Peerzada Zubair
Hanaya Nisar, the Kashmiri teenager from Kokernag in Anantnag district, of south Kashmir was awarded with the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar 2023 for her excellence in the field of Sports.
Hanaya Nisar, 12, is a Kashmiri martial artist from Kokernag.
As per The Web Story, President of India, Droupadi Murmu, Monday conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar, 2023 to 11 selected children in an award ceremony. The award ceremony was held today at Vigyan Bhawan.
The awards are conferred upon children in the age group of 5–18 years. These awards are given to selected students for their excellence in six categories — art and culture, bravery, innovation, scholastic, social service and sports. This year, four students are being awarded in the art and culture category, one for bravery, two for innovation, one for social service and three children have been selected for sports category.
Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will interact with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar awardees on January 24, 2023.
This will be followed by a meeting with the Minister of Women and Child Development, Smriti Zubin Irani, and Minister of State, Munjpara Mahendrabhai.
Hanaya belongs to a poor family and hails from the same area where Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in 2016.
She was given a medal, a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh and a certificate.
