Anubhav Awards

ANUBHAV Awards recognizes the contribution made by Retired Officials to Nation building while working in Government and to document the administrative history of India by written narratives.

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About ANUBHAV Awards: 

  • It recognizes the contribution made by Retired Officials to Nation building while working in Government and to document the administrative history of India by written narratives.
  • The ANUBHAV Portal, established in March 2015, serves as an online platform for retiring and retired government employees to share their experiences. 
    • The portal was launched by the Government of India, Ministry of personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ welfare.
  • Objectives
    • It aims to create a database of significant suggestions and work experiences.
    • It channels the human resource of retiring employees for nation building.
    • Enable Ministries/ Departments to take crucial steps while considering useful and replicable suggestions.
  • Eligibility: To participate in the scheme, retiring Central Government employees/pensioners are required to submit their Anubhav write ups, 8 months prior to retirement and up to 1 year after their retirement.
  • Thereafter, the write-ups will be published after assessment by concerned Ministries/Departments. The published write-ups will be shortlisted for Anubhav Awards and Jury Certificates.
  • Each ANUBHAV Awardees will be felicitated with a medal and certificate and a Prize of 10,000 rupees, whereas a Jury certificate Winner will be presented with a medal and a certificate.

Q1: What is the role of the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare?

It acts as the crucial nodal department for formulation of policies relating to pension and other retirement benefits of Central Govt. employees covered under CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972 Apart from formulation of pension policy for the Central Govt. Pensioners/Family Pensioners, it also seeks to promote pensioners welfare and serves as a forum for the redressal of Pensioners’ grievances.

Source: Shri V. Srinivas, Secretary, Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare confers the 5 Anubhav Awards and 10 Jury Certificates in 7th Anubhav Awards Ceremony

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