• This year’s list comprises 5 Padma Vibhushan; 13 Padma Bhushan, and 113 Padma Shri awardees.

About Padma Awards 2026:
Total Winners: Droupadi Murmu, the President of India has approved the conferment of 131 Padma Awards, including 2 duo case cases (in a duo case, the award is counted as one) for year 2026.

• Among these Padma awardees, there are 19 women and the list also comprises 06 persons from the category of foreigners or Non-Resident Indians (NRI) or Person of Indian Origin (PIO) or Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), along with 16 Posthumous awardees.

States Representation: Among the states,  Maharashtra received the highest number of Padma awards (15), followed by Tamil Nadu (TN) (13);  Uttar Pradesh(UP) and West Bengal(WB)(11 each) and Kerala (8).
Prominent Padma Vibhushan Winners: Among 5 Padma Vibhushan awardees, veteran actor Dharmendra Singh Deol (Arts, Maharashtra)and former Chief Minister (CM) of Kerala V.S. Achuthanandan (Public Affairs, Kerala) have been conferred with the award, posthumously.

• Other 3 eminent personalities featured on the list are: former Judge of Supreme Court (SC) K.T. Thomas (Kerala); educationist P. Narayanan (Literature and Education, Kerala); and violinist N. Rajam (Art).

Prominent Padma Bhushan Winners: Shibhu Soren (Posthumous), founder of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) party and former Chief Minister (CM) of Jharkhand; Bhagat Singh Koshyari, former CM of Uttarakhand; renowned Malayalam actor Mammooty; famous playback singer Alka Yagnik; Uday Kotak, were among this year’s Padma Bhushan laureates.
Prominent Padma Shri Winners: Some of the famous sports personalities such as: former Captain of Indian Test Cricket team Rohit Sharma; Captain of Indian Women’s cricket team Harmanpreet Kaur Bhullar; para-high jumper Praveen Kumar; hockey player Savita Punia and also, coach of Indian women’s hockey team Baldev Singh, have been conferred with the Padma Shri.