PIB News Update: The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2020 on 40 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 01, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 08 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 31 persons. One award is posthumous. The details are as under:-
Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Muhammed Muhsin (Posthumous), Kerala
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Ramshibhai Ratnabhai Samad (Rabari), Gujarat
- Shri Parmeshwar Balaji Nagargoje, Maharashtra
- Kum. Amandeep Kaur, Punjab
- Shri Koripelly Srujan Reddy, Telangana
- Master Tinku Nishhad, Uttar Pradesh
- Smt. Himani Biswal, Madhya Pradesh
- Kum. Kalagarla Sahithi, Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Bhuwaneshwar Prajapati, Uttar Pradesh
Jeevan Raksha Padak
- Shri Bhaveshkumar Satuji Vihol, Gujarat
- Shri Ishwarlal Manubhai Sangada, Gujarat
- Shri Manmohansinh Rathod, Gujarat
- Shri Prakashkumar Bavchandbhai Vekariya, Gujarat
- Shri Rahver Virbhadrasinh Tejsinh, Gujarat
- Shri Rakeshbhai Babubhai Jadav, Gujarat
- Shri Vijay Ajit Chhaira, Gujarat
- Master Arun Thomas, Kerala
- Master Rojin Robert, Kerala
- Shri Shiju. P. Gopi, Kerala
- Shri Gourishankar Vyas, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Jagdish Singh Siddhu, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Pushpendra Singh Rawat, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Rajesh Kumar Rajpoot, Madhya Pradesh
- Shri Anil Dashrath Khule, Maharashtra
- Shri Balasaheb Dnyandeo Nagargoje, Maharashtra
- Shri Sunil Kumar, Uttar Pradesh
- Shri Mohinder Singh, Punjab
- Shri Nihal Singh, Uttar Pradesh
- Master Fedrick, Andaman and Nicobar
- Shri Mukesh Choudhery, Rajasthan
- Shri Ravindra Kumar, Gujarat
- Shri S M Rafi, Karnataka
- Shri S.V. Jose, Kerala
- Shri Vani Hiren Kumar, Gujarat
- Shri Abujam Roben Singh, Manipur
- Shri Bala Naik Banavath, Kerala
- Shri Ashok Singh Rajput, Jammu and Kashmir
- Shri Paramjit Singh, Jammu and Kashmir
- Shri Ranjit Chandra Ishore, Jammu and Kashmir
- Shri Rinku Chauhan, Uttar Pradesh
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 awardee in due course by the respective Union Ministries/Organizations/State Government to which the awardee belongs.