Padma Awards: Gen Bipin Rawat, Neeraj Chopra, Vaccine Makers Named I Key Details

President Ram Nath Kovind approved conferment of 128 Padma Awards this year on the eve of the 73rd Republic Day. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Hindutva poster boy late Kalyan Singh, India's first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad and former West Bengal CM and CPI(M) leader Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee were selected on Tuesday for this year's Padma awards. Olympic Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra will be conferred with the Padma Shri. General Rawat who died in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu last month was conferred Padama Vibushan, the country's second-highest civilian award. Watch the full video for more.