Anna Hazare was awarded the Padma Bhushan in recognition for

• His war against corruption and launching Bharashtachar Virodhi Jan Andolan
• His service to the Indian army
• His remarkable social service in the Adivasi areas of Bihar
• Transfoming a barren-dry village called Ralegan Siddhi in Maharastra's Ahmednagar district into a model village of self sufficiency,ecofriendly and harmony