National Anubhav Awards 2025 to be conferred today

National Anubhav Awards 2025 Conferred by Dr. Jitendra Singh

Context:

• Union Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Dr. Jitendra Singh, conferred the National Anubhav Awards 2025 in New Delhi.
• Awards recognise retired and retiring government employees for documenting their administrative experiences via the Anubhav portal (launched in 2015).

Award Highlights 2025:

• 15 awardees selected from 1,500 write-ups across 11 Ministries and Departments.
• Top contributors: CRPF (4 awards), DRDO (2 awards).
• First-time awardees include employees from SBI, BHEL, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Jal Shakti.
• 33% women awardees, highlighting growing women participation in governance.
• Since inception: 12,500+ write-ups published, 78 awards conferred.

Pre-Retirement Counselling Workshop:

• 57th edition inaugurated by Dr. Singh
• Guides 1,200+ soon-to-retire employees on pensions, health benefits, grievance redressal, and investment options
• Special exhibition by 19 pension-disbursing banks and India Post Payments Bank

Nation-wide Digital Life Certificate (DLC) Campaign 4.0:

• Scheduled for November 2025
• Enables pensioners to submit life certificates digitally from home, improving convenience

Significance:

• Promotes documentation of administrative knowledge and institutional memory
• Encourages pre-retirement awareness and financial planning
• Supports digital governance and ease of living for pensioners
  
  Updated : 18 August 2025 ; 10:50 am