Daily News Analysis ‘President Conferred the Gallantry Awards’ : 23 May

1. Kirti Chakra

• Second-highest peacetime gallantry award (after Ashoka Chakra)

• Established: 1952 (as part of three-tier peacetime gallantry award series)

• Awarded for:

  • Acts of conspicuous gallantry away from the battlefield

  • Includes actions during counter-insurgency, anti-terror operations, and rescue missions

• Eligibility: Armed Forces, Police, CAPFs, civilians.

• Equivalent to: Maha Vir Chakra (wartime).

2. Shaurya Chakra

• Third-highest peacetime gallantry award.

• Awarded for:

  • Valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice not in direct action with the enemy.

  • Frequently awarded in counter-terrorism, internal security, and rescue operations.

• Eligibility: All ranks of the military, police forces, and civilians.

• Equivalent to: Vir Chakra (wartime).
  
  

Gallantry Awards Conferred in 2025:

Kirti Chakra – 6 Total

• Living Recipients:

  • Major Malla Rama Gopal Naidu – Indian Army.

  • Major Manjit – Indian Army.
    
    

• Posthumous Recipients:

  • Rifleman Ravi Kumar – Indian Army.

  • Colonel Manpreet Singh – Indian Army.

  • Dy. SP Himayun Muzzammil Bhat – Jammu & Kashmir Police.

  • Naik Dilwar Khan – Indian Army.
    
    

Shaurya Chakra – 33 Total

• Living Recipients: 26

• Posthumous Recipients: 7

• Recipients included personnel from:

  • Indian Army, Indian Air Force, Indian Navy

  • CAPFs (e.g., CRPF, BSF)

  • J&K Police

Why in News?

On May 22, 2025, President Droupadi Murmu, the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, presented Gallantry Awards at a Defence Investiture Ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan.