The Jnanpith Award is conferred by

the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trustCorrect answerYour answerthe Sahitya AkademiCorrect answerYour answerthe Ministry of CultureCorrect answerYour answerthe President of IndiaCorrect answerYour answer

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The award is given by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, which is a trust and not a government body.
It is open only to Indian citizens, and English joined its language list from the forty-ninth award.
The Sahitya Akademi is the government's literary body and gives its own, separate award.

Worth noting

A writer can hold both, because they come from different places for different reasons. The Jnanpith's language list is its own too — English is on it although English is not in the Eighth Schedule.

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