President approves conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2023
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New Delhi (25/01/2024): The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards-2023 on 31 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 03, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 07 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 21 persons. Three awardees are posthumous. The details are as under:-
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Master Anthony Vanmawia (Posthumous), Mizoram
- Melody Lalremruati (Posthumous), Mizoram
- Sooraj R (Posthumous), Central Reserve Police Force
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Sahil Bisso Lad, Goa
- Kajal Kumari, Jharkhand
- Naveen Kumar D, Telangana
- Vinod Kumar, Border Roads Organisation
- Havildar Shera Ram, Ministry of Defence
- Mukesh Kumar, National Disaster Response Force
- Naresh Kumar, National Investigation Agency
Jeevan Raksha Padak
- M S Anil Kumar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Jeetam Parameswara Rao, Andhra Pradesh
- Samarjit Basumatary, Assam
- Sudesh Kumar, Chandigarh
- Justin George, Kerala
- Wilson, Kerala
- Padma Thinlass, Ladakh
- Mohd Afzal, Ladakh
- Adika Rajaram Patil, Maharashtra
- Priyanka Bharat Kale, Maharashtra
- Sonali Sunil Balode, Maharashtra
- Maria Michael A, Tamil Nadu
- S Vijayakumar, Tamil Nadu
- Naresh Joshi, Uttarakhand
- Arjun Malik, Border Roads Organisation
- Amit Kumar Singh, Border Security Force
- Sher Singh, Central Industrial Security Force
- Sonu Sharma, Central Industrial Security Force
- Abdul Hameed, Ministry of Defence
- Sunil Kumar Mishra, Ministry of Defence
- Shashikant Kumar, Ministry of Railways
Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person. The award is given in three categories, namely, Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak. Persons of all walks of life are eligible for these awards. The award can also be conferred posthumously.
The decoration of the award (medal, certificate signed by the Union Home Minister and lump sum monetary allowance) is presented to the awardees in due course by the respective Union Ministries/Organizations/State Government to which the awardee belongs.
