates duo case.