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President Approves Jeevan Raksha Padak Series Awards 2025 for 30 Persons
The President of India approves the conferment of the Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards 2025 on 30 persons. The approval relates to the Jeevan Raksha Padak series that recognises brave and humane acts in saving human lives.
Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards:
| Dimension | Key Details |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Awarded for brave and humane acts in saving human lives. |
| Examples of incidents covered | Rescues during drowning in water, accidents, fire incidents, electrocution, landslides, animal attack, and rescue operations in mines. |
| Categories | Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak, and Jeevan Raksha Padak. |
| Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak | Award for conspicuous courage in saving life under circumstances of very great danger to the life of the rescuer. |
| Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak | Award for courage and promptitude in saving life under circumstances of great danger to the life of the rescuer. |
| Jeevan Raksha Padak | Award for courage and promptitude in saving life under circumstances of grave bodily injury to the rescuer. |
| Instituted in | Instituted in the year 1961, as an offshoot of the Ashoka Chakra series of Gallantry awards. |
| Eligibility | Applies to civilians and uniformed personnel, including Armed Forces, Police, and Fire Services, if they perform a lifesaving act. |
| Posthumous conferment | Authorises posthumous conferment. |
| Nominations | Invited yearly from all State/UT Governments and Central Ministries/Departments. |
| Recommendation mechanism | Recommendation of Jeevan Raksha Padak Award Committee forwards recommendations to the Prime Minister and President. |
| Presentation | After approval by the President, it is presented to awardees by the respective Union Ministries/Organizations/State Government to which the awardee belongs. |
| Award components | Medal, a certificate signed by the Union Home Minister, and a monetary allowance. |
| One-time monetary allowance | Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak: Rs. 2,00,000; Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak: Rs. 1,50,000; Jeevan Raksha Padak: Rs. 1,00,000. |