The Central government has launched the Rashtriya Puruskar Portal with the aim of bringing all awards of different ministries, departments, agencies of the Indian government under one platform to ensure transparency and public partnership.

“This portal facilitates every citizen or organization to nominate individuals/organizations for various Awards instituted by the Government of India,” the Union Home ministry said in a statement.

This year onwards, nominations for Padma Awards will be received only on Rashtriya Puruskar Portal — www.awards.gov.in.

The last date for this year’s Padma Award nominations is September 15.

Padma Awards — Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri — will be awarded on Republic Day 2023.

Padma Awards apart, nominations are currently open for following awards:

• National Gopal Ratna Award
• National Award for Senior Citizens
• National Award for Individual Excellence 2021 and 2022
• National Awards for Institutions Engaged in Empowering Persons with Disabilities 2021 and 2022
• National CSR Awards
• Nari Shakti Puruskar
• Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar
• National Awards for Outstanding Services in the Field of Prevention of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
• Jeevan Raksha Padak.