The Centre today announced the Prime Minister's Shram Awards for 2014 to be awarded to 54 workers in recognition of their distinguished performance and innovation.
These awardees made outstanding contribution to productivity and exhibited exceptional courage and presence of mind on duty, a Labour Ministry release said.
According to the statement, the workers are employed with the departmental and public sector undertakings of central and state governments and private sector units employing 500 or more workers.
This year, there are nine nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, 19 for Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana and 26 for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards.
Of the total of 54 awardees, 36 are from the public sector and 18 from the private stream.
