New Delhi
The Central Reserve Police Force, like previous years, bags the most gallantry medals at 72, followed by 61 by the Jammu and Kashmir police.
Action in the counter-terrorism grid of Jammu and Kashmir has fetched central security forces maximum gallantry medals amongst the 180 such decorations announced by the government on the occasion of the Independence Day.
A total of 946 medals have been announced by the Home Ministry, for personnel and officers of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and State police forces, of which three are President’s Police Medal for Gallantry (PPMG) and 177 are Police Medal for Gallantry (PMG).
A total of 114 gallantry medals have been given to troops deployed in the counter-terrorism operations grid in Jammu and Kashmir, while offensives in the Left Wing Extremism affected states fetched 62 such decorations followed by 4 for counter-insurgency operations in the north eastern states, a government statement said.
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