The Government of India has decided to confer the Prime Minister’s Shram Awards for the year 2017 to be awarded to 40 workers employed in the Departmental Undertakings & Public Sector Undertakings of the Central and State Governments and Private Sector Units employing 500 or more workers in recognition of their distinguished performances, innovative abilities, outstanding contribution in the field of productivity and exhibition of exceptional courage and presence of mind.
This year, no nomination was found suitable for the presitigious Shram Ratna Award. Three nominations for the Shram Bhushan Award, twelve nominations for Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana and sixteen nominations for Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards have been selected. Even though, the total number of Shram Awards confered this year are 31, the number of workers receiving the Awards are 40 (Including 3 women), as some of the Awards have been shared by workers and/or teams of workers consisting of more than one worker. These include 23 workers from the public sector and 17 workers from the private sector.
SHRAM BHUSHAN
Total number of Shram Bhushan Awards are four. It carries a cash award of Rs. 1,00,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. Total number of Shram Bhushan Awardees are three including one female for the year 2017 in respect of Public Sector Undertaking and Private Sector. The names of awardees are as under:-
| S. No. | Name of awardees S/Shri | Name of organizaiton |
| 1 | Smt. Myneni Sharada Jr. Sec. Officer |
Bharat Electronics Limited Registered and Corporate Office, Bengaluru |
| 2 | Shri B.B.V. Prasada Rao
Weapon Fitter MCM |
Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam. |
| 3 | Shri Sudip Pachhal
Junior Engineer-II |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur. |
SHRAM VIR/VEERANGANA
Total number of Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awards are twelve. It carries a cash award of Rs. 60,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. Total number of Shram Vir/Shram Veerangana Awardees are twelve. The name of Shram Veer/Veerangana Awardees in respect of Public Sector Undertaking and Private Sector are as under:-
| S. No. | Name of awardees S/Shri | Name of organizaiton |
| 1 | Shri Taraknath Gupta
HSK – I |
Naval Dockyard, Mumbai. |
| 2 | Shri M K Hareendran
Foreman (AL) |
Naval Aircraft Yard, Kochi, Kerala |
| 3 | Shri Veeramani J
Artisan Gr. II (Welder) |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu |
| 4 | Shri Polamarasetty Raju
Sr. Foreman (S)-Operation |
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam |
| 5 | Shri Veeranki Venkateswara Rao
Sr. Foreman(S)-Operation |
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam |
| 6 | Shri Mandem Subrahmanya Kumar
Sr. Foreman(S)-Mechanical
|
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam |
| 7 | Shri Manoj Kumar Singh
Sr. Associate |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| 8 | Shri Dhananjay Kashinath Kulkarni
Multi Skilled Operator |
Bajaj Auto Ltd., Waluj, Aurangabad |
| 9 | Shri Yogesh Devshankar Mistry, Operator | Atul Ltd., Atul, Valsad Gujarat |
| 10 | Shri Rajkumar Trimbak Mumbare, Multi Skill Operator | Bajaj Auto Ltd., Waluj, Aurangabad |
| 11 | Shri Cinega Satish Kumar, Sr. Technician Gr-I | BrahMos Aerospace, Hyderabad, Telangana |
| 12 | Shri Arun Kumar Dey
Associate (Diesel) |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
SHRAM SHREE/DEVI
Total number of Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awards are sixteen. It carries a cash award of Rs. 40,000/- and a ‘Sanad’. Total number of Shram Shree/Shram Devi Awardees are twenty five including two female. The name of Shram Shree/Shram Devi awardees in respect of Public Sector Undertakings and Private Sector are as under:-
| S. No. | Name of awardees S/Shri | Name of organizaiton |
| 1 | Shri Chenchaiah Jadapalli
Master Technician (R/R) |
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) Avionics Division, Hyderabad |
| 2 | Shri Niranjan Panda
MCM |
Naval Dockyard, Visakhapatnam |
| 3 | Shri Hemant Vilas Matade
Sr. Engineering Assistant-A |
Bharat Electronics Limited, Pashan, Pune |
| 4 | i) Shri M Muruganantham
Artisan (Worker Cadre)
ii) Shri R. Vijay Kumar Artisan (Worker Cadre)
iii) Shri K. Ramesh Artisan GR-II |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu |
| 5 | Shri Binu K K, FM (Gz) | Naval Aircraft Yard, Kochi, Kerala |
| 6 | Shri Om Sharan Gupta
Artisan Gr-II |
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Ranipur, Haridwar, Uttarakhand |
| 7 | i) Shri Shiv Bahadur Singh
Operative
ii) Shri Shiladitya Mazumder C/Man Cum- M/Opr
iii) Shri Praveen Vyawahare Sr. Operative
iv) Shri Hemant Kumar Sahu, Technician
v) Shri Rajesh Singh Technician
vi) Shri Ramavtar C/Man Cum- M/Opr |
SAIL, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai |
| 8 | Shri Palla Satyanarayana
Foreman (S)-Operation |
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam Steel Plant, Visakhapatnam. |
| 9 | i) Shri B. Vijay Kumar
Foreman (Electrical)
ii) Shri Shivaji Tiwary Sr. Research Assistant R &D
iii) Shri Goutam Das Foreman (Electrical) |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| 10 | Shri Thyagaraj
Mazdoor |
Glenlorna Estate, Kodagu District Karnataka |
| 11 | Shri Dipak Kumar Singh
Foreman |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| 12 | Shri Anil Kumar
Sr. Associate |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
| 13 | Smt. S Indira, Mazdoor | Cannoncadoo Estate, Siddapura Somwarpet Taluk, Kodagu District, Karnataka |
| 14 | Smt. Inasi, Mazdoor | Jumboor Estate, Madapur Somwarpet Taluk, Kodagu District Karnataka. |
| 15 | Shri Sheik Shafi, Workman | ITC Limited, Paper Boards & Specialty Papers Division, Bhadrachalam Unit, Khammam Dist. Telangana. |
| 16 | Shri Shio Prasad
Senior Associate |
Tata Steel Ltd., Bistupur, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand |
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