The award includes ' Rajat Kamal ' ( Silver Lotus ) and cash prize to the producers and director each . The first award in 1989 had a monetary association of 30,000 to the producers and 15,000 to the directors . In 1995 at the 43rd award ceremony the Bodo language film '' Rape in the Virgin Forest '' was honoured and the cash prices were revised to 30,000 each presented to Jwngdao Bodosa who had both produced and directed the film about the problems of deforestation and struggles of tribal people . The monetary association was again revised to 1,50,000 to both the producers and directors in 2008 at the 56th awarding ceremony where producer Akshay Parija and director Prashanta Nanda 's Odia language film '' Jianta Bhoota '' ( meaning " The Living Ghost " ) was the winner for its portrayal of lives of Dongria Kondh tribal people residing in the Niyamgiri hills range of Odisha
56th awarding ceremony
56th National Film Awards
National Film Award for Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation