Amongst others, the awardees additionally embrace the CRPF's Particular Director Common, Vitul Kumar, in addition to Chhattisgarh's Further DGP, Vivekanand, and IG (Bastar Vary) Sundarraj Pattilingam, who has been on the forefront in opposition to anti-Maoist operations. The Ministry of House Affairs (MHA) introduced the checklist of awardees that features Narcotics Management Bureau's then Deputy Director Gyanendra Kumar Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Police's IG Vidhi Kumar Birdi, Nationwide Investigation Company's then Superintendent of Police Jaya Rao (now Deputy Inspector Common) and Sreejith T, who're amongst these honoured with the annual award that goals to honour distinctive efficiency, promote excessive skilled requirements, and increase the morale of police and safety personnel throughout the nation. These 1,466 personnel are from numerous states, Union territories, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations. Of the overall personnel chosen for the medal, 1,364 are honoured for his or her extraordinary efficiency within the discipline of particular operations, 93 within the discipline of investigation and 9 within the discipline of forensic science.
Among the many 1,364 personnel honoured within the discipline of operations, CRPF tops the checklist with a most of 1,033 awards, adopted by Chhattisgarh (222), Delhi Police (30), J&Ok Police (19), Jharkhand (15), 14 every from Gujarat and Odisha, Assam (8), Narcotics Management Bureau (7) and Telangana (2).
