Shram Ratna Award

Shram Ratna Award

Shram Awards were set up by the Government of India in 1985 to recognize the outstanding contributions of workers in different fields.

Union Ministry of Labour and Employment announced the Prime Minister Shram Awards for year 2011 on 15 August 2012.

This year, no nomination was found suitable for the presitigious Shram Ratna Award. Six nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, Thirty Three nominations for Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana and twenty nine nominations for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been selected.

Even though, the total number of Shram Awards is 33, the number of workers receiving the Awards is 68 (Including six women), as some of the Awards have been shared by workers and/or teams of workers consisting of more than one worker. These include 52 workers from the public sector and 16 workers from the private sector.

Shram Bhushan awards carry a cash prize of 1 lakh rupees and a Sanad. Shram Veer/Veerangana awards carry a cash prize of 60000 rupees and a Sanad. Shram Shree/Devi Awards  comprise of a cash prize of 40000 rupees and a Sanad.