Nari Shakti Puraskar

Nari Shakti Puraskar () is an award. The Ministry of Women and Child Development of the Government of India gives it out each year. They give it to women or groups who do good work for women's empowerment. It is the highest level of award given to women in India. The President of India gives the awards on International Women's Day (March 8). There is usually an event at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
The awards started in 1999. During that time, a title Stree Shakti Puraskar () was used. Later, in 2015, the present title was used.
There are eight categories for the award, six for institutions and two for individual women. The institution awards have cash prizes of rupees 2 lakhs INR. The individual awards have rupees 1 lakh INR.
Institutional categories.
All six institutional categories are named after famous women in Indian history.
Individual categories.
The two individual categories of the award are: