News: The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2025.
About Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards-2025
- About: Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards are an offshoot of the Ashoka Chakra series of Gallantry awards.
- Instituted in: 1961
- The awards are given to a person for meritorious act of human nature in saving the life of a person.
- Categories: The award is given in three categories:
- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak- for conspicuous courage in saving life under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer
- Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak- for courage and promptitude in saving life under circumstances of great danger to the life of the rescuer.
- Jeevan Raksha Padak- for courage and promptitude in saving life under circumstances of grave bodily injury to the rescuer.
- Presented by: It is presented to the awardees by the respective Union Ministries/Organizations/State Government to which the awardee belongs.
- Eligibility: Persons of all walks of life are eligible for these awards.
- The award can also be conferred posthumously.
- Process of the award: Its nominations are invited annually from States/UTs and Union Ministries.
- The recommendations of the award are considered by the Awards Committee within a period of two calendar years from the date of performance of the act.
- The Awards Committee makes its recommendations to the Prime Minister and the President.
- Awards constitute: A Medal, Certificate signed by the Union Home Minister and lump sum Monetary Allowance.
- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak: ₹ 2,00,000/-
- Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak: ₹ 1,50,000/-
- Jeevan Raksha Padak: ₹ 1,00,000/-
- Details of Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards-2025: Jeevan Raksha Padak Awards-2025 has been conferred on 30 persons.
- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 06, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 06 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 18 persons.
- Six awardees are posthumous.
