Executive Summary:
This document outlines the regulations for the Sardar Patel National Unity Award. It details the award's design, criteria for recipients, and rules for conferral, cancellation, and restoration of the award. The award is conferred by the President of India. It recognizes notable contributions to national unity and integrity.
Key Points / Main Content:
Award Conferral and Design:
* The President confers the award via a Sanad under their hand and seal.
* The decoration is in the form of a lotus leaf (6cm long, 6.2cm wide, 4mm thick) made of fine silver and gold.
* The obverse side features an embossed lotus replica and a photo of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. "SARDAR PATEL NATIONAL UNITY AWARD" is embossed in Hindi.
* The reverse features the State Emblem and motto in Hindi.
* A sealed pattern of the decoration and drawing will be deposited and kept.
Wearing the Decoration:
* Men wear the decoration on the left breast, suspended from a plain lotus tricolor ribbon (1.4cm width).
* Women wear it with the same color and width ribbon fashioned into a bow.
Eligibility and Award Criteria:
* The award recognizes notable and inspiring contributions to promote national unity and integrity.
* Any person, regardless of race, occupation, position, or sex, is eligible.
* The award may be granted posthumously in rare, highly deserving cases.
Publication and Record Keeping:
* Recipients' names are published in the Gazette of India.
* A register of recipients is maintained under the President's direction.
Miniature and Cancellation:
* A miniature version of the award (half the size) may be worn on certain occasions, and a sealed pattern is to be deposited.
* The President can cancel and annul the award, resulting in name erasure from the register and surrender of the decoration and Sanad.
* The President can restore the decoration and Sanad and withdraw cancellation orders.
* Notice of cancellation or restoration will be published in the Gazette of India.
Impact Analysis:
President of India:
Impact: The President is responsible for conferring the award, directing the maintenance of the register of recipients, and has the power to cancel or restore the award.
Action Required: Ensure the award is conferred according to the regulations, maintain accurate records, and review/act on any recommendations for cancellation or restoration.
Recipients of the Award:
Impact: Recognition of their contributions to national unity; potential receipt, cancellation, or restoration of the award.
Action Required: Uphold the values of national unity and integrity. Surrender the award if cancelled.
General Public:
Impact: Awareness of individuals contributing to national unity and the values the nation upholds.
Action Required: None specified.
Ministry of Home Affairs:
Impact: Responsible for the administration and implementation of the award.
Action Required: Maintain the register of awardees and ensure the award process aligns with the outlined regulations.
Key Entities Referenced
SARDAR PATEL NATIONAL UNITY AWARD: A national award for contributions to national unity and integrity of India.
President: The President of India, the highest constitutional authority, confers the award and maintains a register of recipients.
Ministry of Home Affairs: The government ministry responsible for the notification regarding the Sardar Patel National Unity Award.
New Delhi: The capital city of India, where the notification was issued.
Gazette of India: The official government gazette where award recipients and any cancellations/restorations are published.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel: The Indian leader after whom the Sardar Patel National Unity Award is named.
ANNEXURE: Reference to a document containing specifications and drawings related to the decoration.
Sanad: A formal decree or grant issued by the President of India, conferring the Sardar Patel National Unity Award.
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MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 20th September, 2019
F.No.I-19034/2/2019-NI-II Per./.—The President is pleased to make the following regulations for the award of
the decoration SARDAR PATEL NATIONAL UNITY AWARD:-
1. The decoration shall be conferred by the President by a Sanad under his hand and seal.
2. The decoration shall be in the form of a Lotus leaf, six centimeters in length, six and two centimeters at its
greatest breadth and four millimeters in thickness. It shall be of fine silver and gold. On its obverse shall be embossed a
replica of the lotus four and five centimeters circle and three-four of a centimeters in diameter with petals of lotus
spreading out from sixteen petals and one-two of a centimeter the rope circle, and all sixteen petals attached or based
with rope circle and inner circle a embossed photo of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel spreading out from one-six of a
centimeter and between rope and circle of photo embossed the words SARDAR PATEL NATIONAL UNITY AWARD
in Hindi. The portrait of Sardar Patel shall be embossed upon a circular shaped gold metal with diameter of two
centimeters and on the reverse shall be embossed the State Emblem and motto in Hindi. The Emblem, the lotus and the
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3. A sealed pattern of the decoration (manufactured according to the specification described above and the drawing
in the ANNEXURE to these regulations) shall be deposited and kept.
4. The decoration shall be worn by men on the left breast, suspended from a plain lotus tri-colour ribbon one and
four centimeters in width and by women the same colour and width fashioned into a bow.
5. The decoration shall be awarded for notable and inspiring contributions to promote the cause of national unity
and integrity and to reinforce the value of a strong and united India.
6. Any person without distinction of race, occupation, position or sex shall be eligible for the award.
7. The decoration may be awarded posthumously in very rare and only in highly deserving cases.
8. The names of the persons, upon whom the decoration is conferred, shall be published in the Gazette of India and
a register of all such recipients shall be maintained under the direction of the President.
9. The miniature of the decoration which may be worn on certain occasions by recipients shall be half the size of
the SARDAR PATEL NATIONAL UNITY AWARD, and a sealed pattern of the said miniature shall be deposited and
kept.
10. The President may cancel and annul the award of the decoration to any person or organization or institution and
thereupon his name shall be erased from the Register and he shall be required to surrender the decoration and the Sanad.
But it shall be competent for the President to restore the decoration and Sanad and to withdraw the orders of cancellation
and annulment. The notice of cancellation or restoration in every case shall be published in the Gazette of India.
ANNEXURE
S.C.L. DAS, Jt. Secy.
Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064
and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.