Which Indian award is presented by India's president on International Women's Day?

Which Indian award is presented by India’s president on International Women’s Day? It is the Nari Shakti Puraskar.

The Nari Shakti Puraskar is India’s national award recognizing exceptional work for women’s empowerment. The president presents it on March 8 at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi, making it a prominent annual feature of International Women’s Day in India.

The award was instituted in 1999 as the Stree Shakti Puraskar. In 2015, it was renamed and reorganized as the Nari Shakti Puraskar, whose name means “women power” or “woman power.” It can honor individual women as well as institutions, including organizations and local bodies that improve women’s welfare.

The main possible confusion is the older Stree Shakti Puraskar name. That was the predecessor, not a separate competing answer in the award’s current form. Bharat Ratna and Padma Shri are broader national honors and are not specifically the president’s International Women’s Day award.