Daily News Analysis ‘Kirti Chakra ’ : 9 June

Why in News:

• The President conferred Kirti Chakras on armed forces personnel for exceptional courage and gallantry during the Defence Investiture Ceremony.

Salient Facts

• Kirti Chakra is India’s second-highest peacetime gallantry award, after the Ashoka Chakra.
• Awarded for conspicuous gallantry, indomitable courage, self-sacrifice or valour away from the battlefield.
• Can be awarded to personnel of the Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), State/UT Police Forces, and also to civilians.
• It may be awarded posthumously.
• Instituted in 1952 as the Ashoka Chakra Class-II.
• Renamed as Kirti Chakra in 1967.

Order of Peacetime Gallantry Awards

• Ashoka Chakra (Highest)
• Kirti Chakra
• Shaurya Chakra

Distinction from Wartime Gallantry Awards

• Peacetime Gallantry: Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra, Shaurya Chakra
• Wartime Gallantry: Param Vir Chakra (PVC), Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), Vir Chakra

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