LIFE SAVING WORK BY THE POLICE

(Prime Minister's Police Medal for Life Savings)

1. In order to encourage policemen of all ranks to bring help and succour to the afflicted, it has been decided that in the All India Police Duty Meet, a separate award will be made in cases where exemplary devotion to duty is shown by a policemen in saving human life.

2. The award will be in the form of a medal and will be styled and designated as the "Prime Minister's Police Medal for Life Saving".

3. The medal will be circular in shape made of bronze.

4. The medal will be awarded to only those members of a recognized Police Force within the territory of India who have done outstanding work in saving human life.

5. Fifteen copies of the report of the cases to be considered for the award of this medal will be personally singed by the DGP/ Inspector General of Police and sent (through the State Government) to the (Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi), soon after the event takes place. (However, only those recommendations which are received up to the 31st July of a year will be considered during that year. Recommendations received thereafter will be held over for consideration next year). Recommendations which are more than one year old & received after 31st July will not be considered.

6. The Central Coordinating Committee running the All India Police Duty Meet will judge the merit of the cases reported, on the basis of the risk involved in life saving and the skill, physical endurance, courage and devotion to duty exhibited.

7. The Committee's recommendations will be sent to the Home Secretary for final approval.

8. As the medal will carry the Prime Minister's name the nominations for its award should be done in all seriousness and the standard of cases reported should be really high

9. In some cases, the act of life saving done may entitle the policeman concerned to a gallantry medal. In such case, whilst sending the recommendation, the DGP/IGP should definitely mention whether a case for the award of gallantry medal is also being forwarded. If this is so, then the Central Coordinating Committee will keep the recommendation, pending till the case for the award of gallantry medal is also being forwarded. If this is so, then the Central Coordinating Committee will keep the recommendation, pending till the case for the award of the gallantry medal is decided. If the gallantry medal is not awarded for this particular event, the case will be taken up for consideration for the award of the life saving medal.

i)

The description of the medal and the ribbon, is as indicated below:- "The medal shall be circular in shape, made of bronze, one and three - eights inches in diameter, and shall have embossed on the obverse the State Emblem in the Centre, and the words "Prime Minister's Police Medal" above, and the State motto "Satyameva Jayate" in the Devanagri script at the bottom of the State Emblem along the edge of the medal, separated by two five pointed heraldic stars. On the reverse, it shall have embossed in the centre the design of the front view of a circular shield, to the left and right of which will be ornamental patterns of a lotus stalk with a bud and leaf. Above the shield along the circular edge will be inscribed the words "FOR SAVING LIFE" and below the shield the words "JIWAN RAKSHANARTHA" in the Devanagri script.

The medal shall be suspended from the left breast, and the ribbon of one inch and three eights in width, shall have four stripes of red, blue, saffron and green in that order beginning from the left. The blue and the saffron stripes will be of equal width, each being half of the width of the red and green stripes".

ii)

(a) By way of explanation of the design of the medal and the ribbon, it may be added that the obverse bears the State Emblem and the name of the Medal, e.g. "PRIME MINISTER'S POLICE MEDAL". On the reverse the design of the circular Indian shield is supposed to convey the idea of protecting and saving life in danger. Life itself is to be represented by the lotus bud which is a traditional Indian design, and also appears on our Independence Medal, currency notes etc.

(b) In the colours mentioned for the ribbon, red symbolises danger, blue is the accepted Police colour and saffron is the colour traditionally associated in India with sacrifice, while green signifies life. Incidentally, it may be mentioned that green also appears on the National Flag and is intended to represent prosperity. The colours of the ribbon suggested above, therefore, adequately represent the idea of life being saved by the Police through sacrifice, from danger.