Seventeen MPs, Including Ravi Kishan and Supriya Sule, Honoured with Sansad Ratna Awards
Seventeen Members of Parliament, including Bhartruhari Mahtab and Ravi Kishan, and two Parliamentary Standing Committees, have been selected for the Sansad Ratna Award 2025. The awards recognize outstanding performance in Parliament based on measurable data such as questions asked, debates participated in, and private member bills introduced.
Two departmentally related standing committees — Finance and Agriculture — have also been chosen for their exceptional performance based on their reports presented to Parliament. The Standing Committee on Finance is chaired by Mahtab while the Standing Committee on Agriculture is chaired by Charanjit Singh Channi of the Congress.
Key Points:
- A total of 17 MPs have been chosen for the Sansad Ratna Awards, which honor excellence in parliamentary performance.
- Supriya Sule (NCP) and Ravi Kishan (BJP) are among the recipients, recognized for their consistent and active participation in parliamentary proceedings.
- The selection is based on performance data from PRS Legislative Research and other reputed trackers.
- The Sansad Ratna Awards were instituted in 2010 by Prime Point Foundation and the eMagazine PreSense, following the suggestion of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam.
- The awardees were selected by the Jury Committee, chaired by Hansraj Ahir, Chairman of the National Commission for Backwards Classes (NCBC).