National Film Award for Best Animation Film

The National Film Award for Best Animation Film is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus.
The award was instituted in 1967, at 15th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.

Awards

All the awardees are awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' and cash prize. Award winners include Producer, Director and Animator of the film.
Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:

Year	Cash prize
1967–1973	Producer: A Medal and Director: A Plaque and
1974–1976	Producer: Rajat Kamal and Director: Rajat Kamal and
1977–1980	Producer: Rajat Kamal and Director: Rajat Kamal and Animator: Rajat Kamal and
1981–1983	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each
1982–2005	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each
2006–2021	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each
2022–present	Producer, Director and Animator: Rajat Kamal and Each

Following are the winners over the years:

Indicates a joint award for that year