| Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare | |
| Subheader: | National award for contributions to short film |
| Sponsor: | Directorate of Film Festivals |
| Firstawarded: | 1982 |
| Lastawarded: | 2017 |
| Holder Label: | Most recent winner |
| Holder: | Happy Birthday |
| Award1 Type: | Total awarded |
| Award1 Winner: | 31 |
| Award2 Type: | First winner |
| Award2 Winner: | Kal Aur Aaj |
The National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film on Family Welfare is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards presented for Non-Feature Films and awarded with 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus).
The award was instituted in 1982, at 30th National Film Awards and awarded annually for short films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages.
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' (Silver Lotus Award) and cash prize. Cash prize amount varied over the period. Following table illustrates the cash prize amount over the years:
| Year (Period) | Cash Prize | |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 – 1983 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and Each | |
| 1982 – 2005 | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and Each | |
| 2006 until date | Producer and Director: Rajat Kamal and Each |
Following are the award winners over the years:
| Indicates a joint award for that year |
| List of films, showing the year, language(s), producer(s), director(s) and citation | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Film(s) | Language(s) | Producer(s) | Director(s) | Citation | ||
| 1982 | Kal Aur Aaj | Hindi | Vimala Swaminathan | Vimala Swaminathan | [1] | ||
| 1983 | No Award | [2] | |||||
| 1984 | Sweekar | Hindi | Bal Mehta | Vishram Revankar | [3] | ||
| Geeli Meetti | Hindi | Women and Social Welfare Ministry | Sanjay Kak | ||||
| 1985 | Bai | Marathi | Streevani Ishvani | Sumitra Bhave | [4] | ||
| 1986 | No Award | [5] | |||||
| 1987 | No Award | [6] | |||||
| 1988 | Lacchmi | Hindi | K. K. Garg for Films Division | Om Prakash Sharma | [7] | ||
| Nirnay | Hindi | B. R. Shedge for Films Division | R. R. Swamy | ||||
| 1989 | Boy or Girl — How? | Hindi | B. R. Shendge | R. R. Swamy | [8] | ||
| 1990 | No Award | [9] | |||||
| 1991 | A Matter of Motherhood | English | Rajiv Mehrotra | Rajiv Mehrotra | [10] | ||
| 1992 | Suno Bahu Rani | Hindi | Om Prakash Sharma for Films Division | K. K. Kapil | [11] | ||
| 1993 | Taveez | Hindi | Rajeev Mohan for Films Division | Purushottam Berde for Films Division | [12] | ||
| 1994 | Clint | Malayalam English | Shiva Kumar | Shiva Kumar | [13] | ||
| 1995 | Soch Samajh Ke | Hindi | Shanta Gokhle Arun Khopkar | Arun Khopkar | [14] | ||
| 1996 | Bhit | Bengali | Films Division K. R. G. Films | Glbahar Singh | [15] | ||
| 1997 | The Saviour | Hindi | Shaila Paralkar | Shaila Paralkar | [16] | ||
| Banglar Baul | Bengali | Yash Chaudhary | K. G. Das | ||||
| 1998 | N. M. No. 367 – Sentence of Silence | English | Y. N. Engineer for Films Division | Joshy Joseph for Films Division | [17] | ||
| 1999 | No Award | [18] | |||||
| 2000 | Akkareninnu | Malayalam | T. Sunil Kumar Susmitham Pallimalkunnu | T. Sunil Kumar Susmitham Pallimalkunnu | [19] | ||
| Mahananda | Bengali | Films Division | Madhuchhanda Sengupta | ||||
| 2001 | Sayante Thinte Padavukal | Malayalam | Ratheesh Ramayya | Satheesh Venganoor | [20] | ||
| 2002 | Dhatri Panna | Hindi | Films Division Ministry of Health and Family Welfare | Gul Bahar Singh | [21] | ||
| 2003 | No Award | [22] | |||||
| 2004 | Saanjh | Hindi | Tripurari Sharan for Film and Television Institute of India | Jasmine Kaur | [23] | ||
| 2005 | No Award | [24] | |||||
| 2006 | No Award | [25] | |||||
| 2007 | Making The Face | English | Public Service Broadcasting Trust | Suvendu Chatterjee | [26] | ||
| 2008 | Appuvin Nayagan – Spotty (My Hero) | Tamil | A.V. Anoop | Madhavan | [27] | ||
| 2009 | No Award | [28] | |||||
| 2010 | Love in India | Bengali English | Overdose | Kaushik Mukherjee | [29] | ||
| 2011 | Red Building where the Sun Sets | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed Tabassum Modi | Revathi | [30] | ||
| 2012 | After Glow | English Gujarati | FTII | Kaushal Oza | [31] | ||
| 2013 | Heyro Party | Bengali | Baishakhi Banerjee Deepak Gawade | Deepak Gawade | [32] | ||
| 2014 | Towards the Silver Lining | English | Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute | Bhabani Tamuli | [33] | ||
| 2015 | Best Friends Forever | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed (Edumedia India) | Sandeep Modi | [34] | ||
| 2016 | Little Magician | English | Syed Sultan Ahmed | Neha Sharma | [35] | ||
| 2017 | Happy Birthday | FTII | Medhpranav Babasaheb Powar | ||||
| 2018 | Chalo Jeete Hain | Sundial Ventures Pvt. Ltd. | Mangesh Hadavale | ||||