Why in News:

=> President Ram Nath Kovind presented Padma awards for the year 2021 to three eminent personalities of Madhya Pradesh in a program organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Key Points:

=> President Ram Nath Kovind honored former MP Sumitra Mahajan with Padma Bhushan, Bhopal's Kapil Tiwari and tribal painter Bhuri Bai with Padma Shri for the year 2021.

=> Former MP Sumitra Mahajan has been honored with Padma Bhushan 2021 for her special contribution in the public sector.

• She was the speaker of the 16th Lok Sabha and is the first woman in India, who has been an MP for 8 consecutive terms.

=> Kapil Tiwari of Bhopal has made a special contribution in the field of manifestation of Ramayana based art in tribal culture.

• They have an important role in saving and promoting the folk arts of the state.

=> Bhuri Bai, a tribal painter of Jhabua, is a Bhil painter of international repute.

=> Former Union Minister Sushma Swaraj was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan for the year 2020 by President Ram Nath Kovind on November 8, 2021. Also Abdul Jabbar Khan of Bhopal (posthumously), Purushottam Dadhich and Nemnath Jain of Indore and Dr. Leela Joshi of Ratlam were honored with Padma Shri.