Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar

The award includes a medal, a cash prize, a citation and a certificate. Children who win the Bal Shakti Puraskar also receive book vouchers, and participate in the Republic Day Parade. Besides, eligible children are also presented with a specified reservation of central pool seats for medical education, allocated annually by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. ==Eligibility and nominations ==

Bal Kalyan Puraskar Bal Kalyan Puraskar has two categories, for individuals and for institutions. Three awards are given in each category. In the individual category, Indian citizens who are 18 years old or above on 31 August in the year they are nominated, and who are not employed by an institution, are eligible to be nominated. Institutions working within "any field of child welfare" can be nominated for the institutions category. In the case of both individuals and institutions, the nominee must have been active for a number of years in the field they are nominated within. Bal Shakti Puraskar Children who are Indian citizens and who are between the ages of 5 and 18 on 31 August in the year they are nominated are eligible for the Bal Shakti Puraskar. Any Indian citizen may nominate a child for the award. The deadline for nominations is 31 August each year, for the awards that are given in January of the following year. ==Selection committee ==

The awardees are selected by a committee including representatives of the Ministry of Women and Child Development and a number of other departments, as well as subject experts in the relevant fields. == Notable recipients ==

National Child Award / Bal Shakti Puraskar • Palak Muchhal (2000) • S. J. Jananiy (2001) • • Kishan SS (2009) • Aravindh Chithambaram (2015) • R Vaishali (2015) • Vantika Agrawal (2016) • Nihal Sarin (2016) • Esow Alben (2019) • Anish Sarkar (2025) • Vaibhav Sooryavanshi (2025) • Dhinidhi Desinghu (2025) • Jyoshna Sabar (2025) Bal Kalyan Puraskar • Anand Kumar (2017) == References ==