India proud to see tribals among Padma awardees: PM Modi in 'Mann Ki Baat'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the citizens of the country to read about the lives and stories of people who have been conferred with the prestigious Padma AwardsPM Modi was addressing the 97th Edition and the first Mann Ki Baat radio programme of 2023PM Modi underlined that a sizeable number of Padma awardees came from tribal communities and people associated with tribal societyVarious people from tribal areas painters musicians farmers artisans have been conferred the Padma awards I urge all countrymen to read their inspiring stories Many dignitaries who have worked on tribal languages like Toto Ho Kui Kuvi and Manda have received these awards PM Modi said during the Mann Ki Baat radio programmeThe tribal life is different from city life it has the challenges of its own Despite all this tribal societies are always eager to preserve their traditions he saidAlso Read Attempts to create divisions in India PM Modi amid row over BBC documentaryModi further added that many great personalities who have worked on tribal languages like Toto Ho Kui Kuvi and Manda have received Padma AwardsIt is a matter of pride for all of us and the fact that now the world would know them People working with Siddi Jarwa and Onge tribes have also been awarded this time PM Modi pointed outThis time among Padma awardees are those people who have expertise in spreading melody of our traditional musical instruments like Santoor Bamhum Dwitara Ghulam Mohd Zaz Moa SuPong RiSinghbor KurkaLong MuniVenkatappa and Mangal Kanti Rai are being discussed all around he saidHe also underlined the efforts of the North east people who are continuously thriving to preserve their culture and have been awarded with the Padma awardsPadma Awards the highest civilian Awards of the country are conferred in three categories namely Padma Vibhushan Padma Bhushan and Padma ShriThe Awards are given every year on the Republic Day in various disciplines and fields of activities such as art social work public affairs science and engineering trade and industry medicine literature and education sports civil servicePadma Vibhushan is awarded for exceptional and distinguished service Padma Bhushan for distinguished service of high order and Padma Shri for distinguished service in any fieldEarlier on December 25 2022 PM Modi addressed the 96th episode of Mann Ki Baat In his last Mann Ki Baat of 2022 PM Modi said the country had become the worlds fifthlargest economy in 2022The year 2022 was wonderful India completed 75 years of Independence while Amrit Kaal began India progressed rapidly and became the worlds fifthlargest economy and achieved the unbelievable record of 220 crore vaccines and crossed the USD 400 billion mark in exports he saidThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever