Section 4 in The National Award for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities Rules, 2013
4. Procedure for inviting applications for the awards and selection of Awardees.
(1)Applications shall be invited from eligible candidates or establishment or institutions in categories as prescribed in section 3 in prescribed application form given at Annexure-A to Annexure-P through advertisement in the leading National and Regional newspapers.(2)Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Disability Affairs shall write to the Central Ministries, State Governments, Union Territory Administrations and earlier awardees inviting nominations for the awards.
