Team News Riveting
Raipur, October 31
Additional Director General of Chhattisgarh Police Vivekanand, IG Sundarraj P and Amresh Kumar are among the 221 cops from the state to ‘Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak’.
The Ministry of Home Affairs today released the list. The ‘Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak’ has been awarded to 1,466 personnel of various States/Union Territories (UTs)/Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)/Central Police Organisations (CPOs) for the year 2025.
The medal is given to recognize excellent work, promote high professional standards and boost the morale of the concerned official/officer in the following four fields: Special Operation, Investigation, Intelligence and Forensic Science.
Initiated under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and guidance of Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Shri Amit Shah, ‘Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak’ will boost the morale of all police personnel.
The “Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak” has been instituted vide Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India Notification dated 1st February, 2024. The Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak is conferred on members of the Police Forces, Security Organization, Intelligence Wing/Branch/Special Branch of State/Union Territories/Central Police Organizations (CPOs)/Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Forensic Science (Central / State / Union Territories) throughout the Indian Union in consideration for excellence in Operations, outstanding service in Investigation, exceptional performance, indomitable & daring intelligence service, meritorious work done by Serving Government Scientists in the field of Forensic Science.
The medal is announced on 31st of October every year, on the occasion of Birth Anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Besides DIGs Kamlochan Kashyap and Amit Tukaram Kamble, Superintendents of Police Jitendra Kumar Yadav, Kiran Chavan, Y Akshay Kumar, Gaurav Rai, Prabhat Kumar, Nikhil Rakhecha and Vikash Kumar are other IPS officials to receive the award.
The list of awardees is available on MHA website – https://www.mha.gov.in
