Sansad Ratna Award
| Sansad Ratna Award | |
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| Awarded by Prime Point Foundation and PR-e-Sense | |
| Type | Best Parliamentarian Award |
| Category | Private |
| Description | |
| Description | Top performing Indian Lok Sabha Members |
| Instituted | 2010 |
Sansad Ratna Award ("Gem of Parliament") is a private award established in 2010 by the Prime Point Foundation and e-magazine PR-e-Sense to honour "top performing" Members of the Indian Lok Sabha. The private-award is not conferred by the Government of India nor are its "recipients" recognized as such by the Government of India.
Similarly, it is in no way related to the Outstanding Parliamentarian Award given by the Indian Parliamentary Group. Sansad Ratna Awards are claimed by their organizers to be awards made on behalf of "civil society" in a way that is "transparent" in selection based on "data" from three "performance parameters".
The Prime Point Foundation jointly with the ezine PR-e-Sense decided to honour Parliamentarians who, in their opinion, performed well in the Lok Sabha, based on their participation in debates, raising questions, introducing Private Members Bills and Attendance.
In May 2010, the Award was presented for the first time under the name "UnSung Heroes' Award". Since its launch in 2010, the Award has been presented annually, around April or May. The Award was renamed in 2012 and has since been known as the "Sansad Ratna Award".
Delhi based NGO PRS Legislative Research closely monitors the "performance" of all the Members of Parliament and releases the data of their individual performance. Selection of Awardees is based on the participation of debates, raising questions, introduction of Private Members Bills and attendance in the House and Committee Meetings, Usage of MPLADS, etc. at the end of Budget Session of every year. The Awards are then presented to the Members of Parliament in a ceremony held around June / July every year.
For the 16th Lok Sabha, a "Selection Committee" headed by Anandrao Vithoba Adsul with members Hansraj Gangaram Ahir and Arjun Ram Meghwal has been formed. The selection committee members were themselves so-called "outstanding performers" of the 15th Lok Sabha and recipients of the 'Sansad Maha Ratna' awarded for that session.
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