{"id":43973,"date":"2025-05-23T20:56:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=43973"},"modified":"2025-05-23T20:57:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T15:27:06","slug":"gallantry-awards-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-05-2025\/gallantry-awards-3","title":{"rendered":"Gallantry Awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus :GS3\/Defence&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>President Droupadi Murmu conferred <strong>Kirti Chakras and Shaurya Chakras <\/strong>to the personnel of the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces and State\/Union Territory Police during Phase-I of the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Gallantry awards<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Ministry of Defence invites recommendations<strong> twice in a year from the Armed Forces and Union Ministry of Home Affairs<\/strong> for gallantry awards.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>They\u00a0 were given to the personnel for displaying raw courage, unparalleled bravery and total disregard to personal safety in the line of duty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The awardees showed exceptional courage during various operations, including counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in J&amp;K and the North-East, anti-piracy operations, and fire-fighting operations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Param Vir Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was\u00a0 instituted on January 26, 1950 and\u00a0 is<strong> India&#8217;s highest military decoration <\/strong>awarded for the highest degree of valour or self-sacrifice in the <strong>presence of the enemy, whether on land, at sea, or in the air. <\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Eligible recipients include all ranks of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Reserve Forces, Nursing Services, and civilians serving under the armed forces.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The award can be given posthumously.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipients receive a monetary allowance of Rs. 3,000, with the same amount for each additional bar awarded for further acts of bravery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mahavir Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was instituted on January 26, 1950 and\u00a0 is the <strong>second highest military decoration in India<\/strong> and is awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the <strong>presence of the enemy,<\/strong> whether on land, at sea or in the air.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00a0Literally Maha Veer means extraordinarily brave<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible recipients include all ranks of the armed forces, nursing staff, and civilians serving under military orders.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The award can be given posthumously.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipients receive a monthly monetary allowance of Rs. 2,400, with the same amount for each additional bar awarded for further acts of bravery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vir Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was established on January 26, 1950 (effective from August 15, 1947), is the third-highest wartime gallantry award comes after the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is given for acts of bravery in the<strong> presence of the enemy on land, sea, or air. <\/strong>It can be awarded posthumously.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible recipients include all ranks of the armed forces and reserve units.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The award carries a monthly allowance of Rs. 1,700, with the same amount for each additional bar.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Ashoka Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was\u00a0 instituted in 1952 and renamed in 1967 and It is awarded for valor, courageous action or self-sacrifice away from the battlefield.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is the <strong>peace time equivalent <\/strong>of the <strong>Param Vir Chakra<\/strong>, and is awarded for the &#8220;most conspicuous bravery or some daring or pre-eminent valour or self-sacrifice&#8221; other than in the face of the enemy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eligible recipients include armed forces personnel, nursing staff, civilians, police, and paramilitary forces.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The award can be given posthumously.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recipients receive a monthly allowance of Rs. 2,800, with the same amount for each additional bar awarded for further acts of bravery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Kirti Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It was instituted in 1952 as Ashoka Chakra Class-II and renamed in 1967.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is awarded for valour, courageous action or selfsacrifice away from the field of battle.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It may be awarded to civilians as well as military personnel, including posthumous awards.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra. <strong>It is second in order of precedence of peacetime gallantry awards.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recipients receive a monthly allowance of Rs. 2,100, with the same amount for each additional bar awarded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Shaurya Chakra<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a gallantry award presented for acts of valor not involving direct combat with the enemy, making it the peacetime equivalent of the Vir Chakra.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was initially established as the Ashoka Chakra, Class III on 4 January 1952, effective from 15 August 1947, and renamed on 27 January 1967.\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The award can be given posthumously and is open to personnel from all branches of the Armed Forces, including the Reserves, Territorial Army, and other legally constituted forces.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Recipients receive a monthly stipend of Rs. 1500, with an additional Rs. 1500 per bar awarded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source :TH<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>In News<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">President Droupadi Murmu conferred Kirti Chakras and Shaurya Chakras to the personnel of the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces and State\/Union Territory Police during Phase-I of the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Gallantry awards<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The Ministry of Defence invites recommendations twice in a year from the Armed Forces and Union Ministry of Home Affairs for gallantry awards.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">They\u00a0 were given to the personnel for displaying raw courage, unparalleled bravery and total disregard to personal safety in the line of duty.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The awardees showed exceptional courage during various operations, including counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations in J&#038;K and the North-East, anti-piracy operations, and fire-fighting operations.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/23-05-2025\/gallantry-awards-3\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43973"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43998,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43973\/revisions\/43998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}