Air Marshal AP Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He is a fighter pilot and is currently serving as the Vice Chief. He is slated to take over on September 30, when…
Air Marshal AP Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He is a fighter pilot and is currently serving as the Vice Chief.
He is slated to take over on September 30, when Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari superannuates.
Air Marshal Singh has been test-flying the indigenous Light Combat Aircraft Tejas — the latest sortie being 10 days ago when he flew the fighter jet over Jodhpur during the multi-nation exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’.
Announcing the appointment, the Ministry of Defence said “he was the Project Director (Flight Test) at the National Flight Test Centre and was tasked with flight-testing the LCA Tejas”.
Air Marshal Singh is the fourth officer — after Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh and Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa — from the Sikh community to lead the IAF.
Among the tasks ahead of him is fostering collaboration between the Army, Navy and IAF. A fierce advocate of indigenisation, Air Marshal Singh had made it clear at a recent public event that the speed of manufacturing was critical to maintaining self-reliance.
Air Marshal Singh, who studied at Janakpuri in the national capital, grew up in a middle-class family in west Delhi. He is a squash player and an avid long-distance runner.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College, Air Marshal Singh is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of fixed wing planes and helicopters.
Air Marshal Singh was commissioned as a fighter pilot in December 1984. Prior to his elevation as the Vice Chief, Air Marshal Singh headed the IAF’s Central Command headquartered at Prayagraj.
Air Marshal Singh has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline airbase along the borders, and led the MiG-29 jet upgrade project management team at Moscow, Russia.
He also served as the Air Defence Commander at the South Western Air Command, headquartered at Ahmedabad, and the Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya.
He is scheduled to take over on September 30, when the present incumbent Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari superannuates
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He is a fighter pilot and is presently the Vice Chief of the IAF. During his flying career, he was also tasked with test-flying the indigenous Tejas fighter jet.
Just ten days ago, he flew the Tejas at Jodhpur during the multi-nation exercise ‘Tarang Shakti’.
The Ministry of Defence said “he was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at National Flight Test Centre and was tasked with flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas”.
He is scheduled to take over on September 30, when the present incumbent Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari superannuates.
Incidentally, Air Marshal Singh is fourth officer from the Sikh community to lead the IAF.
In the past, Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh and Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa have been from Sikh Community.
Air Marshal AP Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984. During his long service of nearly 40 years, he has served in a variety of Command appointments.
He was the Commander of the IAF’s Central Command headquartered at Prayagraj.
During his career, the Air Marshal has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline air base along the borders. He was a test-pilot and led the MiG-29 jet upgrade project management team at Moscow, Russia.
The Air Marshal has also served as Air Defence Commander at South Western Air Command headquartered at Ahmedabad. He has been Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College, Air Marshal Singh is qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of fixed wing planes and helicopters.
THE landmark Indus Water Treaty (IWT), which has survived India-Pakistan wars and diplomatic tensions over the past 64 years, finds itself at a crossroads today. India has served a notice on its neighbour, seeking a review and modification of the treaty in view of ‘fundamental and unforeseen changes in circumstances that require a reassessment of obligations’. Since January 2023, New Delhi has repeatedly written to Islamabad to initiate talks on revising the World Bank-brokered treaty, but all this has merely been water off a duck’s back. Pakistan, which red-flagged its water crisis during a UN Security Council meeting in February this year, is banking on the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague to resolve the festering dispute over water-sharing.
River waters know no boundaries. Considering their mutual reliance on this precious natural resource, the two nations must realise that the IWT’s survival is integral to ensuring regional water security. Intransigence and one-upmanship have made a bilateral settlement elusive. India has unreasonably indicated that there will be no more meetings of the Permanent Indus Commission, which includes officers from both nations, till the two governments discuss the renegotiation of the treaty. This ‘Big Brother’ approach may prove to be counterproductive as Pakistan has managed to internationalise the issue and is portraying India as the uncooperative party. The established dispute resolution mechanism — which has the provision for neutral experts as well as the arbitration court — should be honoured by both countries. Every effort must be made to keep the IWT alive and relevant.
Amid its muscle-flexing over the Indus treaty, India must not lose sight of the Brahmaputra basin, which lacks a water management framework. This major river system has India, China and Bangladesh among the stakeholders. Delhi must keep a close eye on China’s proposed Great Bend Dam, which is expected to expand the country’s capacity to store and withhold/release water. Beijing’s ‘upper riparian’ status should not deter Delhi from insisting on multilateral cooperation.
Residents of border villages near Shipki La, a mountain pass along China in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district, have demanded the promotion of border tourism, hoping it would not only improve infrastructure but also provide an economic push to the remote region.
Shipki La used to serve as an ancient trade route with China, but it lies closed after the Covid outbreak in 2020. Several traders, including Jeevan Lal of Namgiya village, who traded through barter system, said they were yet to collect dues for 2019 from their Chinese counterparts.
“We will approach the authorities to explore the potential of promoting border tourism around the 18,599-foot Shipki La, an area historically significant for trade with Tibet,” said Hishey Negi, president of the Indo-China Trade Association via Shipki La.
Hishey said Army Chief Gen Upendra Dwivedi’s announcement on plans to open border areas such as the Tiger Hill battlefield for tourism had offered hope to the Kinnaur people of a similar initiative for Shipki La. “We will approach the Army through the state government… The step will help take tourism to the interiors of tribal Kinnaur, bringing rich dividends for the residents,” he said.
The trade through Shipki La was allowed between June 1 and November 30. The local administration and the Industries Department would issue permits to the traders of border villages, mainly Namgiya, Chuppan, Nako and Chango. The goods brought from China were in huge demand, especially during the Lavi fair. Himachal shares a 240-km-long boundary with China—160 km in Kinnaur and 80 km in Lahaul & Spiti. The trade through Shipki La has gradually increased in volume, from Rs 7.32 crore in 2014 to Rs 59.21 crore in 2017. It stood at Rs 9.72 crore in 2015, Rs 8.59 crore in 2016 and Rs 8.59 crore in 2018. It declined to Rs 3.05 crore in 2019.
It is customary for govts to put their best foot forward when new, ambitious diplomatic initiatives are launched.
WITH the India-Middle East-Europe Economic Corridor (IMEC) in limbo and the I2U2 grouping (comprising India, Israel, the UAE and the US) unravelling, the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is rising to the occasion to fill a void.
India must do much more than it did at the first India-GCC Ministerial Meeting for Strategic Dialogue on September 9 in Riyadh. Redoubled efforts to expand New Delhi’s engagement with the GCC are needed to respond to the I2U2 falling into a coma and the IMEC unlikely to recover any time soon from the blow it has received after the attack by Hamas on Israel and the conflict it has entailed.
A significant line in the readout by the Ministry of External Affairs about New Delhi’s perception of the September 9 meeting points to its underwhelming outcome. “It was also decided that more areas of cooperation can be included in the Joint Action Plan, based on mutual consensus, later on,” said the readout.
This refers to a five-year Joint Action Plan from 2024, which was adopted in Riyadh for undertaking various joint activities between India and the GCC. It is customary for governments to put their best foot forward when new, potentially ambitious diplomatic initiatives are launched. Intense preparations ensure that much more is put on the plate at the start than can be reasonably ingested. Shortfalls are thereafter acknowledged and efforts are intensified to make up for shortcomings. With the first India-GCC Ministerial Meeting, the reverse appears to be the case. If adequate preparations had, indeed, been made, there would be no need to add “more areas” to the Joint Action Plan “later on.”
Those on every side, who spent at least a year preparing for the pioneering meeting, ought to have done their best to ensure that foreign ministers had a full plate when they sat down in Riyadh to take up the agenda of their meeting. Clearly, that was not the case.
This was also obvious from a long statement issued by the GCC on June 9 after an earlier meeting of the organisation’s Ministerial Council held in Doha. It did not even acknowledge the proposed joint meeting with India. On the other hand, the GCC statement devoted space for both, its ongoing and planned joint meetings with Central Asian countries, the European Union, Turkey, the US and ‘expatriates’ from the failed state of Yemen, a critical neighbour of the GCC.
Instead, it was left to the official Saudi Press Agency (SPA) to comment on the GCC’s new initiative with India on its eve. The Secretary General of the GCC, Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, told SPA that the joint meeting, attended by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, “reflects the GCC countries’ commitment to exploring and opening new horizons for cooperation.” He said its aim was to “strengthen strategic relations with countries and organisations worldwide.”
Jaishankar’s speech at the start of the one-day meeting was rich in sound bites but status quoist on India’s relations with the Gulf. “There are many ways to contemplate our partnership. Let me offer the framework of 3Ps — people, prosperity and progress,” was one such memorable sound bite. “It is adversity that brings out the real importance of friendships,” was another, stressing sentiment instead of the way forward. It is entirely possible that asymmetry in India’s ties with every GCC member state made it difficult to present an overarching vision for the entire regional bloc.
Looking back, India’s challenges were similar when the 1997 Amsterdam Treaty of the European Union (EU) created the office of the High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). India’s predicament in dealing with Europe was further complicated with the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon for consolidating and coordinating foreign policy for the entire EU. In a mirror image of India’s relations with individual GCC states, this country’s ties with each EU nation are distinct. This is likely to hold back — rather than advance — the new effort to “chart an ambitious and far-reaching course for the future” with the GCC, which is what Jaishankar called for in Riyadh.
Perhaps, there are lessons to be learnt from New Delhi’s ‘Look East’ policy in the years when PV Narasimha Rao was Prime Minister. Had it not been for Singapore’s dogged determination to integrate India into plurilateral structures of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the challenges similar to the EU and the GCC, would not have been easily overcome. In the Rao years, New Delhi’s ties with Singapore were the strongest within the ASEAN, while links with Brunei and the Philippines were the weakest. Kuala Lumpur, under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, was almost hostile to New Delhi. With the GCC now, India’s ties with the UAE are the deepest, while links with Kuwait are the weakest. Other GCC countries fall somewhere in between.
As with Singapore in the ASEAN’s example and with Germany during the complicating early period of the CFSP, Jaishankar should persuade the UAE to play a similar role in tailoring a common, all-fitting approach to the GCC. Otherwise, the India-GCC Ministerial Initiative for Strategic Dialogue will be non-starter.
Unfortunately, it is not something the Ministry of External Affairs can afford at a time when two important projects, the IMEC and the I2U2 have failed to take off. The slow pace of these two projects verging on failure must be contrasted to a revival of the GCC. It was not long ago that the Gulf grouping appeared to be on the verge of collapse. The ostracism of Qatar by Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE within the Gulf threw the GCC into disarray. However, mediation by Kuwait helped tide over those intra-Gulf differences. Subsequently, the GCC has not only been on the mend, but is thriving.
Its latest Riyadh conclave and the previous June meeting in Doha saw the emergence of an assertive plurilateral grouping. Its strong joint stand on the situation in Gaza was only to be expected. What was unexpected was the GCC’s attempts to stop Iranian activities on three disputed islands, which are also claimed by the UAE. The GCC’s equally strong collective stand against Iraq, demanding respect for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Kuwait, also points to the council emerging as a force to reckon with.
Amid LAC standoff, 5 types of drones being tested in Ladakh
The Army is looking at multiple types of drones to tackle threats along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. A new Aviation Brigade, that was established with its headquarters at Leh during 2021, is in dire need…
The Army is looking at multiple types of drones to tackle threats along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh. A new Aviation Brigade, that was established with its headquarters at Leh during 2021, is in dire need of drones that can be launched for ‘tactical needs’ — meaning for immediate needs within a small specific area.
The long-ranges drone that are launched are for patrolling the LAC from the sky are for purpose of tracking movements. The Army and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are organising a ‘Him-Drone’ event (September 17-18) in Ladakh. Domestic companies will be participating to showcase their existing technologies at the event. It is being held at an altitude of 15,200 feet at Wari-La, a mountain pass located southeast of Leh.
The Army will be looking at five types of drones used for surveillance, carrying loitering munitions, kamikaze (self-destruct), logistics and for specific electronic warfare that would include communication and electronic intelligence.
The Army will be testing the ability of drones to take off and perform at high altitude. The rarified atmosphere there results in reduced lift for the drone and reduces engine performance. High-wind speed and ice formation on drones leads to batteries getting drained out faster.
These conditions are unique for the Army and demands systems that can adequately perform there. The ‘Him-Drone’ event would define the operational challenges for Eastern Ladakh. It will be followed by two-day ‘Him-Tech’ event on September 20 and 21 — this will focus on harnessing military technologies for high-attitude areas. The year 2024 has been declared the ‘year of technology absorption’.
Western pressure no deterrent to India-Russia ties
AUSTRIAN Chancellor Klemens von Metternich said two centuries ago: “When France sneezes, the rest of Europe catches a cold.” The prolonged Russia-Ukraine conflict has made the whole of Europe catch a cold. Does the West now expect even faraway neutral countries like India and other non-partisan, non-Western nations to follow suit? Else, why should the democracy-championing West betray an imperialistic impulse to forcibly draw sovereign nations into Europe’s conflict? Why do these countries need to toe the line and pay obeisance to the West?
The message was loud and clear in a recent Financial Times report claiming that Russia had built a covert trade channel with India. The report said: “Russia has been secretly acquiring sensitive goods in India and explored building facilities in the country to secure components for its war effort.” Elaborating on the modus operandi, the story obviously tried to show India’s ‘wrongdoing’, thereby implying that it was damaging the ‘just cause’ of Western support to Ukraine against Russia. It was obvious that India was expected to mend its ways and do what the West wanted it to do.
The report, which implied that India and Russia had formed an ‘unholy nexus’, looked like an open threat with dire consequences for New Delhi. India is being painted as a villain for doing business with Moscow at a time when, in the eyes of the West, Russia is a pariah state. Hence, India is expected to choose between the US-led West and Russia. It is “my way or the highway”. And the West wants India to discard Moscow.
This is a bizarre and childish mindset, especially if one recalls the statement made by US Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo in July, when he wrote to three of India’s top business organisations, warning them that “any foreign financial institution that does business with Russia’s military industrial base risks being sanctioned itself.” Perhaps the White House fails to see the irreparable damage being inflicted on America’s global interests and the implacable hatred and hostility being generated towards Washington. This reckless business of sanctions will not lead US very far. It is instantly turning even a traditional friend into a potential foe. It smacks of unacceptable duplicity, hateful hypocrisy and inherent insincerity of the US of yore; the post-World War II Washington of Bretton Woods and the Marshall Plan — the mastermind and financier for the reconstruction of Europe.
How would US arms company General Dynamics (the original maker of F-16 fighter aircraft from the 1970s) and the supplier of Patton tanks have reacted if they had got an ‘open threat’ from India with regard to defence contractors doing business with military dictators of Pakistan?
One wonders how the US or Europe could not be aware that over the past seven decades, the Moscow-Delhi defence partnership has flourished in the best and worst of times. Logically, therefore, if India keeps buying defence equipment from Russia, what stops Moscow from purchasing military hardware from Delhi? Is India party to the Russia-Ukraine conflict? Is Delhi instigating and playing one against another? Can India’s bona fide bilateral economic, commercial and military transactions with a friendly Russia be scuttled by the US, which is also a friend of Delhi?
The Joe Biden administration must not forget the catastrophic damage done by Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger to the India-US ties in the 1970s and beyond. Let the sordid past remain buried in the annals of history. Do not reopen it. Mutual trust and respect are a must. It took several years to heal the wounds of humiliation — the American duo had used abusive language while referring to then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi — and revive robust relations between two great democracies.
True, the ongoing conflict in Europe is a matter of grave concern for the world. But the primary responsibility to stop the bloodshed lies with the nations that are members of NATO and/or EU, and not with distant neutral nations. It again boils down to the fundamental folly being repeated by the West. Sanctions are proving to be the prime cause for the decimation of a globalised economy and the interlinked chain of economics assiduously built over five decades through the ‘free trade’ theory.
The US should remember that globalisation and sanctions are contradictory and mutually self-defeating. The former is a boon, the latter a bane. It will be most damaging for the globalised dollar and the universally accepted Belgium-based bank transaction system SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). Yet, the US treasury “routinely orders banks to freeze wire transfers that look suspicious or in breach of sanctions,” resulting in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s prescient 2018 statement: “We are not aiming to ditch the dollar. The dollar is ditching us.” Thus arises the need to skirt the greenback. Either way, time will reveal the repercussions of the story that could be anything but positive for ‘the dollar that once was’. In the long term, the US is fairly and squarely creating a self-goal scenario.
Today, SWIFT handles 40 per cent of its payments in USD. Yet, it has to follow the diktats of America, thereby disrupting its business. The “business of the US threat” to India is also a bad omen. New Delhi is a friend of Washington. And Russia does not object to India’s bonhomie with the US. Did Moscow express displeasure when India opted for Boeing, Lockheed or the Raytheon weapon system? Why, then, does the US employ archaic gunboat diplomacy of threats, sanctions and boycott of allies? Is America going against its own interests? Is the arm-twisting era of Kissinger back to hunt and haunt India?
‘Kisan, jawan and pehalwan’ are giving sleepless nights to the ruling BJP in the run-up to the high-stakes October 5 Assembly polls. BJP will have to pay heavy price The BJP will have to pay a heavy price for their…
Kisan, jawan and pehalwan’ are giving sleepless nights to the ruling BJP in the run-up to the high-stakes October 5 Assembly polls.
BJP will have to pay heavy price
The BJP will have to pay a heavy price for their non-performance on issues relating to farmers, defence personnel and sportspersons in past 10 years. BB Batra, Congress
Amit Shah takes note
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday asserted that Haryana was known for three things — ‘dhakkad’ jawan, ‘dhakkad’ sportsperson and ‘dhakkad’ farmers. ”The Modi government has done unprecedented work for the welfare of these three sections of society in the past 10 years,” he added.
Congress propaganda
The Congress is spreading misinformation on issues relating to farmers, jawans and sportspersons. Haryana voters will not fall for its misleading propaganda. Varinder Garg, BJP Leader
With 10-year anti-incumbency staring the saffron party in the face, the issues revolving around farming community, Agnipath scheme and wrestlers’ protests in New Delhi have come back to haunt the BJP with the Opposition trying to cash in on these issues.
Underscoring the importance of these three issues in Haryana elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah today asserted that Haryana was known for three things — ‘dhakkad’ jawan, ‘dhakkad’ sportspersons and ‘dhakkad’ farmers. “The Modi government has done unprecedented work for the welfare of these three sections of society in the past 10 years,” Shah claimed.
“The BJP has failed to provide a legal guarantee to the farmers for the procurement of crops on the MSP besides coming out with the Agnipath scheme which is a gross injustice to Haryana that provides 10% manpower for the armed forces. The saffron party will have to pay a heavy price for their non-performance on various fronts in the past 10 years in the upcoming Assembly polls,” senior Congress leader and party candidate from Rohtak BB Batra alleged.
Besides, by making Olympian Vinesh Phogat as its candidate from Julana, the Congress seems to have struck an emotional chord with the electorate in Julana and its surrounding Assembly segments. Vinesh was at the forefront of Jantar Mantar protests against Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, former Wrestling Federation of India chief and senior BJP leader Brij Bhushan, who is facing charges of sexual harassment levelled by certain wrestlers.
BJP ANOTHER JUMULA FOR AGNIVEER ,All ex-Agniveers to get jobs: WHY RELEASE THEM THEN? MAIKING FUN OF FARMERS
Lies and Lies’ , Jumlas after Jumlas , if you are promising jobs for all agniveer , why release them at all . Presently the Govt can’t give a few jobs to ESM and here trying to befool people . यह झूट बोलना कब बंद करें गे। ख़ुद झूट बोलो और कांग्रेस को बदनाम करो । .
Bijendra Ahlawat and Deepender Deswal
Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday attacked Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over the Agnipath recruitment scheme, saying he is playing politics over the issue.
Shah also alleged Leader of Opposition Rahul and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah wanted to release all terrorists after the J&K elections and hold talks with Pakistan.he Home Minister was addressing his first rally for the October 5 Haryana elections in the Loharu Assembly segment of Bhiwani district.
Accusing the Congress of launching a misinformation campaign, the Home Minister said that none of the Agniveers would remain jobless after completing service in the armed forces. “The BJP will ensure that all Agniveers after their stint in the forces will get jobs,” he said while accusing former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda of spreading lies. Shah lashed out at the Congress for not implementing the “one rank, one pension” scheme and said it was PM Narendra Modi who implemented it.
Alleging that Rahul had talked about abolishing reservation during his recent US visit, Shah said the BJP would not allow anyone to tamper with the reservation system. “As long as the BJP is in power, no one can touch the reservation for SCs and STs,” he said.
Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, party’s Haryana in-charge Biplab Kumar Deb, MP Kiran Choudhry and other senior leaders were also present at the rally.
Later, addressing a rally in Faridabad, Shah alleged that the Congress was making baseless claims about its achievements during the past 10 years, and the BJP cadre would expose the lies of the rival party.
13 cr farmers, only 750 at Shambhu
Shah on Tuesday said the BJP government in Haryana had been engaging with farmers sitting at Shambhu
He said India had nearly 13 crore farmers, of which about 750 were protesting on the border
MAIKING FUN OF FARMERS
Wearing of Medals: order of Precedence of Wearing of various Medals and Decorations.
No. 75-Pres/2001-The President has been pleased to determine the following order of Precedence of Wearing of various Medals and Decorations. This supersedes Notification No. 104-Pres/98 dated 11th November, 1998 issued from this Secretariat: –
Bharat Ratna
Param Vir Chakra
Ashoka Chakra
Padma Vibhusan
Padma Bhushan
Sarvattom Yudh Seva Medal
Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Maha Vir Chakra
Kirti Chakra
Padma Shri
Sarvottom Jeevan Raksha Padak
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vir Chakra
Shaurya Chakra
President’s Police and Fire Services Medal for Gallantry
President’s Police Medal for Gallantry
President’s Fire Services Medal for Gallantry
President’s Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry
President’s Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry
Yudh Seva Medal
Sena /Nao Sena/Vayu Sena Medal
Mention in Dispatches
Vishisht Seva Medal
Police Medal for Gallantry
Fire Services Medal for Gallantry
Correctional Service Medal for Gallantry
Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Gallantry
Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak
Parakram Padak
General Service Medal – 1947
Samanya Seva Medal – 1965
Special Service Medal
Samar Seva Star-1965
Poorvi Star
Paschimi Star
OP Vijay Star Medal
Siachen Glacier Medal
Raksha Medal – 1965
Sangram Medal
OP Vijay Medal
OP Parakram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal
High Altitude Medal
Police (Special Duty) Medal – 1962
Videsh Seva Medal
President’s Police and Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service
President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service
President’s Fire Services Medal for Distinguished Service
President’s Correctional Service Medal for Distinguished Service
President’s Home Guards and Civil Defence for Distinguished Service
Meritorious Service Medal
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Police Medal for Meritorious Service
Fire Services Medal for Meritorious Service
Correction Service Medal for Meritorious Service
Home Guards and Civil Defence Medal for Meritorious Service
Jeevan Raksha Padak
Territorial Army Decoration
Territorial Army Medal
Indian Independence Medal-1947
Independence Medal – 1950
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal
25th Independence Anniversary Medal
30 Years Long Service Medal
20 Years Long Service Medal
9 Years Long Service Medal
Commonwealth Awards
Other Awards
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