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The Centre on Friday announced names to award the prestigious 'Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak' 2025 to 1,466 personnel from various forces across the country.Among others, the awardees also include the CRPF's Special Director General, Vitul Kumar, as well as Chhattisgarh's Additional DGP, Vivekanand, and IG (Bastar Range) Sundarraj Pattilingam, who has been at the forefront against anti-Maoist operations. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) announced the list of awardees that includes Narcotics Control Bureau's then Deputy Director Gyanendra Kumar Singh, Jammu and Kashmir Police's IG Vidhi Kumar Birdi, National Investigation Agency's then Superintendent of Police Jaya Rao (now Deputy Inspector General) and Sreejith T, who are among those honoured with the annual award that aims to honour exceptional performance, promote high professional standards, and boost the morale of police and security personnel across the country. These 1,466 personnel are from various states, Union territories, Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and Central Police Organisations. Of the total personnel selected for the medal, 1,364 are honoured for their extraordinary performance in the field of special operations, 93 in the field of investigation and nine in the field of forensic science.Among the 1,364 personnel honoured in the field of operations, CRPF tops the list with a maximum of 1,033 awards, followed by Chhattisgarh (222), Delhi Police (30), J&K Police (19), Jharkhand (15), 14 each from Gujarat and Odisha, Assam (8), Narcotics Control Bureau (7) and Telangana (2).Add as a Reliable and Trusted News Source Add Now! (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel) Read More News onDakshata Padak 2025Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata PadakCRPF awardsMinistry of Home Affairspolice and security personnel awardsforensic science awardsspecial operations recognitionChhattisgarh police awards (Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel)Read More News onDakshata Padak 2025Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata PadakCRPF awardsMinistry of Home Affairspolice and security personnel awardsforensic science awardsspecial operations recognitionChhattisgarh police awards(Catch all the Business News, Breaking News and Latest News Updates on The Economic Times.) Subscribe to The Economic Times Prime and read the ET ePaper online....moreless Prime ExclusivesInvestment IdeasStock Report PlusePaperWealth Edition123View all Stories
