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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other cabinet members are expected to attend the daylong event, they added. The awards were announced early this year on the eve of the Republic Day.
According to officials, the awardees will be informed about the ceremony to be held next week as many of them will be required to arrange their logistics which will be coordinated by the Union home ministry. As per the norms, the willingness of the person to be conferred with the awards and his/her presence is sought at the President's house where the ceremonies have been held on two different occasions in the past.
On the model code of conduct, officials explained that since awards have been already declared, there are no violations of any rules.
Recently, President Droupadi Murmu conferred Bharat Ratna, the country highest civilian award, to former prime ministers P V Narasimha Rao and Chaudhary Charan Singh, senior BJP leader L K Advani, agriculture scientist M S Swaminathan and former Bihar chief minister Karpoori Thakur. The awards were given after the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates on March 16, 2024, they added.
In 2023, the President gave away the Padma Awards in two ceremonies, first being held on March 23 and, second on April 5, 2023. However, due to ongoing general elections, the schedule has been delayed this year, another official explained. A total of 132 eminent personalities were among the Padma Awardees this year.
Among them are former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, actors Vyjayantimala Bali and Konidela Chiranjeevi, Sulabh International founder late Bindeshwar Pathak, first woman judge of Supreme Court late M Fathima Beevi and Bombay Samachar owner Hormusji N Cama, Actor Mithun Chakraborty, Foxconn Chairman Young Liu from Taiwan, BJP veteran Ram Naik, late actor Vijaykanth, singer Usha Uthup and philanthropist Kiran Nadar were also awarded the coveted civilian award.
The awards are conferred in three categories, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri.
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