Deletion of Ram Saran Verma

Comment: Padma Shri awardees are usually deemed to be notable people, having fulfilled the criteria of  point 1. There also exists a good number of sources in regional language sources - https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ram-saran-verma-untold-story-barabanki-news-2946551/ and https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ramsaran-verma-high-tech-agriculture-and-consultation-in-daulatpur-barabanki-1615861/ in Rajasthan Patrika, https://hindi.news18.com/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-news-success-story-of-farmer-ram-saran-verma-in-barabanki-1009773.html in News18 India, https://aajtak.intoday.in/story/modern-farming-ram-saran-verma-young-farmer-rajiv-kamal-bittu-sukhwinder-saraf-sudhir-chadha-1-983784.html by Aaj Tak has a section on him - all of which were published before he got the Padma Shri. His award was also covered in Rajasthan Patrika (https://www.patrika.com/barabanki-news/farmer-ram-saran-verma-honoured-with-padma-shri-award-on-republic-day-4038225/), in News18 India (https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-farmer-of-barabanki-ram-saran-verma-gets-padma-shri-award-upns-1668376.html), in Dainik Jagran (https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/barabanki-ramsaran-win-padmashree-award-18891832.html), in Oneindia (https://hindi.oneindia.com/news/barabanki/barabanki-ramsaran-verma-gets-the-padma-shri-award-for-farming-490559.html). A farmer in the heartlands of rural India is not bound to get anymore press coverage from the mainstream English media in India, and therefore I believe this should stay
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Notability (WP:ANYBIO)

Comment: all of the press is about him winning the award, so  would apply
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Comment: Don't expect something out of the blue from a farmer in the rural hinterlands. He got the award for his contributions towards promoting the use of technology in farming and his activism in spreading the technical know-how to fellow farmers. Please read through  to understand why it is not applicable here, and why  specifically allows for winners of notable awards to have articles. The Padma Awards are handed out https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/as-many-as-12-farmers-including-horticulturists-hi-tech-farmers-given-padma-awards/articleshow/67704761.cms| to a select few in various sectors, based on the nominations received from the different states of India. To be among the 112 Padma Awardees, from the 50,000 odd nominees in a country of over a billion plus people is an achievement in itself. As demonstrated above he has however been receiving press even before he got this award, fulfilling the criteria of continuous coverage. What however needs to be noted is that a farmer receiving the Padma Shri is not a matter of interest for the mainstream media in India as it does not have much news value, but I believe that Wikipedia should be above such biases. And as always, the other Indian editors who frequent  are in hiding for fear of damaging their future 's. Bah
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Comment: back to the award, ("come on coola, not again!":)), some editors suggest that as it is the 4th highest civilian award that is not high enough ("The usual criteria is the highest award, or multiple receipts of the 2nd highest award.."), and that as there are 2840 recipients that is too many for it to be notable ie. hitting the  bar, i note that the Order of the British Empire|CBE is the 3rd highest award British award and is generally seen as meeting notability, also 2840 recipients out of a population of over 1.2billion (1/400,000) looks significant to me, if there are enough |sources covering Verma, then he also meets , there is, so he does, '''keep
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Comment: per nomination since subject fails  and . The subject is |not some award but a person
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Comment: per the Padma Shri, which, if anything, passes . In the year that the subject was given that award it was given to less than one in 12 million Indians, which makes in a much more exclusive award than, say, a British knighthood. It doesn't matter how many awards in India are even more exclusive. And it has been suggested above that his notability might only be state-wide rather than national. I don't accept that because this is a national award rather than a state award, but even if I did he would be notable in a state which would, if it was independent, be the seventh most populous country in the world
Stance: keep
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Comment: or rather, '''Strong keep''' per  sources listed by Jupitus above. Clearly, Western-oriented editors need to invest some effort in clicking on Hindi news media links and using Google translate. I'm surprised that none of the delete !voting editors even bothered to take that effort
Stance: keep
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