by M R Subramani - Jan 27, 2021 08:47 AM
Pappammal.
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Pappammal has been conferred the award for the organic farming she does on the 2.5 acres she owns to cultivate millets, pulses, vegetables and corn on the banks of River Bhavani.
At 106, she is probably the oldest living person in Tamil Nadu to get the award.
The Padma awards announced every year on the eve of the Republic Day have acquired a new dimension ever since the Narendra Modi government came to power in 2014.
One of the features of the awards has been to bring to limelight many a grassroots warrior who has been silently rendering yeoman services for the country.