29 Shakti Samman to women: The captain of the waves, some love the forest and the land, some are adept at solving maths puzzles

On the occasion of International Women’s Day, President Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday presented the Nari Shakti Puraskar for 2020-21 to 29 women who have made outstanding contribution to the empowerment of women. These include 14 awards for 2020 and 14 for 2021. This award is given by the Ministry of Women and Child Development to those who have done remarkable work towards the development of women.

Ceremony concluded with Nari Shakti Puraskar
In continuation of the ‘Azadi Ke Amrit Mahotsav’, the week-long celebrations of International Women’s Day began on March 1, 2022 in New Delhi. The function ended with the distribution of Nari Shakti Puraskar. The award was given for 2020-21. The 2020 award ceremony was postponed due to the Corona crisis.

Women of many fields got awards
The Nari Shakti Puraskar winners for the year 2020 include women from different walks of life. For example, entrepreneurship, agriculture, innovation, social work, art, handicrafts, STEMM and wildlife conservation. Nari Shakti Puraskar winners for the year 2021 include women from the fields of Linguistics, Entrepreneurship, Agriculture, Social Work, Art, Handcrafts, Merchant Navy, STEMM, Education, Literature, Divyangjan Rights etc.

These women from 14 states honored
Merchant Navy captain Radhika Menon, social entrepreneur Anita Gupta, organic farming tribal activist Ushaben Dineshbhai Vasava, innovation renown Nasira Akhtar, Intel India chief Nivruti Rai, Kathak dancer Sayli Nandkishore Agwane with Down syndrome Vanitha Jagdev Borade, the first woman to save snakes, and mathematician Neena Gupta.

PM Modi salutes women power
On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has bowed to women power on International Women’s Day. He said that the central government would continue to focus on women empowerment through its various schemes with special emphasis on respect and opportunities. From financial inclusion to social security, from quality health care to housing, from education to entrepreneurship, many efforts were made to keep our women power ahead in India’s development journey. These efforts will continue with more vigor in the times to come. On Women’s Day, I salute Nari Shakti and her achievements in various fields. The Government of India will continue to focus on women empowerment through its various schemes with special emphasis on respect and opportunities.

Women achieved achievements in many fields I
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, President Ram Nath Kovind has greeted the countrymen on Women’s Day. In his tweet, Kovind said that on the occasion of International Women’s Day, my warm greetings and best wishes to all the countrymen. The women of our country have achieved success in many fields. He further said that on this day, let us all take a collective pledge to completely eliminate the inequality between women and men.