The President of India has approved the conferment of Jeevan Raksha Padak Series of Awards – 2024 on 49 persons which includes Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 17, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak to 09 and Jeevan Raksha Padak to 23 persons. Six awardees are posthumous. The details are as under: –

Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak

Shri Pintu Kumar Sahni  (Posthumous), Bihar

Shri Manesh K M (Posthumous), Kerala

Shri Dawa Tshering Lepcha (Posthumous), Sikkim

Dr. Pema Tenzing Lachungpa (Posthumous), Sikkim

Gunner Anis Kumar Gupta (Posthumous), M/o Defence

Shri Vaqeel Hassan, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Munna Qureshi, NHIDCL, M/o Transport and Highways

Shri Ankur Kumar, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Monu Kumar, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Devendra, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Mohmmed Rashid, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Firoz Qureshi, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Jatin Kashyap, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Saurabh Kashyap, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Mohmmed Irshad, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Nasruddin, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Shri Naseem, NHIDCL, M/o Road Transport and Highways

Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak

Shri Ritik Chauhan, Himachal Pradesh

Shri Shashikant Ramkrushna Gajbe, Maharashtra

NK Shankar Singh Kharayat, Border Roads Organisation

Havildar Leki Passang, M/o Defence

Sep Rajesh Ranjan Kujur (Posthumous), M/o Defence

Shri Rakesh Singh Rana, M/o Defence

Shri Manmohan Singh, National Disaster Response Force

Shri Pradeep Kumar, National Disaster Response Force

Shri Sachin Kumar, National Disaster Response Force

Jeevan Raksha Padak

Shri Nelli Srinivasa Rao, Andhra Pradesh

Shri Vikas Yadav, Bihar

Sushri Manishaben Amarshibhai  Malakiya, Gujarat

Kumari Diya  Fathima, Kerala

Shri Muhammad Hashir N K, Kerala

Shri Kishor Kumar Arney, Madhya Pradesh

Shri Dadarao Govindrao  Pawar, Maharashtra

Shri Dnyaneshwar Mukundrao  Bhedodkar, Maharashtra

Shri K. Shimreingam Shimray, Manipur

Master Elambok Dkhar, Meghalaya

Master Kisen Wanniang, Meghalaya

Shri Laltlanzova, Mizoram

Shri Y Pongba, Nagaland

Dr. Ranjana  Bhandari, Odisha

Shri C. Anbarasan, Puducherry

Shri Bandakindi Shravan Kumar, Telangana

Shri Aakash  Pradhan, West Bengal

Shri Kali Kinkar Manna, West Bengal

Naik Ajith R Nair, M/o Defence

Shri Dhanbeer Singh Negi, M/o Defence

Shri Dhanesh Chand Yadav, M/o Defence

Sgt Ram Kumar Jaiswal, M/o Defence

Ms. Pallabi  Biswas, M/o Railways (RPF)

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 consists of a Medal, Certificate signed by the Union Home Minister and lump sum Monetary Allowance. It is presented to the awardees by the respective Union Ministries/Organizations/State Government to which the awardee belongs.