This year, President Ram Nath Kovind approved a total of 128 awardees for the Padma Awards 2022 list. Similar to every year, the award ceremony is expected to be held in March or April at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in Delhi.
This year’s list consist of 4 Padma Vibhushan, 17 Padma Bhushan and 107 Padma Shri Awards. As per the Home Ministry release, 34 out of the total awardees are women, while 10 awardees are from the category of Foreigners/NRI/PIO/OCI.