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
- Ms. Melody Lalremruati (Posthumous), Mizoram
- Shri Sooraj R (Posthumous), Central Reserve Police Force
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Sahil Bisso Lad, Goa
- Ms. Kajal Kumari, Jharkhand
- Shri Naveen Kumar D, Telangana
- Shri Vinod Kumar, Border Roads Organisation
- Havildar Shera Ram, Ministry of Defence
- Shri Mukesh Kumar, National Disaster Response Force
- Shri Naresh Kumar, National Investigation Agency
Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri M S Anil Kumar, Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Shri Jeetam Parameswara Rao, Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Samarjit Basumatary, Assam
- Shri Sudesh Kumar, Chandigarh
- Shri Justin George, Kerala
- Shri Wilson, Kerala
- Shri Padma Thinlass, Ladakh
- Shri Mohd Afzal, Ladakh
- Smt. Adika Rajaram Patil, Maharashtra
- Smt. Priyanka Bharat Kale, Maharashtra
- Smt. Sonali Sunil Balode, Maharashtra
- Shri Maria Michael A, Tamil Nadu
- Shri S Vijayakumar, Tamil Nadu
- Shri Naresh Joshi, Uttarakhand
- Shri Arjun Malik, Border Roads Organisation
- Shri Amit Kumar Singh, Border Security Force
- Shri Sher Singh, Central Industrial Security Force
- Shri Sonu Sharma, Central Industrial Security Force
- Shri Abdul Hameed, Ministry of Defence
- Shri Sunil Kumar Mishra, Ministry of Defence
- Shri 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.
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