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Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, conferred the National Anubhav Awards 2026 at the 9th National Anubhav Awards Ceremony at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.

The Anubhav Awards are annual national honours instituted by the Government of India to recognise outstanding write-ups and case studies by retiring and retired government employees. These submissions capture their institutional knowledge, administrative innovations and field experiences, helping preserve institutional memory and improve future governance.

Key Facts

• Nodal Department: Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare (DoPPW), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
• Platform: Anubhav Portal, launched in 2015.
• Objective: Document governance best practices and operational experience for policy formulation, administrative reforms and good governance.
• Eligible personnel: Retiring/retired employees of:
  • Central Government Ministries/Departments
  • Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs)
  • 12 Public Sector Banks
• Employees retiring within the next 8 months and pensioners retired within the previous 3 years can submit write-ups.
• Write-ups published on the portal during the preceding financial year are considered for awards.

How the Scheme Works

The Anubhav Portal serves as a digital repository of institutional knowledge. Employees document experiences relating to areas such as project implementation, public service delivery, process simplification and policy reforms.

Submissions undergo departmental screening followed by assessment by an independent national jury. Outstanding contributions are recognised through Medals, Citations and Jury Certificates. Examples include contributions to Passport Seva Kendras, simplification of administrative rules, energy conservation and automation of public accounting.

The awards are also linked with broader pensioner-welfare initiatives, including pre-retirement counselling, pension-disbursing bank exhibitions and digital initiatives such as Nationwide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) campaigns.