- The Government of India has announced the Padma Awards for 2026.
- A total of 131 distinguished individuals have been selected.
- Five Padma Vibhushan awards have been approved. Thirteen Padma Bhushan awards will be conferred.
- One hundred and thirteen Padma Shri awards have been announced.
- Among the awardees are nineteen women. Sixteen awards will be given posthumously.
- Prominent among the recipients are actors Dharmendra and Mammootty, Justice K.T. Thomas, politician V.S. Achuthanandan, singer Alka Yagnik, and cricketer Rohit Sharma.
- The Padma Bhushan category includes several prominent names.
- Padma Bhushan awardees include playback singer Alka Yagnik, former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Bhagat Singh Koshyari, Kalipatti Ramasamy Palaniswami from Tamil Nadu, and Malayalam actor Mammootty from Kerala.
- Other awardees include Nori Dattatreya, Vijay Amritraj, S.K.M. Mylananthan from Tamil Nadu, Shatavadhani R. Ganesh, banker Uday Kotak, and Vellappally Natesan, who have been awarded the Padma Bhushan.
- Piyush Pandey, V.K. Malhotra, and Shibu Soren have been awarded the Padma Bhushan posthumously.
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