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    Press Information Bureau


    Government of India
    Ministry of Women and Child Development
    17-August-2012 13:54 IST

    Awards to Children
    The Government has instituted “National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement” to give
    recognition to children with exceptional abilities and who have achieved outstanding status in
    various fields including academics, arts, culture, and sports etc. Children between the age of four
    to fifteen years who have shown exceptional achievement in various fields are considered for this
    award. One Gold medal (at National level) and 35 Silver medals (one for each State/UT) are given
    annually. The selection of awardees is done by a National Selection Committee headed by the
    Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Women and Child Development.

    The Government has formulated following criteria for selecting such children:

    (i) The child to be selected for the Award should have unusual talent and exceptional
    achievement in any field including academics, arts, culture and sports etc.

    (ii) Age certificate (Date of birth) duly attested by a Gazetted Government officer.

    (iii) Attributes/traits, which are claimed to be possessed by the child, extraordinary or


    exceptional, should be reported in the Press, or have been tested by experts in the field. It should
    also be possible to subject the claim to an objective test.

    A cash prize of Rs. 20,000, citation, certificate and a Gold Medal is given to the awardee of Gold
    Medal at the National Level. For Silver medal awardees, cash prize of Rs. 10,000, citation,
    certificate and a silver medal is given to each awardee.

    This was stated by Smt. Krishna Tirath, Minister for Women and Child Development in a written
    reply to the Lok Sabha today.

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