Sansad Ratna Awards 2016 - Rules for selection of Awardees

Sansad Ratna Awards 2016

(7th Edition)

Selection of Award winners - Rules

There are five Awards for Lok Sabha and one Award for Rajya Sabha.:

Categories

Lok Sabha:

1.  Topper in Debates (only original works)

2.  Topper in Private Members Bills

3.  Topper in Questions

4.  Topper among women MPs for overall tally

5.  Topper among the first time MPs for overall tally

6.  Topper among the 2015 Rajya Sabha retiree

Rajya Sabha

1.  Topper among the retirees who have completed 6 years retired in 2015 for total tally.  (No other additional parameters)

Other additional parameters

For Lok Sabha only (excepting for women category)

In addition to being the topper, they should comply with the following conditions.

1.  70% attendance in the House

2.  70% attendance in the Committee Meetings(at least two)

3.  50% spend in the MPLAD as available in the site

4.  Should be within the top 10 for overall tally.

Stages in the selection process

1.   Nomination based on the eligibility of the above parameters by the selection committee for Award.
2.     Nominees will be informed confidentially by the Commitee.
3.   Acceptance of the nomination and receiving the Award at Chennai during the function.  Announcement of the Awardees will be made only after the nominees accept the Award personally. 

Sources:

For performance data:  PRS India site www.prsindia.org (A separate data sheet received excluding the associated matters. that will be uploaded by us for reference)

For Committee Meetings:

http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Committee/CommitteeHome.aspx

For MPLADS

www.mplads.nic.in

Awards instituted by Prime Point Foundation and eMagazine PreSense

Selection Committee Judges

Sansad Maha Ratna Awardees of 15th Lok Sabha

Shri Anandrao Adsul MP - Chairman

Shri Hansraj G Ahir , Hon'ble MOS

Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal MP