Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be awarded the prestigious Lokmanya Tilak Award this year. An official announcement in this regard was made by the President of Tilak Smarak Trust  Dr. Dipak Tilak and Rohit Tilak at a press conference in Pune today. The award will be conferred by the hands of President of the Trust Dr. Deepak Tilak on August 1, the death anniversary of Lokmanya Tilak.