Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat will confer the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2022 and 2023 at a function in New Delhi tomorrow. A total of 82 young artists will be honoured with the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar. Sangeet Natak Akademi instituted the award in the name of Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismillah Khan for young performing arts practitioners up to the age of 40 years in 2006.

The aim of this award is to encourage and motivate young artists in the fields of music, dance, drama, folk and tribal art forms, and other allied performing art forms of the country. The award is given annually to outstanding young artists in the fields of music, dance, drama, folk and tribal arts, and puppetry in a special ceremony held in Delhi and also outside Delhi. The Yuva Puraskar carries a cash award of 25 thousand rupees, a plaque, and an angavastram.