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सं. 15] नई दिल्ली, शनिवार, अप्रैल 12—अप्रैल 18, 2014 (चैत्र 22, 1936)

No. 15] NEW DELHI, SATURDAY, APRIL 12—APRIL 18, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936)

इस भाग में भिन्न पृष्ठ संख्या दी जाती है जिससे कि यह अलग संकलन के रूप में रखा जा सके

(Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed as a separate compilation)

विषय-सूची

पृष्ठ सं.

भाग I—खण्ड-1—(रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों और उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी की गई विधितर नियमों, विनियमों, आदेशों तथा संकल्पों से सम्बन्ध्ति अध्सिूचनाएं. .............. 597 भाग I—खण्ड-2—(रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों और उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी की गई सरकारी अधिकारियों की नियुक्तियों, पदोन्नतियों, छुट्टियों आदि के सम्बन्ध् में अध्सिूचनाएं. .............................................. 293 भाग I—खण्ड-3—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी किए गए संकल्पों और असांविधिक आदेशों के सम्बन्ध में अध्सिूचनाएं. ............................................... 1 भाग I—खण्ड-4—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी की गई सरकारी अधिकारियों की नियुक्तियों, पदोन्नतियों, छुट्टियों आदि के सम्बन्ध में अध्सिूचनाएं. ..... 513 भाग II—खण्ड-1—अधिनियम, अध्यादेश और विनियम. ............ [ भाग II—खण्ड-1क—अधिनियमों, अध्यादेशों और विनियमों का हिन्दी भाषा में प्राधिकृत पाठ. ................. [ भाग II—खण्ड-2—विधेयक तथा विधेयकों पर प्रवर समितियों के बिल तथा रिपोर्ट. ................................... [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (i)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों (रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सामान्य सांविध्कि नियम (जिनमें सामान्य स्वरूप के आदेश और उपविधियां आदि भी शामिल हैं). ................... [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (ii)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयोेंं (रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को [आंकड़े प्राप्त नहीं हुए।

1—11 GI/2014

पृष्ठ सं.

छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सांविधिक आदेश और अधिसूचनाएं. ............................ [ भाग II—खण्ड-3—उप खण्ड (iii)—भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयोेंं (जिसमें रक्षा मंत्रालय भी शामिल है) और केन्द्रीय प्राधिकरणों (संघ शासित क्षेत्रों के प्रशासनों को छोड़कर) द्वारा जारी किए गए सामान्य सांविधिक नियमों और सांविधिक आदेशों (जिनमें सामान्य स्वरूप की उपविध्यिां भी शामिल हैं) के हिन्दी प्राधिकृत पाठ (ऐसे पाठों को छोड़कर जो भारत के राजपत्र के खण्ड 3 या खण्ड 4 में प्रकाशित होते हैं). ..................................................... * भाग II—खण्ड-4—रक्षा मंत्रालय द्वारा जारी किए गए सांविधिक नियम और आदेश. ...................................... * भाग III—खण्ड-1—उच्च न्यायालयों, नियंत्रक और महालेखापरीक्षक, संघ लोक सेवा आयोग, रेल विभाग और भारत सरकार से सम्बद्ध और अधीनस्थ कार्यालयों द्वारा जारी की गई अध्सिूचनाएं. .............................................. 341 भाग III—खण्ड-2—पेटेंट कार्यालय द्वारा जारी की गई पेटेन्टों और डिजाइनों से सम्बन्धित अधिसूचनाएं और नोटिस [ भाग III—खण्ड-3—मुख्य आयुक्तों के प्राधिकार के अधीन अथवा द्वारा जारी की गई अध्सिूचनाएं. ......... [ भाग III—खण्ड-4—विविध अधिसूचनाएं जिनमें सांविधिक निकायों द्वारा जारी की गई अधिसूचनाएं, आदेश, विज्ञापन और नोटिस शामिल हैं. ................................ 2759 भाग IV—गैर-सरकारी व्यक्तियों और गैर-सरकारी निकायों द्वारा जारी किए गए विज्ञापन और नोटिस. .... 373 भाग V—अंग्रेजी और हिन्दी दोनों में जन्म और मृत्यु के आंकड़ों को दर्शाने वाला सम्पूरक. ............................ [

(597)598 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1

CONTENTS

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PART I—SECTION 1—Notifications relating to Non- Statutory Rules, Regulations, Orders and Resolutions issued by the Ministries of the Government of India (other than the

597 Ministry of Defence) and by the Supreme Court ......................................................... PART I—S ECTION 2—Notifications regarding Appointments, Promotions, Leave etc. of Government Officers issued by the Ministries of the Government of India

293

1 (other than the Ministry of Defence) and by the Supreme Court .................................... PART I—SECTION 3—Notifications relating to resolutions and Non-Statutory Orders issued by the Ministry of Defence.................................... PART I—S ECTION 4—Notifications regarding

513 * Appointments, Promotions, Leave etc. of Government Officers issued by the Ministry of Defence ................................................ PART II—SECTION 1—Acts, Ordinances and Regulations PART II—SECTION 1A—Authoritative texts in Hindi language, of Acts, Ordinances and

Regulations ............................................... *

PART II—SECTION 2—Bills and Reports of the Select

* Committee on Bills ................................... PART II—S ECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (i)—General Statutory Rules (including Orders, Bye- laws, etc. of general character) issued by the

* Ministry of the Government of India (other than the Ministry of Defence) and by the Central Authorities (other than the Administration of Union Territories) ........ PART II—SECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (ii)—Statutory Orders and Notifications issued by the

Ministries of the Government of India (other than the Ministry of Defence) and

*Folios not received.

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by the Central Authorities (other than the Administration of Union Territories) .....

* PART II—SECTION 3—SUB-SECTION (iii)—Authoritative texts in Hindi (other than such texts, published in Section 3 or Section 4 of the Gazette of India) of General Statutory Rules

& Statutory Orders (including Bye-laws of a general character) issued by the Ministries of the Government of India (including the Ministry of Defence) and by Central Authorities (other than Administration of Union Territories) .........

* PART II—SECTION 4—Statutory Rules and Orders issued by the Ministry of Defence ...........

*

PART III—SECTION 1—Notifications issued by the High Courts, the Comptroller and Auditor

General, Union Public Service Commission, the Indian Government Railways and by Attached and Subordinate Offices of the Government of India .................................

341

PART III—SECTION 2—Notifications and Notices issued by the Patent Office, relating to Patents and Designs .............................................

*

PART III—SECTION 3—Notifications issued by or under the authority of Chief Commissioners ......

*

PART III—SECTION 4—Miscellaneous Notifications including Notifications, Orders, Advertisements and Notices issued by

Statutory Bodies .......................................

2759

PART IV—Advertisements and Notices issued by Private

Individuals and Private Bodies .................

373

PART V—Supplement showing Statistics of Births and

Deaths etc. both in English and Hindi ......

*भाग I—खण्ड 1] भारत का राजपत्र, अप्रैल 12, 2014 (चैत्र 22, 1936) 599

भाग I — खण्ड 1

[PART I—SECTION 1]

[(रक्षा मंत्रालय को छोड़कर) भारत सरकार के मंत्रालयों और उच्चतम न्यायालय द्वारा जारी की गई विध्तिर नियमों, विनियमों, आदेशों तथा संकल्पों से संबंधित अधिसूचनाएं]

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****PART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 705

PRESIDENT'S SECRETARIAT

New Delhi, the 21st March 2014

No. 24–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Assam Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Jayanta Sonowal,

AB Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 29.09.2012 at about 1600 Hrs on receipt of secret information from the reliable sources that 4/5 suspected ULFA cadres with a plan to wage war against Union of India and to launch subversive actitites were taking shelter in the general area of Sukanichuk, Rotonipather village under Bordumsa PS. Accordingly joint operation was launched under the leadership of Shri Jayanta Sarathi Borah, Addl. SP (HQ) Tinsukia along with Dr. Pradip Saikia APS, Dy.SP Tinsukian, Police staff of Bordumsa Police Station and Pengaree Police Station along with 8th Bihar Army Regiment, Camp Bordumsa. During search operation at about 1900 hrs the police team led by Shri Jayanta Sarathi Borah, APS, Addl.SP (HQ), Tinsukia noticed some suspected movement in the house of Shri Bireswar Moran of Sukanichuck Rotonipather Village. Upon noticing the suspected movements the leader of the operational team Shri Jayanta Sarathi Borah, Addl.SP (HQ) alongwith the police forces under his directions closed near suspected house and in the process, they were spotted by the extremists, who opened indiscriminate firing. The operational team came under heavy fire, subsequently the extremist also lobbed a hand Grenade targeting Jayanta Sarathi Borah and his party. The heavily armed extremists fired on the Police team with a view to kill the members of the team while simultaneously taking cover of the civilians, immediately then Jayanta Sarathi Borah without loosing a single minute commanded the other staff for immediate retaliation. Accordingly, operational team retaliated the fire exposing themselves into the extreme danger of their lives. During the brief exchange of fire one Constable Jayanta Sonowal was grievously injured by bullet injury and one extremist sustained bullet injuries and the other extremist managed to escape by taking advantage of darkness. After the firing stopped, the police team immediately evacuated the injured police constable and the ULFA cadre to Pengaree PHC for treatment. Upon searching the body of injured suspected ULFA cadre, One AK-81 rifle, Magazine (AK-81)-3 Nos, Magazine (pistol)-2 nos., Live Ammunition AK series- 40 rounds, live ammunition pistol-3 nos., Mobile handset- 1 no. pocket diary-2 nos., Mobile SIM card- 7 nos., Remote Control of RCIED- 1 No. and incriminating documents were found from his possession which were seized. Later on, the security forces searched the general area and 7 nos. of AK series empty cartridges and splinter etc were recovered from the706 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 PO. The injured ULFA cadre who was shifted to Pengaree PHC for treatment was declared dead by the doctor of Pengaree PHC. Further the injured Constable Jayanta Sonowal referred from Pengaree PHC to IOC (AOD) Hospital, Digboi and he was immediately shifted to AMCH Dibrugarh for better treatment. In this regard an FIR has been submitted by Shri Jayanta Sarathi Borah, APS, Addl. SP (HQ) Tinksukia and on the basis of the FIR, Bordumsa PS Case No. 53/2012 U/S 120(B), 121(A)/333/307/34 IPC, R/W Sec 25(1) (a)/27 Arms Act, R/W Sec 10/13 UA(P) Act, R/W Sec 3 of ES Act was registered.

Later on the dead body of ULFA cadre was identified by Shri Sulen Gogoi s/o Shri Joykanta Gogoi of Hullong Gutibari village, PS: Bordumsa as the deceased was his nephew S.S. Sgt Maj. Diganta Gogoi @ Mohdn Gogoi (age 28 years) s/o Shri Gonesh Sahu of Hullong Gutibari village PS: Bordumsa.

In this encounter Shri Jayanta Sonowal, AB Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 30/09/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 25–Pres/2014- The President is pleased to award the 1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat,

Superintendent of Police

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 07.10.2011, acting on a specific information about the shifting of base camp by two HM terrorists namely Assadullah @ Ufaidullah r/o Swat Pakistan and Qasim Shah @ Talha r/o Dhir Pakistan from upper reaches of Ganderbal forests to village Pathpora Chattergul Kangan (Ganderbal), a special team from Police component Srinagar led by Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat, SP operations Srinagar carried out reccee of the area for planning an operation against the said terrorists. On 08.10.2011, a team from Police Component Srinagar headed by Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat, SP Opertations Srinagar rushed to the spot in the wee hours. Before the operation was conducted, it was decided to co-opt Army (24 RR) and District Police Ganderbal in order to avoidPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 707 collateral damage and to conduct the operation cleanly. The nafri was divided into three parties. First party comprised of Ganderbal Police and 24 RR. It was tasked to lay the outer cordon of the target area. The second party comprised of a team of Srinagar Police and 24 RR. Accordingly, the Mohalla was cordoned off in which the target house was located. The third party comprised of Police Component Srinagar and Gandebal Police. The party was tasked to lay the inner cordon of the house of Mohd Subhan Mir s/o Gani Mir r/o Pathpora Chattergul in which the terrorists were hiding and if required to make an intervention under the command of Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat, SP Operation Srinagar with full coordination. All the parties marched towards the target area at about 0500 hours on 09.10.2011 and positioned themselves as per plan. At 0530 hours, Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat SP Operation Srinagar, in-charge of the inner cordon party, formed a small team of Jawans from Police Component Srinagar for evacuation of the inmates of the target house. The team very tactfully and bravely evacuated the inmates of the house and shifted them to a safer place. Likewise, inmates of adjoining houses were also evacuated to ensure that there is no collateral damage. In the first instance, Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat, SP asked the two holed up terrorists to surrender, which they declined and instead opened indiscriminate firing on the operational party. The inner cordon party took the positions and planned intervention of the house. The intervention party, having taken all precautions, started the process of intervention.

However, as the intervention party reached near the target house, it came under heavy fire from holed-up terrorists, who had taken position inside the house. In a tactical move, the intervention party withdrew only to enter the house from the rear side. At this stage, SP Tahir Sajad Bhat, constituted two small parties and decided to enter the house from rear side as well as front side. As soon as the second party tried to enter the house from the rear side, the holed up terrorists lobbed grenades from a window but it caused no damage as the approaching party remained advancing tactically. SP Tahir Sajad Bhat, alongwith his team crawled nearer to the window, from where the terrorists had lobbed the grenades. Meanwhile, the terrorists opened the main door of the first floor and started firing indiscriminately in an attempt to break the cordon and run away. At this moment, SP Tahir Sajad Bhat alongwith few Police personnel had reached target house retaliated the fire effectively without caring for their personal lives resulting into killing of one of the hiding terrorist namely Assadullah @ Ufaidullah r/o Swat Pakistan top Commander of HM. Feeling the gravity of the situation, his associate namely, Qasim Shah @ Talha r/o Dhir Pakistan, made an attempt to escape from the cordon, set the house on fire and opened indiscriminate fire from the rear side window but the first party who had already taken the position near the house, retaliated the fire bravely and in the exchange of fire, the said terrorist also got killed. The elimination of both the terrorists was a big achievement for the Police and a severe jolt to the network of HM outfit.

Recovery: 1. AK rifle 02 Nos. 2. Magazine AK 08 Nos. 3. Pistol 02 Nos. 4. UBGL 01 No. 5. Radio Set 01 No. 6. AK live ammunition 28 rounds

In this encounter Shri Tahir Sajad Bhat, Superintendent of Police displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of 1st Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 09/10/2011.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 26–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Pankaj Sharma,

Sub Inspector

02. Imtiyaz Mohammad,

Head Constable

03. Lateef Ahmad,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 03-02-2012 at about 1715 hours, a specific intelligence was received by SOG Pulwama regarding presence of two terrorists in village Adoora, Pulwama. Accordingly, the information was shared with 55 RR, 182 Bn CRPF and a joint cordon was laid. SOG Pulwama cordoned the Northern and North Western side of the target area, CRPF Eastern side and the rest of area by 55 RR. S.I Pankaj Sharma along with Head Constable Imtiyaz Ahmad while strengthening and tightening the cordon, reached the road near the western side of the house of Bashir Ahmad Shah S/O Ab Ahad Shah R/O Adoora and at the same time terrorists hiding in the said house hurled a Grenade and started indiscriminate firing on them from the window facing the road. The grenade rolled over the road and exploded in the nearby drainPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 709 giving them a narrow escape. Showing exemplary courage and presence of mind, S.I Pankaj Sharma immediately took position behind a dump of bricks and HC Imtiyaz Mohammad behind a tree and due to retaliate fire, forced the terrorists to go back and thus foiling their attempt to escape. In the exchange of fire, one of the terrorist was injured who later succumbed to his injuries and his body was recovered next day.

As the presence of the terrorists got exposed, cordon around the target house was strengthened. By the time, as light became dim, lighting arrangement was made with the help of generator sets by SF's so that terrorists could not escape taking advantage under the cover of darkness. It was also confirmed that some civilians were also got trapped inside the target house and adjoining houses. The senior officers took the command of the situation and directed the troops to remain extra cautious so that no innocent civilians got harmed. Accordingly all the officers/ officials of SOG pulwama, Army and CRPF remained vigilant throughout night despite sub zero temperature. On 04.02.2012 in the early morning, P.A system was used to address the civilians trapped there. A team was constituted to rescue the civilians which included S.I.Pankaj Sharma, HC Imtiyaz Mohammad and Const. Lateef Ahmad. After several attempts, they managed to rescue 17 civilians from the target and adjoining houses in spite of exchange of firing between security forces and terrorists. The rescued persons informed that there were two terrorists inside the houses and one of them was seriously injured and later succumbed to injuries besides also informed that there are no more civilians trapped inside the target house. Based on the relevant and important information gathered from them, two teams one of Army and another of SOG headed by S.I Pankaj Sharma and including HC Imtiyaz Mohammad and Const. Lateef Ahmad was constituted for final assault to neutralize the another terrorist by entering the target house. Under covering fire when the assault teams of SOG and army took positions near the boundary wall of the target house, they saw the hiding terrorist changing position from one building to other. The assault teams without wasting time immediately fired upon the terrorist and neutralized him. The killed terrorists were later identified as Syed Ashaq Hussain S/O Syed A Gani R/O Panzgam Awantipora Commander of Let outfit for Distt Pulwama and Sameer Ahmad Nazar S/O Ab Rehman Nazar R/o Batpora Arwani Bijbehara of Let outfit.

S.I Pankaj Sharma, HC Imtiyaz Mohammad and Ct. Lateef Ahmad fought bravely without caring for their personal lives during the whole encounter and took the leading position in elimination of both the terrorists. Moreover, many civilian and children who were caught in cross firing were evacuated without any collateral damage due to presence of mind of the above mentioned officers/officials.

Recovery:-

1. Rifle AK 56 : 02 Nos. 2. Mag AK 47 : 05 Nos. 3. Rds AK 47 : 120 Nos.

4. Pouches : 03 Nos. 5. Matrix Sheet : 06 Nos. In this encounter S/Shri Pankaj Sharma, Sub Inspector, Imtiyaz Mohammad, Head Constable and Lateef Ahmad, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 03/02/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 27–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Sher Mohammad,

Head Constable

02. Mohammad Majnoon,

Follower

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 05/07/2012, an information regarding presence of terrorists in village Bowan of Police District Handwara was received. Shri Rajesh Kumar, IPS DIG NKR Baramulla developed the intelligence further and planned the operation with Army 06,21,30,31,32,35 RR and 09 PARA. Small components of Police and Army led by above mentioned officer reached village Bowan and moved towards the target site. Sensing the presence of civilians in the area, the officer formed a rescue team and led from the front assisted by HC Sher Mohammad,7th Bn. and Follower Mohammad Majnoon. Exhibiting high courage, the rescue team moved towards the civilians amid heavy volley of fire from the hiding terrorists. The commitment on part of DIG NKR and the above named officials was extraordinary which led to successful evacuation of civilians. Soon after rescue exercise, the operation team engaged the terrorist in a fierce firefight. Exhibiting high presence of mind, the above officer advanced towards the terrorist in an effective cover fire support from rest of the operational team. On reaching close proximity of the hiding location, they launched an assault on the terrorist and firefight continued for hours during which HC Sher Mohammad and three other Army Jawans sustained bullet injuries. Despite constant bleeding, HC Sher Mohammad remained positioned and retaliated the fire, Shri Rajesh Kumar, IPS and a few Army/Police personnel volunteered and rescued the injured HC/ArmyPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 711 Jawans. The operation continued for the whole night and in wee hours of July,06, DIG NKR Baramulla alongwith Mohammad Majnoon, Follower and a few associates of Army/Police further advanced towards the terrorist and stormed the hiding location and killed one unidentified terrorist.

Recoveries Made:-

1. AK 47 Rifle - 01 No. 2. AK 56 Rifle - 01 No. 3. AK Magazine - 04 Nos (Two burnt) 4. AK-Rds. - 48 Nos. 5. Empty Cartridge - 01 No.

In this encounter S/Shri Sher Mohammad, Head Constable and Mohammad Majnoon, Follower displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 06/07/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 28–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry/1st Bar to Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jammu & Kashmir Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Fayaz Ahmad, (PMG)

Dy. Superintendent of Police

02. Showkat Ahmed, (1st Bar to PMG)

Head Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 28.03.2012, over a specific information regarding presence of terrorists in Panjwani forests, Dy.SP Fayaz Ahmad (then SDPO Handwara) planned an operation with the assistance of 21 RR. The officer commanded a small component of Police and rushed to target site where he was joined by the troops of RR and other operational components of Police and started the cordon/search operation in the area.

The searching party led by HC Showkat Ahmed while moving towards a house adjacent to the hiding location of the terrorists was fired upon by the terrorists. Sensing the presence of civilians in the area, Dy.SP Fayaz Ahmad instructed the searching party not to retaliate in order to avoid civilian casualties. The officer alongwith HC Showkat Ahmed and a few personnel of Police/Army volunteered for the job of evacuation of civilians and did relentless efforts by putting themselves in extreme risk. Dy.SP Fayaz Ahmad exhibited high order of professionalism and guided his men effectively during rescue operation which lead to safe evacuation of civilians from the adjoining places of target area. However, HC Showkat Ahmed, who was also engaged in rescuing the civilians, faced volley of fire from the terrorists. Dy.SP Fayaz Ahmad immediately moved a BP rakshak towards the location of HC Showkat Ahmed, which was also attacked by the terrorists but could not stop the officer in reaching the proximity of the official. As soon as the BP rakshak covered certain distance, HC Showkat Ahmed moved towards it alongwith two civilians and managed to rescue them.

As the rescue exercise of civilians got completed, Dy. SP Fayaz Ahmad and other operational officers present on the spot framed a special strategy to launch assault on the terrorists for which three different joint assault parties were framed. Dy. SP Fayaz Ahamad himself led one such assault party alongwith HC Showkat Ahmed and others and advanced towards the target site. Sensing this, the terrorists tried to break the cordon by triggering massive assault, however, the personnel deployed in the inner cordon showed good presence of mind and did not provide a single chance to terrorists to flee the spot. In the meantime, the party led by Dy. SP Fayaz Ahmad engaged the terrorists in fierce firefight from one side and other two assault teams also engaged the terrorists from other sides. After every minute, the operation was getting more and more challenging as the terrorists were trying to harm the Police personnel by indiscriminate firing and grenade throwing and were also making constant efforts to break the cordon. The close range gun battle between the party led by Dy. SP Fayaz Ahmad and the terrorists took place for more than one hour. Sensing that the retaliation on part of terrorists is increasing, the police officials, alongwith few other personnel, advanced further towards the terrorists and stormed the target site which lead to elimination of three terrorists namely Zabiullah R/O PoK of LeT, Ali Bhai R/O PoK and Muzamil @ Abid R/O PoK.

Recoveries made:-

i)    AK 47 Rifle                       :          03 Nos.
ii)   AK Magzine                        :          13 Nos.
iii)  Hand Grenade Chinese              :          02 Nos.
iv)   AK rounds                         :          304 Rds .
v)    RS Antenna                        :          03 Nos. (Damaged)
vi)   UBGL Thrower                      :          02 Nos.
vii)  UBGL Grenade                      :          03 Nos.

In this encounter S/Shri Fayaz Ahmad, Dy. Superintendent of Police and Showkat Ahmed, Head Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal/1st Bar to Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 28/03/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 29–Pres/2014- The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jharkhand Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Deepak Kumar Sinha,

Addl. Superintendent of Police

02. Md. Perwez Alam,

Sub Inspector

03. Raju Singh (Posthumously)

Constable

04. Ramesh Giri,

Constable

05. Sita Ram Mardi,

Constable

06. Brajesh Kumar,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 11.09.2011 at 12.15 hrs Md. Perwez Alam, SI cum Officer Incharge, R.I.T.P.S District Seraikella- Kharsawan received information from Deepak Kumar Sinha. Addl.S.P (Operation), Seraikella that two jail breaker hardcore Naxalites, Ravi Singh Munda and Balram Sahu @ David @ Bolo Sahu, wanted in several criminal cases since long were living secretly in a house in Saldih Basti under Adityapur P.S. with intention to collect levy and to murder someone. Following instructions from714 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 Addl. SP. (Operation), he with Tiger Mobile CT Raju Singh, CT Barjesh Kumar, CT Tinku Kumar and CT Raviendra Kumar reached immediately at Ashiana More, Adityapur. The Naxalites were inside a tiled house just in front of ESI Hospital, Saldih and were about to depart. Addl. SP (Operation), SI Md Perwez Alam, CT Barjesh Kumar, CT Ramesh Giri, CT Sitaram Mardi and CT Raju Singh stepped in the compound furtively. The moment they stepped in, two men present in the inner room, sensed their arrival and tried to hide themselves. Seeing this Addl.SP introduced himself in loud voice and asked them to surrender. No response was made despite repeated calls. The Addl.SP then ordered CT Sitaram Mardi, CT Raju Singh, CT Ramesh Giri, CT Barjesh Kumar and CT Neeraj Kumar to enter into the room cautiously and arrest the hidden nexalites. The moment they neared the room, one of the naxalites opened fire from inside the room which whizzed past CT Sitaram Mardi. Showing utmost courage and dogged determination, swiftly pounced on him and seized him by the arms. Seeing this another naxalite opened fire which unfortunately hit CT Raju Singh in his chest and he fell down. The naxalites fired again aiming at Addl. SP (Operation) and SI Md Perwez Alam who were facing the ultras from the front. Finding the situation precarious and with no alternative in sight to encounter attack, Addl. SP ordered his bodyguard CT Sitaram Mardi to open restricted firing. He fired four rounds from his AK-47 rifle. Balram Sahu @ David @ Bolo Sahu, one of the two naxalites. tried to flee in the east direction firing on police party. CT Barjesh Kumar chased him while firing from his pistol. Despite his best efforts, the desperado slipped away taking advantage of dense population of the area. The police team waited and watched for a few minutes, no movement was noticed inside the room. Then Addl.SP and SI Md. Perwez Alam entered the room cautiously. One naxalite was found dead due to bullet injury, sunk in blood on the floor of the room who was identified as Ravi Singh Munda, CT Raju Singh who was serious due to bullet injury was immediately taken to hospital where he was declared dead.

Two country made pistols, 4 (Four) empty shells of 7.62 M M and 5 (Five) live cartridges were found lying behind the dead body of the deceased naxalite. One looted Hero Honda (Passion Plus) bearing No-JH 01 H-7213 was recovered from the courtyard of the house where the naxalites were living secretly, this refers to Ichagarh P.S. Case No-42/11 U/s 392 I.P.C.

From further investigation of Adityapur P.S Case No-213/11 dated 11.09.2011 U/s 353/307/302/34 I.P.C. 25 (1-b)a/26/27/35 Arms Act & 17 CLA Act it reveals that the deceased Ravi Singh Munda and the escapee Balram Sahu were extremely violent and motivated naxalites. They committed many gruesome and heinous crimes. They were synonyms of terror. They extorted levy from people of Seraikella, Chandil and its adjoining areas. Emboldened they broke out of the sub jail Seraikella on 17.08.2011 and escaped. This refers to Seraikella P.S Case No 63/11 dated 18.08.11 U/s 224/225/225(A)/341/342/ 222/120(B) I.P.C & 17 CLA Act.

In this encounter S/Shri Deepak Kumar Sinha, Addl. Superintendent of Police, Md. Perwez Alam, Sub Inspector, (Late) Raju Singh, Constable, Ramesh Giri,PART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 715 Constable, Sita Ram Mardi, Constable and Brajesh Kumar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 11/09/2011.

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No. 30–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Jharkhand Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Ashwini Kumar Sinha,

Sub Divisional Police Officer

02. Birendra Kumar Ram,

Sub Inspector

03. Pradeep Kumar Mehta,

Constable

04. Praveen Kumar Jha,

Constable

05. Uday Chand Meena,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 27/28.01.2011 at about 2100 hrs SP Latehar informed that 14 to 15 armed CPI Maoist cadres have entered in the Village Luhur under Barwadih PS to result a major crime incident. Based on that information SDPO Barwadih Sri Ashwini Kumar Sinha along with his house guard, Barwadih PS Reserve guard, Barwadih PS SI Birendra Kumar Ram, SI R P Singh, CRPF Company Commander Subhash Jha Camp Barwadih and CRP Force proceeded to raid at about 1.00 pm. SP Latehar again informed on mobile that above armed CPI Maoist cadre have arrived at village Luhur and have taken shelter in the house of one Baijnath Singh Kharwar. On the basis of that information SDPO Barwadih Sri Ashwini Kumar Sinha formed a striking party comprising him self, Const Praveen Kumar Jha, Const Uday Chand Meena, Const Gopal Choudhary, OC Barwadih PS SI Virender Kumar Ram Const716 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 Awadhesh Paswan, Const Pradeep Kumar Mehta, Const Syed Juber Ahmad and 11 Bn CRPF Insp/GD S C Jha and their troops. The party moved towards Luhur Barwadih with the help of night vision device. It was mid night and darkness prevailed everywhere. One kilometer before the target the Police party took their position as per the planning around the target. With the help of NVD it was noticed that a sentry has been placed with weapon in front of the house of Baijnath Singh Kharwar at a distance of 5-10 meters where other naxals were hiding. The Police party led by Sri Ashwini Kumar Sinha SDPO Barwadih alongwith CRPF striking party led by Inspr/SC Jha moved crawling towards the sentry. When the Police party reached nearer their movement was sensed by the sentry and he started firing on them and ran toward the house where other naxals were hiding. The Police party asked the naxals to stop firing and surrender but the naxals continued firing from the window and from the main door. The naxals were firing heavily on the Police party from the main door but SDPO Barwadih Sri Ashwini Kumar Sinha along with his party risking their lives and inspite of fire coming directly on them, fired at the naxals which hit them and ultimately naxals collapsed near the door. The firing stopped for 4-5 minutes but again gun shot was fired from inside. The last naxal was identified as Basant Yadav tried to escape and ran in eastern direction but the Police party led by SDPO Barwadin Sri Ashwini Kumar Sinha proceeded crawling in the same direction with firing to shot him dead. After day break the encounter site was thoroughly searched and dead bodies of nine hardcore CPI Maoist were recovered.

Apart from the dead bodies following arms/ammunition and items were also recovered from the site.

(1) 7.62 mm SLR- 01 (body No 10050017390FF95).

(2) 7.62mm Bolt rifle- 5.

(3) Country made pistol alongwith barrel- 03.

(4) SLR magazine- 02.

(5) 7.62 mm live Amn- 76 rounds.

(6) 7.62 mm empty case- 10.

(7) 7.62x39 mm live ammunition- 41 rounds.

(8) 7.62x39 mm empty case- 12.

(9) Semi automatic empty case (Caliber not known)-02.

(10) 08 mm empty case- 01.

(11) Round Bullet (Caliber not known)-01.

(12) Mobile Nokia- 03 with extra Battery,

In this regard on the basis of self statement of OC Barwadih PS SI Birender Kumar Ram Barwadih PS case No 4/11 dated 28.01.11 u/s 147/148/149/353/307/121 IPC, 25(1-B)A/26/27/35 Arms Act. And 17/CLA Act. Against CPI Maoist Sub-Zonal Commander Basant Jee alia Basant Yadav s/o Johan Yadav village Ambatand PS-PART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 717 Ranka Distt- Garhwa (Dead) (2) Deoduth Yadav alias Vikrant s/o Gopal Yadav village Honhe PS Ranka Distt- Garhwa, seven other dead naxalees and 5-6 unknown naxalees have been registered.

The Police team bravely faced the naxals risking their lives and shot dead CPI Maoist Sub-zonal Commander Basant jee alias Basant Yadav who was wanted in several cases along with 8 other naxals and recovered 9 arms, huge quantity of live cartridges and other items.

In this encounter S/Shri Ashwini Kumar Sinha, Sub Divisional Police Officer, Birendra Kumar Ram, Sub Inspector, Pradeep Kumar Mehta, Constable, Praveen Kumar Jha, Constable and Uday Chand Meena, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 28/01/2011.

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No. 31–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officers of Madhya Pradesh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Rakesh Pratap Singh,

Superintendent of Police

02. Ratnesh Tomar,

Inspector

03. Vasudev Rawat,

Head Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 25th June, 2012 ASI Brajmohan Rawat and HC Vasudev Rawat received credible information that dreaded dacoit Pappu Gurjar along with his gang members from village Madewa side will move towards village Pawa crossing Agra-Bombay Road. The input from informer was that this gang will assassinate Ramhet and Ramavatar Gurjar and kidnap some officers of Marikheda Dam. On receiving this information, Inspector Ratnesh Tomar, ASI Brajmohan Rawat, AD team, SO Satanwara Sanjay Mishra and force as per directions of SP Shivpuri assembled on A.B. Road near village Kanker and joined by SP Shivpuri, who reached to this718 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 destination. Shri R.P. Singh posted earlier in dacoity infested areas like Gwalior and Morena and also served in Naxal area Narainpur (Chhattisgarh) used his knowledge and vast experience in field craft and tactics and tactical movement in night in briefing the force thoroughly. The officers and men were briefed about the task ahead.

Then the entire force was divided into two parties. Party number one was led by S.P. himself assisted by Inspector Ratnesh Tomar, ASI Masih Khan, ASI Brajmohan, HC Vasudev, HC Aslam Khan, HC Praveen Trivedi, Constable Udal Singh etc. and Party number two was led by SI Sanjay Mishra, SO Satanwara the members of which were HC Gaurishankar, Constable Rudra Pratap Singh, Const. Adesh Dhakar etc. The entire force reached beside the A.B. Road and took positions for ambush.

At about 10 PM some voices were herd coming from the tunnel side below the A.B. Road. Five armed persons appeared crossing the tunnel viewed with the help of night vision device and dim moonlight. SP Rakesh Pratap Singh asked them who were they? SP also warned them to surrender, but undeterred by police warning miscreants opened indiscriminate firing aiming at police parties. Then Inspector Ratnesh Tomar, HC Vasudev Rawat and HC Aslam Khan amidst the heavy spray of bullets showered by dacoits, crawled to reach to the left side of dacoits by showing exemplary courage and outstanding tactics viewing this brave movement, dacoit with intention to kill started heavy firing aiming at this group. One of the dacoits abused and introduced himself as Pappu Gurjar and told that he had looted rifles from police and also killed a Constable. Viewing imminent danger to their lives and limbs they retaliated in self defense to gun down two dacoits one of them was later identified as Pappu Gurjar. Dacoits continued heavy firing with intention to kill police force, then SP R.P. Singh endangering heavy risk to his life together with HC Praveen etc. started crawling and in dire threat to life, retaliated in self defense and gunned down one dacoit. This was an outcome of the tremendous courage tactical move and bravery on the part of SP R.P Singh . Another dacoit was liquidated in the same gallant manner by Inspector Ratnesh Tomar, Constable Udal Singh etc. after a chase. During this final charge and firing by police a shrill cry was heard. Immediately after, firing from dacoit's side stopped. The fifth dacoit disappeared from the scene taking advantage of forest and nalla.

During the search, the dead bodies of four dacoits were found later they were identified as Pappu Gurjar, Ramkishan Adivasi both carrying reward of Rs. twenty five thousand each declared by DGP, MP Bhopal, Ramkhilari Gurjar with reward of Rs. five thousand declared by S.P. Shivpuri and Ramnath Guarjar Papu Gurjar listed as target-39 was the leader of his own gang.

Lethal arsenals one 7.62 mm SLR, one .315 bore rifle and two 12 bore guns with a large quantity of live and empty cartridges were recovered from the spot. The facts elucidated above describe acts of conspicuous gallantry, leadership, exemplary devotion towards duty and self sacrifice of a rare order by the police officers. LastPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 719 but not least Pappu Gurjar gang was so fearless and desperate that in the year 2010 they killed Constable SAF Indra Bahadur during an encounter in Shivpuri.

In this encounter S/Shri Rakesh Pratap Singh, Superintendent of Police, Ratnesh Tomar, Inspector and Vasudev Rawat, Head Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 25/06/2012.

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No. 32–Pres/2014- The President is pleased to award the Presidents Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Maharashtra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Pardeshi Sukuji Devangan (PPMG) (Posthumously)

Head Constable

02. Vitthal Shankar Pawar, (PMG)

Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 19.08.2011 in the early morning at about 03.50 hrs, AOP Potegaon police party comprising of district police and CRPF set out to conduct anti-naxal operation in Makadchuwa jungle area after getting information about suspicious movement of naxalites in the area. HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi who was posted at AOP Potegaon was a member of the advance unit party.

At around 07.30 hrs, when police party reached near village Makadchuwa, Shri Joshi, Asstt. Comdt, CRPF F/192 Bn alerted police party after seeing some suspicious movements of armed naxals. HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi who was in the front, took position behind a cover. When AC Joshi asked those armed naxals to surrender to police, they started indiscriminate firing over police party. HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi who was in the front returned fire. As part of strategy HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi led his men from left whereas AC Joshi and his men resorted to heavy gun fire attack over hiding naxals from right side. When AC Joshi with a few men was advancing towards hiding naxals, HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi and his men strategically supported them with cover fire. One naxal who got bullet injury in720 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 this attack, started running towards dense forest. When AC Joshi and other police men tried to chase him, the hiding naxals fired at them from left side in which CRPF constable Chandan Nath got a bullet injury. Naxals resorted to heavy gun fire attack over AC Joshi's party to encircle them. HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi, realizing that life of his colleagues was in danger, took a courageous decision instantly and gallantely advanced from other side with heavy fire towards naxals who were trying to encircle police. His gallant advancement forced naxals to withdraw and two naxals got injured, in this attack. Brave HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi fearlessly continued his advancement in order to prevent them from absconding. Then some hiding naxals fired at HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi from maize field and a bullet hit his chest. Even in that critical situation, HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi continued to advance. But as the bullet had hit his vital organ, he succumbed to his injuries in the midst of action.

After this mishap, when a helicopter movement was planned to send reinforcement and evacuate injured policemen, PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar, I/C C-60 parties went ahead in this operation. Within half an hour, he was on the spot. Without being deterred by continuous firing attack of naxals, this brave officer succeeded in evacuating the injured CRPF constable Chandan Nath, whose life could be saved because of this gallant act of PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar. He further continued his engagement with naxals. When Vitthal Shankar Pawar with a few men of CoBRA 206 Bn, tried to cordon naxals from left side, naxals fired heavily towards PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar. In retaliation, PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar and his party also launched strong attack on hiding naxals. This charge was so effective that naxals lost their nerves and decided to retreat. On observing that some naxals were trying to drag their injured colleagues in dense forest, a few constables of CoBRA tried to chase the naxals. Some hiding naxals opened retaliatory fire from right side, in which CoBRA constables Chandrashekhar Tore and Yaser Khan got serious bullet injuries and succumbed to their injuries. On seeing the CoBRA men badly injured, PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar advanced towards injured personnel to provide cover fire to them. But this time he was not so lucky and he was hit in leg by bullet fired by naxals. On seeing the officer being hit, the other policemen got shaken, but PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar, with cool mind continued to advance and motivated others to follow. After some time PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar and his men succeeded in evacuating the injured men to safer place. Later, PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar was evacuated by helicopter to Gadchiroli for medical treatment.

HC Devangan Sukuji Pardeshi and PSI Vitthal Shankar Pawar fought valiantly and did not relent even under the thick of continuous fire from naxals. This gallant action of both of them is a great example of indefatigable courage in fight against the evil designs of naxalism.

Recoveries made :

(i)  .303 Rifle          -      01 No.
(ii)  Live Rounds of .303 -     14 Nos
(iii)  Magazine          -      01 No.
(iv)  Chargers           -      04 Nos.

(v) Cash of Rs.10,231/-. (vi) Letters & Photographs.

In this encounter S/Shri (Late) Pardeshi Sukuji Devangan, Head Constable and Vitthal Shankar Pawar, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of President's Police Medal/Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 20.08.2011.

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No. 33–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the President's Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Maharashtra Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Rajvardhan,

Dy. Commissioner of Police

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 26th November, 2008 at about 2140 Hrs two of the ten terrorists opened indiscriminate fire with AK-47 inside crowded CST Railway Station. The other terrorists moved around in pairs and laid siege on Nariman House, Hotel Trident, Hotel Taj and Café Leopold in Colaba. The last pair first raided Café Leopold and after firing indiscriminately on foreign tourists proceeded to join their other accomplice at Hotel Taj. Before entering the hotel they also planted two powerful IEDs in the vicinity of Gateway of India.

After gaining entry in Hotel Taj, the four terrorists started indiscriminate firing on the guests. Their only intention was to kill as many people as possible and for this they also used Hand Grenades. Hotel Taj was fully packed with visitors which included a large number of foreign nationals. However timely intervention by Mumbai Police saved many lives. The team comprising of Mr. Vishwas Nangre Patil, DCP, Zonel-I, Mr. Rajvardhan, DCP, SB-II, Mr. Deepak Dhole, PI, Mr. Kakade, PSI, Mr. Amit Khetle, PC, Mr. Arun Mane, PC, Mr. Rahul Shinde. PC, SRPF and Mr. Samadhan More, PC, SRPF were in the forefront to contain the terrorists hold up in Hotel Taj. They immediately launched a counter offensive against the terrorists returning their fire and in the process one of the terrorists was injured. The team pursued the terrorists and forced them to one side of the hotel building on the 6th floor, thereby shielding the other guests/tourists from enemy fire. The team pinned722 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 these terrorists on 6th Floor for more than 3 hours, continuously replying to their fire and not allowing them to escape or harm more people. During this period, the team also coordinated with hotel management and Fire Brigade in successfully evacuating more than 500 tourists and employees trapped in the hotel.

Soon after the attack, the Govt. of Maharashtra had constituted a High Level Enquiry Committee under the Chairmanship of Mr. Pradhan to study the response of different government agencies in mitigating and responding to the crisis. In the report, the committee has appreciated exemplary and gallant work done by the team.

Role played by Mr. Rajvardhan, DCP, SB-II, Mumbai

In 2008, Mr. Rajvardhan was on deputation in I.B. and DCP, SB-II, Mumbai. On 26.11.2008 at about 2140 hrs., when the said attack was launched, Mr. Rajvardhan was at home. As soon as he got news of the attack on Café Leopold, Colaba, he immediately rushed to Colaba Police Station to know more details. On arriving there, he got the news of the ongoing attack at Hotel Taj. He immediately decided to move towards Hotel Taj.

Mr. Rajvardhan has good experience in tactical fight and had gained this experience during his posting as SP, Gadchiroli. When Mr. Rajvardhan arrived at Hotel Taj, he realized that this was well coordinated terrorists attack. He immediately teamed up with Mr. Vishwas Nangre Patil and his team who were fighting with the terrorists. Subsequent to Team's response, the terrorists retreated upstairs. Hotel Taj being a very large hotel, it was impossible for the team to pinpoint their location. At this juncture, Mr. Rajvardhan approached the CCTV Control Station of the hotel and pinpointed accurately the position of the terrorists who had taken shelter on the 6th floor. This immensely helped the team to strategize and take positions to pin the terrorists on the upper floors. These terrorists made various attempts to come downstairs with hostages but the team kept on firing and restricted their movements within 5th and 6th floor of the hotel for more than 3 hours. During this period, Mr. Rajvardhan also coordinated with hotel management and Fire Brigade in successfully evacuating more than 500 tourists and employees trapped in the hotel. This dedication and courageous act of the team is highly praise-worthy given the fact that terrorists were armed with one of the most sophisticated weapons as against the police team who had only their service revolvers,/pistols to fight with.

At about 0300 hrs. in the morning NSG arrived on the scene and took charge from the team. There was a lull in the firing as the guard was being changed and as the team moved from their well entrenched position, the highly infuriated terrorists fired upon the team and simultaneously lobbed Hand Grenade in which Mr. Rahul Shinde, PC, SRPF attained martyr and Mr. Rajvardhan and two other constables were critically injured.

In the report, the High Level Enquiry Committee has also appreciated exemplary and gallant work done by the team led by Mr. Rajvardhan and Mr. Vishwas Nangre Patil and to quote "Amongst them we would like to mention two in particular:

Mr. Vishwas Nangre Patil, DCP, Zone-I and Mr. Rajvardhan, DCP in-charge of SB- II, who tried to ferret out terrorists from within the Heritage Taj,"

In this encounter Shri Rajvardhan, Dy. Commissioner of Police displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of President's Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 26.11.2008.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 34–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Punjab Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Gurdial Singh, (Posthumously)

Assistant Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Shri Gurdial Singh, ASI was posted as in-charge of Police Post Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (PS Sarabha Nagar Ludhiana). This police post is spread over a very large area and is sensitive in nature from law and order point of view. Anti social elements were active in the area and many incidents of snatching of gold ornaments from morning walkers were reported. As a result there was acute panic in the general public. To prevent this crime and to apprehend the accused, the local police had launched a special campaign such as anti social elements to create sense of confidence and security in the general public. Intelligence network was also strengthened to curb criminal activities in the area.

On 17.05.2011 ASI Gurdial Singh attended the Hon'ble Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh in connection with an urgent bail matter and returned back to the Police post in the late evening. Thereafter, he alongwith Police personnel laid down a special naka in connection with searching of anti social elements and checking suspected vehicles. During the naka bandi he received an information from source that some anti social elements are planning to commit a major crime in the area. At this, ASI Gurdial Singh took immediate action and rushed to the spot, but criminals succeeded to flee away.

On 18.05.2011 in the early morning ASI Gurdial Singh incharge Police Post Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar, (PS Sarabha Nagar) Ludhiana alongwith HC Amarjit Kumar and source were on patrolling on the basis of an information about the presence of the anti social elements in the area. The police party headed by ASI Gurdial Singh noticed two persons moving on a motor cycle without number plate under suspicious circumstances they were immediately chased by the Police parties without caring for their personal safety/security and ASI Gurdial Singh succeeded in apprehending one criminal after a long scuffle. But in the meantime co-accused who was equipped with weapon fired on ASI Gurdial Singh which hit in the head. As a result ASI Gurdial Singh fell down due to grievous injury. The accused also fired on source and injured him. Then by taking advantage of the situation accused fled away. On receipt of information about this incident, the senior officers immediately rushed to the spot. ASI Gurdial Singh immediately taken to DMC & Hospital Ludhiana for treatment, where he struggled for life and succumbed to injuries on 12.06.2011. In this regard, a case FIR No.94 dated 18.05.2011 u/s 307/34, IPC 25/54/59 Arms Act was registered at PS Sarabha Nagar, Ludhiana against unknown accused persons.

ASI Gurdial Singh has laid down his life while fighting with anti social elements without caring for his personal safety and security by showing indomitable courage and bravery.

In this encounter Late Shri Gurdial Singh, Assistant Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18.05.2011.

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No. 35–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Rajasthan Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Nihal Singh, (Posthumously)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 02.07.2011 at 08:45 AM Shri Nihal Singh , Ct posted at PS Sadar while on casual leave, he was sitting on the bus stand Barodakan in his home village. There he saw Mahendra Meena (wanted accused on vehicle theft) and his group member. HePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 725 informed to C.O. city Alwar about this frequently. CO City then ordered SHO Kathumar to arrest the culprits. On seeing SHO Kathumar at the bus stand, Mahendra Meena and his group member tried to run away. To catch them Ct Nihal Singh on his motor cycle run after them. Then criminal Mahendra Meena shot fire on Ct Nihal Singh by "Deshi Katta". Due to this, a lot of rounds got inserted in his stomach and right side of body. On hearing the sound of firing Police party and villagers run after culprits. Meanwhile Police parties from nearby Police station were informed to reach at that point. Injured Ct Nihal Singh was admitted to Govt. Hospital Kathumar for first aid and then admitted to General hospital Alwar from there he was referred to SMS Hospital Jaipur for further treatment. A case No. 173/2011 dated 02.07.2011 u/s 307, 332, 353 IPC and 3/25 Arms Act was got registered at PS Kathumar District Alwar by Shri Balram s/o Shri Daulatram Yadav r/o Barodkan.

Shri Nihal Singh Ct PS Sadar performed his duty very well while on leave. He sacrificed his life while catching wanted criminal Mahendra Meena. Shri Nihal Singh showed great courage and dedication to duty even though he was on leave. During this he was seriously injured and was admitted in Hospital and during treatment on 22.07.2011 he was expired.

In this encounter Late Shri Nihal Singh, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 02/07/2011.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 36–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Tamil Nadu Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri T. Alwin Sudhan, (Posthumously)

Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Shri T. Alwin Sudhan was recruited as direct Sub Inspector of Police (Category- I) during the year 2011. After completion of academic training he was posted to Tirunelveli District, Sankarankovil Taluk PS for practical training. After completion of Practical training, he was posted in Sivagangai District and joined in Thirupachethy PS on 24.08.2012. During the short period of two months, he has done726 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 an excellent job in Law and Order. He has taken severe action against the sand mafia gangs and curtailed illegal activities. He has registered 28 cases under various sections of IPC and controlled the activities of rowdism. Out of 28 cases, 7 cases were convicted, 8 cases were charge sheeted and 7 cases are UI and 6 cases were action dropped. He had performed various bondobust duties in temple functions conducted in Micheal Pattinam. Meenatchipuram, Mathur, T. Velarngulam, Vempathur and Malavarayanenthal villages which are in limits of Thiruppachithy PS. On11.09.2012 during the Immanuel Shekaran Memorial Day, he has done a good job to public and the volunteers in the sensitive area of Pacheri Colony areas. On 27.10.2012 during the Maruthupandiyar Guru Pooja at Kalaiyarkovil he has performed well and ensured for free flow of traffic movements in NH 49. At that time he got informed that some rowdies, under the head of Prabu, who belongs to V Puthukulam in a 2-TATA Sumo Car were making rowdism and causing public nuisance at Vempathur. To solve the problem he went to the spot. At that time above said Prabu gang quarreled with Manamadurai Deputy Superintendent of Police Shri Karunanithi and Inspector Shri Vijayakumar at Vempathur Lashmipuram road and knocked down the Deputy Superintendent of Police and tried to kill him by sword. At that time Shri T Alwin Sudhan Sub Inspector of Police, tried to save him and also try to secure the rowdy. But the rowdy Prabu attacked the Sub Inspector of Police with sword on his chest. On the way to hospital he succumbed to injury.

Shri T Alwin Sudhan saved the life of the Deputy Superintendent of Police, one Inspector and 2 Head Constable by giving his soul.

In this encounter Late Shri T. Alwin Sudhan, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 27/10/2012.

SURESH YADAV

OSD to the President

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No. 37–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Uttar Pradesh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Govind Singh, (Posthumously)

Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 18.04.2012, Shri Jogendra Kumar, SP Mau received an information about the police encounter of SOG with notorious and rewarded criminal Dheeraj Singh in village Karmi Mathia, PS Chirrayakot, immediately, sprung into action and rushed to the site. Criminal Dheeraj and his companion, had forcibly entered in the house of Ramji Barnwal, in Karmi Mathia and brutally killed him, hostaged his 05 years child and were incessantly firing towards the police party. Shri Govind Singh, Inspector/SHO Kotwali city Mau, in the mean time, arrived there and leading the police team, strategically challenged the criminals-duo and without caring for his life and limb, displaying conspicuous gallant act of bravery, moved ahead, with controlled firing, to arrest them alive, but in indiscriminate firing by the criminals, he was seriously injured, and he promptly, rushed to hospital for treatment, where he succumbed to his injuries.

S.P.Mau arrived there with reinforcement, Shri Vijay Singh Meena, S.P.Azamgarh also reached there and challenged the criminals to surrender, but criminals dared to continue incessant firing, more violently, towards them, with an intention to kill. SP Mau, SP Azamgarh, CO city Mau, Shri Bind Kumar SI, Shri Shashi Bhushan Rai SI and Shri Ashok Kumar Singh HCAP undeterred of dangerous firing offensive of criminals-duo, strategically, counter attacked them with teargas, causing one of the criminal, coming out of the house, firing, incessantly and violently, towards the police party and in this situation of 'do or die', police team with indomitable courage and in utter disregard of their personal safety and with determination to arrest the criminal, alive, challanged him, to surrender and fearlessly moved ahead, in front of him, resorting controlled firing in self-defence and the criminal fell injured.

The police team with an objective to rescue the hostage child and capture the criminal alive, who was terribly firing towards the police party, from inside the house, dauntlessly led the attack, continuing performance of conspicuous gallant and sense of dedication towards their duty. Without caring for their life and limb, police party immediately barged in the house and ensuring the safety of hostaged child, resorted restricted firing and criminal fell down, injured and the hostage child was successfully rescued. Both the criminal were later declared to be dead and identified as notorious criminal Dheeraj and Vikas.

Recovery:

(1) 01 F.M. Pistol with Magazine, 04 live cartridges and 10 empty shells of .9 mm. (2) 01 Pistol, 03 live cartridges and 03 missed cartridges of .32 bore. (3) 03 Country made Pistols, 03 live cartridges and 31 empty shells of .315 bore.

In this encounter Late Shri Govind Singh, Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18/04/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 38–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Uttar Pradesh Police:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Rajesh Kumar Verma,

Inspector

02. Rakesh Kumar,

Sub Inspector

03. Satayendra Kumar,

Head Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 21/03/2013, Shri Rajesh Kumar Verma Inspector having received information, from Shri Rakesh Kumar SI, about roaming of few miscreants, in Innova car, to commit some heinous criminal activity, in the area of Bijli-Bamba bypass, immediately sprung into action. He alongwith the available police officials at the police station and crime branch team, promptly moved and while, patrolling, in two police vehicles, in the area of Rithani, Rijhani and Shatabdinagar. On reaching near the Divider road crossing, they saw a Innova car, coming, in front, from Delhi road side and as it came closer to the crossing, seeing the police vehicles, in front, abruptly and hurriedly turned, right, on the wrong side of the divider-road and ran towards Panchwati.

Shri Rajesh Kumar Verma and Shri Rakesh Kumar, prompted by unusual and abrupt action, of the occupants of Innova car, became confident, that they are miscreants and they, swiftly turned their vehicles, on the adjoining divider-road, chased them and moving their vehicles, faster, strategically stopped and both of them, fearlessly jumped from police vehicles and came in the middle of Divider-road, inPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 729 front of coming Innova car and loudly challenged the miscreants, to surrender, but, crime-clever 06 miscreants, shouting-Maro saalo ko, yeh policewale hai, furiously jumped out of Innova car and ran to escape, firing incessantly, towards the police team, with an intention to kill, but saved providentially.

Shri Rajesh Kumar Verma, Ins., in this situation of 'do or die', when 06 desperados, in his front, opened firing towards the police party and trying to escape, he, with indomitable courage and under his command, Shri Rakesh Kumar, SI and Shri Satyandra Kumar HC, in utter disregard of their personal safety and security and determined to arrest the miscreants, alive and displaying conspicuous gallant, courage and great sense of dedication towards their duty and followed by the team with controlled firing in self-defence, boldly moved ahead and tactically pounced the miscreants, forcefully snatched their fire-arms and successfully, captured, 06 miscreants alive, who were identified to be, notorious criminal Yogesh Bhadoda having a reward of Rs.50,000/- and absconder criminals & active dreaded gangsters of his gang, namely, Lilu, Rahul, Gaurav, Ankit & Sandeep. The sophisticated foreign- made illicit firearms and ammunition and one Toyota Innova car were found from their possession.

Recovery:-

1- One semi-auto carbine with magazine, 10 live cartridges and 01 empty shell of .30 bore. 2- One pistol with magazine, 04 live cartridges and 01 empty shell of .9mm bore.

3- One pistol with magazine, 06 live cartridges of .30mm bore. 01empty shell of 7.62mm.

4- One pistol, 04 live cartridges and 02 empty shell of .38 bore.

5- One country made pistol, 02 live cartridges and 01 empty shell of .315 bore.

In this encounter S/Shri Rajesh Kumar Verma, Inspector, Rakesh Kumar, Sub Inspector and Satayendra Kumar, Head Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 21/03/2013.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

No. 39–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the President's Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Santosh Kumar Singh, (Posthumously)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

After getting dislodged from Saranda forest in the year 2011 it has been the constant endeavour of Naxals to establish their Eastern Regional Bureau Headquarters under leadership of Kishanda (No. 2 in CPI Maoist hierarchy) at Porahat area of Jharkhand. The area is strategically located at the tri-junction of three districts with contiguous dense forest, easy escape routes, inaccessible terrain and poor communication facility. An information about presence of Central Military Commission Chief Anal a/w other state committee members like Kundan Pahan, Prasadji etc. in the area around village Sankara was received. The group was securing the area from the attack of Security Forces by planting anti-personnel and anti- vehicle mines, placing small team ambushes and Local guerilla squad sentries on the approach routes.

On receipt of information 209 CoBRA planned to attack the target area around village Sankara under P/S Tebo, West Singhbhum. Three strike teams were formed which entered the jungle in the night of 02/09/13 and moved towards the target avoiding the sentries of Naxals. The teams stealthily traversed whole night through dense forest, negotiated thick undergrowths and undulating ground and reached nearer to the target. The three strikes decided to attack the area from two directions and cover each and every hill. Accordingly Strike 1 approached from west and Strike 2 and 3 from South East direction of village Sankara. As the respective Strikes began clearing the hills, Strike 1 was fired upon heavily by Naxals from three directions. The Naxals had perched themselves on the hilltops and made themselves secure behind morchas. The indiscriminate firing followed by blasting of IEDs did not deter the troops and they also retaliated effectively with heavy fire and challenged the Naxals. On the other side when Strikes 2 and 3 advanced from south east direction they too met the same fate and found themselves trapped amidst heavy fire of Naxals. It was felt that Naxals had occupied all the hill tops in the area and placed their Light Machine Guns on the hills in order to inflict heavy damage on the Security Forces. The upward advance was getting tougher as the Machine Guns were raining havoc on the troops. CT/GD Santosh Kumar Singh made up his mind to attack the machine gun post so that his teammates could advance and run over the camp. He located a well camouflaged morcha from where a machine gun was belching heavy fire on the troops. He fired at the morcha and advanced to stop the blazing machine gun. The Naxal behind the LMG noticed his advance and opened direct fire on him. This act of the brave soldier distracted the sentry of naxals and he began concentrating his fire on Ct/GD Santosh thereby opening the route for other troops to advance. But the task was half-done and in order to enter the secured camp it was important to silence the sentry of the Naxals. CT/GD Santosh took this responsibility on himself and came out of his cover and opened indiscriminate fire on the morcha. The duel betweenPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 731 Sentry and CT/GD Santosh started with heavy exchange of fire but the sentry could not stand the effective and accurate firing of CT/GD Santosh and was gunned down. In the exchange of fire one bullet hit this brave soldier on his right upper back. The stopping of machine gun fire infused a new life on the troops and they tactically advanced to clear the hilltops. The Naxals on sensing the tide changing began to escape carrying their injured and dead cadres. CT/GD Santosh Kumar without caring of his injury advanced with his troops till the whole area was cleared and firing stopped. He was evacuated to Ranchi for treatment but this brave soldier died while being evacuated.

In the execution of this brave act, CT/GD Santosh Kumar Singh displayed conspicuous gallantry, exceptional bravery and unparalleled courage under great personal risk against a large numbers of Naxals in adverse conditions. His operational acumen and bold action saved the precious life of his teammates and his gallant action was largely responsible for an outstanding operational success.

Recoveries made :

(a) Naxal camp with 45 Morchas (rock & logs)

(b) Clay More Mines - 06

(c) Leads (Tiffin bomb) (3-3), - 18

(d) Claymore Mines & IEDs

(e) Pressure bomb alongwith 400 Mtr wire - 01

In this encounter Late Shri Santosh Kumar Singh, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of President's Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 03/09/2013.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 40–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the President's Police Medal for Gallantry/Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Ugresen Tripathi, (PPMG) (Posthumously)

Constable

02. Ali Hasan (PMG)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

During Assembly Election – 2012 in Manipur, CT/GD Ugrasen Tripathi and CT/GD Ali Hassan of F/155 Bn, were deployed in Section No. 2, along with 5 polling staff and EVM on 27/01/2012 under command of HC/GD Prem Das, at polling booth No. 41/40 at Tampi, under P.S Chakpikarong, Distt- Chandel (Manipur). On 28/01/2012 at 0600 Hrs, HC/GD Prem Das, Section Commander, briefed all personnel of Section No. 2 about duties to be performed by them. The polling process started at 0700 Hrs and all the troops were positioned in their respective location/morchas. Voters were being systematically frisked, properly lined up and polling process was going on peacefully till 1230 Hrs.

All of a sudden at about 1230 Hrs., some miscreants/ militants resorted to burst fire from nearby forest area located behind the polling booth building. Ct/GD M. Satyanarayan and Ct/GD Ashok U. (Morcha No.02) and Ct/GD Deepak Monohar Shalke (Morcha No.03) immediately retaliated by firing from their respective weapons. Section Commander HC/GD Prem Das, who was also positioned near Morcha No. 01, gave firm orders to open fire against the miscreants, and he too fired with his AK-47 Rifle. CT/GD Ali Hassan, who was positioned near the window behind the polling booth building also fired from his AK-47 Rifle. Subsequently Section Commander HC/GD Prem Das (Morcha No.01), Ct/GD M. Satyanarayan and Ct/GD Ashok U.(Morcha No.02), Ct/GD Deepak Monohar Shalke (Morcha No. 03) and Ct/GD Ali Hassan positioned themselves tactically behind the polling booth building, started firing towards the thick forest area from where the firing came. As a result of exchange of fire the voters ran berserk and there was utter chaos among polling staff inside the polling booth.

Taking advantage of the situation, one militant managed to sneak inside the premises of polling booth and started firing indiscriminately on the polling staff. CT/GD Ugrasen Tripathi, who was positioned near the entrance of the polling booth, immediately challenged the millitant and fired with his AK-47 Rifle. The militant also fired back, and in the exchange of fire, CT/GD Ugrasen Tripathi was hit on the left side of his neck. Inspite of grevious injury, Ct/GD Ugrasen Tripathi without caring for his life advanced towards the militant and fought gallantly with the militant till he breathed his last. On hearing the sound of firing inside the polling booth CT/GD Ali Hassan who was positioned near the window behind the polling booth building saw the hard core militant pointing his M-20 Pistol at the Polling Officer of Polling Booth, so he opened fire from his AK-47 Rifle on the militant and killed him instantly. Thus both the brave Constables not only killed a hard core militant but also saved precious lives of many voters who came to exercise theirPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 733 democratic right, in which, Ct/GD Ugrasen Tripathi depicted sharp presence of mind, conspicuous bravery, high order of devotion to duty and laid his life in the service of the nation.

Due to high order of alertness, conspicuous bravery and dedication to duty displayed by Ct/GD Ugrasen Tripathi and Ct/GD Ali Hassan of F/155, CRPF, not only saved further loss of lives of the remaining troops, polling staff and govt. property could be averted but also foiled a deliberate attempt of militants to disrupt the peaceful process of polling at polling booth No. 41/40 at Tampi, under P.S Chakpikarong, Distt- Chandel in Manipur State Assembly Election-2012. They neutralized a hard core NSCN(IM) militant namely Behenson Nula s/o Dalkhal Nula who had sneaked into the polling booth carrying M-20 Pistol with a motive to cause heavy loss to human lives.

Recoveries made:

1. One M-20 Pistol 2. One Magazine of M-20 Pistol 3. 05 Live rounds of M-20 pistol 4. 02 Empty cases, M-20 5. One Nokia mobile 6. One driving license No. DL No. 141/26 MTH of militant . 7. One identity card and two ATM cards

In this encounter S/Shri Late Ugresen Tripathi, Constable and Ali Hasan, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of President's Police Medal /Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 28/01/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 41-Pres/2014- The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri S. Prabhu (Posthumously)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded On 14/08/2012 at 1030 hrs after briefing by Sh. S. Elango, DIG (OPS) BJR on a special ops to be carried on counter guerrilla, team No 09 of 210 CoBRA U/C Sh. Gopal Ram, Asstt. Commandant left the base camp at Basaguda, Dist – Bijapur,734 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 Chhattishgarh for specific de-mining duty in a highly sensitive & naxal infected area towards Pusbaka on Basaguda-Pusbaka road in Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh. When the party reached near Pisepara jungle, which is approximately 03 Kms from the base location and while crossing a Nallah/culvert, armed naxals hiding in the dense forest opened heavy fire on the CoBRA team. While Jawans were crossing the culvert, CT/GD S.Prabhu who was a scout and leading from the front came under heavy fire. He immediately took position and retaliated because of which the men crossing the culvert behind him could not be targeted by the Naxals. He faced the naxal attack bravely, retaliated while crawling/changing his positions. By crawling, he moved forward without caring for his personal safety towards the hiding Naxals which forced the Naxals to retreat. Thus he bravely gave a blow to the Naxals plan to kill and snatch the weapons of the troops. Ct/GD S.Prabus's gallant action was a morale booster to the other men crossing the nallah. They promptly fired from their weapons including UBGL. CT/GD S.Prabhu's exemplary courage forced the naxals to retreat and own troops and weapons were saved from snatching by the naxals. However, while changing his position and counter firing CT/GD S.Prabhu was hit on his head by a naxal's bullet causing him to collapse. He was "martyred" on the spot at about 1205 hrs on the day viz 14/08/12. Due to Ct/GD S.Prabhu's gallant focused action the team was able to retaliate aptly by area weapons and came out of the ambush safely without any material losses.

In this encounter Late Shri S. Prabhu, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 14/08/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 42–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Narender Singh (Posthumously)

Head Constable

02. Parasmani Jha (Posthumously)

Constable

03. Subir Das,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 26/01/2012 two teams of B/175 Bn CRPF were detailed for security duty in connection with the 10th State Assembly election-2012 at Aishi (Manipur) polling booth No : 43/42 & Kongkan Polling booth No : 43/43. Due to heavy threat perception Aishi Polling booth was shifted to Kongkan. Accordingly after briefing, at about 1000 hrs, the party consisting of two sections of B/175 Bn CRPF along with polling staff 5 (five) each for Kongkan and Aishi polling booths and 2 (two) police rep. (VDF) left Kamjong High School (Company loc. of B/175 Bn) for polling booth duty. Polling staff, polling material and luggage etc. were carried in two shaktiman trucks while CRPF party considering the threat perception, hostile hilly terrain and forest were moving tactically by foot as movement in vehicle could have been riskier and casualties could have been higher. CT/GD Parasmani Jha was detailed as (R-1) scout and performing said duty excellently. At about 1200 hrs when the party reached the spot, almost 10 kms from Kamjong towards Kongkan, the leading section suddenly came under heavy volume of fire from two direction by valley based UG's suspected (UNLF) of Cor Com. CT/GD Parasmani Jha (R-1) doing the duty of scout was negotiating the blind curve along the left side of the road (hill side) followed by CT/GD Subir Das (R-2) who was about 30 yards behind on the right side of the road (slope side) and section commander was 2-3 yards behind R-2 on the left side of the road. CT/GD Parasmani Jha (R-1) suspecting something traversed towards the right side for clearing the road which happened to be few feets away from the enemy position. Sensing danger of being fired upon CT/GD Parasmani Jha (R-1) took position alerted the party to take position and while doing so militants opened massive fire on CT/GD Parasmani Jha killing him on the spot. The said CT/GD was in the forefront and by definition of the scout, faced the maximum danger. "Facing danger knowingly and willingly is in itself an act of conspicuous bravery" and CT/GD Parasmani Jha did not flinch, done his duty even as he sensed the presence of the militants near the blind curve on the other side of the road. A man, who would not have shown bravery would have halted, hit the ground by lying down or run backwards. CT/GD Parasmani Jha instead, choose to continue and in doing so, he, in a way, deliberately exposed himself and attracted enemy fire on his own body. By doing so, he made the terrorists expose their cover & concealment. This enabled those in the rear to open fire on the terrorists and force them to flee. Thus, he had displayed conspicuous bravery by discharging the riskiest duty of a scout in an exemplary fashion by not being afraid even when he sensed the presence of the enemy. He deliberately invited hostile fire upon himself so as to force the enemy to expose their concealment, by enabling his comrades at the cost of his own life, to return fire and force the enemy to flee besides saving their lives. From the above act, it has been revealed that an enemy who has set-up an Ambush would necessarily know something about both cover and concealment. Hence there is no significance of the fact that CT/GD Parasmani Jha could not fire upon them to inflict causalities. One, who has set-up an ambush, does so to ensure that they fire first and inflict causalities. This is precisely what happens in ambushes and to argue that only such persons is brave who has fired, is simply wrong. To give up one's life while736 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 performing one's duty in a professional manner and thereby saving the lives of his Comrades is indeed an act of conspicuous bravery which has to be recognized. Meanwhile CT/GD Subir Das also sustained bullet injury on his right leg, fell down and took position on the slope side of the road and fired 6 rounds. Immediately, Section Commander, HC/GD Narender Singh charged towards the enemy position firing from his rifle without caring for his life, by over taking CT/GD Subir Das, but got unfortunately hit by a bullet fired by the UGs. Despite being injured, he still advanced a few yards and took position at the hill side of the road, where he came under direct heavy firing from the UGs, and sustained bullet injury on the right lateral chest and right shoulder. Consequently HC/GD Narender Singh succumbed to the bullet injury and thus made a supreme sacrifice in the service of the nation. CT/GD Subir Das, though injured on right leg crawled tactically towards HC/GD Narender Singh and found that he was dead. He retrieved the damaged AK-47 Rifle and Wireless Set of HC/GD Narender Singh and came to the party commander SI/GD C.N. Shinde. On receipt of information of the ambush on the first team, Sh C. Hangsing, DC rushed with reinforcement to the ambush site. On reaching, he took stock of the situation from SI/GD C. N. Shinde, who was at the rear of the first team, while the UGs were still firing intermittently. He directed CT/GD P. Narzary to fire 04 HE Bombs in that area. Leading a strong section tactically he climbed the hills from where ambush was laid. He further followed the trail where the militants had made a hasty retreat to some distance but no further encounter took place, since the militants taking advantage of the hilly terrain had escaped. After sanitizing the area and the road for about a kilometer, the rear party was called and he re-organized the troops. Sh C. Hangsing, DC personally briefed the first team under command of SI C.N. Shinde on the spot, re-motivated and inspired them to rise up to the occasion and complete their assigned task, personally led them up to a kilometer to boost up their morale, and returned back to the ambushed site to supervise evacuation of the dead jawans.

In this encounter S/Shri Late Narender Singh, Head Constable, Late Parasmani Jha, Constable and Subir Das, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 26/01/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

No. 43–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Pradeep Kumar (Posthumously)

Sub Inspector

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Specific Information received from SP East Garo hills, Williamnagar about functioning of joint training camp of GNLA & ULFA in East Garo hills and a massive operation with sizeable troops was planned with 06 team (02,03,04,05,13 & 14 ) of 210 Cobra, BSF, CRPF & Meghalaya Police components and was named ops Black Out with assault command of Sh D. S. Pal, DC and overall command of Commandant-210 CoBRA. The teams were placed at intervals and assault team comprising of 30 personnel under command of Sh. Bhalendu Pandey, AC conducted a preview survey/reccee. While the reccee team moved ahead on contours to obtain dominating heights, GNLA extremists opened massive destructive fire with RPGS and small arms. Ops commander immediately evaluating direction of threat, fired area weapons as the only effective means available to repulse attack and searched area and decided to check all other suspicious places enroute and likely designated as hideout.

On 24/07/2012 at 1045 hrs, CT/GD Munna Kumar Yadav and SI/GD Pradeep Kumar were on mutual duty as scout to navigate. The due scout observed ahead presence of some semi built up huts. As the visibility was less, scout advanced to carry reccee, reached ahead and after assessing the situation intimated presence of suspected personnel in camouflage dress and SI/GD Pradeep Kumar sensing trouble warned team-mates to be ready for fire and cover advanced. On confirmation of weapon with extremists, SI/GD Pradeep Kumar challenged, fired and engaged rebels in a gun battle from close range. SI/GD Pradeep Kumar along with buddy CT/GD Munna Kumar Yadav literally chased the militants, who were blindly firing in their direction and making efforts to flee from spot and hit two of them. Blood stain were also seen on the spot. The rebels taking advantage of bad weather condition, thick vegetation succeeded to conceal at rear vegetation far away from the main battle site.

While chasing the fleeing rebels, the SI/GD Pradeep Kumar firing on fleeing rebels advanced, all of a sudden came wider fire from right side of houses of extremists, who had taken cover of thick jungle, SI/GD Pradeep Kumar was hit by a hail of bullet and fell down. SI/GD Pradeep Kumar showing exemplary courage under intense enemy fire, enabled the entire team to gain cover and return fire. Even while injured by direct enemy fire, SI/GD Pradeep Kumar continued to fire with his AK to suppress enemy fire and enable their neutralisation. His action no doubt also saved his teammates. SI/GD Pradeep Kumar made the supreme sacrifice of his life while performing duty. The availability of substantial evidence during search and as confirmed by SP William Nagar and Technical Inputs of Meghalaya Police indicates that two rebels, were injured on OPS dated 24/7/12 by CoBRA party. The gallant action displayed by SI/GD Pradeep Kumar during this critical operation renders his worthy of a very high honour.

Recoveries made :

In this encounter Late Shri Pradeep Kumar, Sub Inspector displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 24/07/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 44–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Anjani Kumar,

Assistant Commandant

02. Raj Kumar,

Constable

03. Sanjay Yadav,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 30/09/2012 based on Intelligence input developed through their sources that one military platoon of PLGA under command Rammana is seen frequently moving in the mountain area between Autapali and Lancheru Gutta which is about 04 Kms north of Sarkeguda base camp. It was decided to carry out search and destroy operation (SADO) immediately. Briefing was done by Shri Anjani Kumar,AC with the help of SOI Map and Google Earth. After briefing two teams (13 and 15) under command of Shri Anjani Kumar,AC himself and two platoons of B/204 (5 and 6) under command Shri Jasbir Singh along with 02 local guides left for search andPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 739 destroy operation (SADO) and moved on foot, by 02 Oct, 2012 at 0430 hrs under heavy rain.

The above parties were moving tactically and stealthily in thick forest under absolute darkness using GPS. When the party was about to enter the village Autapalli the party was divided into two groups. First group under command Shri Jasbir Singh, AC took LUP at height 234 (03 Km East of the base camp Sarkeguda) and second group under command Shri Anjani Kumar, AC took LUP at Lancheru Gutta (04 Km North of base camp) Sarkeguda.

After taking the LUP both the party started searching from two different directions. In the way of second party there were five small huts and paddy fields spread over in the dimension of 300x 150 meter. Seeing this, Ops commander Shri Anjani Kumar, AC decided to cordon the huts from left and right direction in 'L' shape. Team No.13 under command SI/GD Sunil Yadav cordon the area from left side and Team No.15 under command Shri Anjani Kumar, AC cordon the hut from right direction. At around 1125 hrs while the cordon was carrying out Team No.15 came under heavy fire by suspected naxals from left side. There were about 30-35 naxals in black coloured uniform and other Sangham members with sophisticated weapons like (INSAS, SLR and Country made weapons) under cover of paddy fields and they fired about 200-250 rounds on the troops. In self defense, the troops also retaliated strongly and effectively.

During counter offence Shri Anajni Kumar, AC reorganized troops, he along with CT/GD Raj kumar and CT/GD Sanjay Yadav formed a micro assault teams. They noticed a uniform clad lady naxal exploding I.E.Ds from a concealed area. She had exploded three I.E.Ds one by one. Shri Anjani Kumar, Asstt. Comdt. Along with CT/GD Rajkumar and CT/GD Sanjay Yadav moved ahead by crawling with the intention to cut-off naxals main firing party as they were firing from near by hilltop. The Naxals were firing continuously on the advancing Sh Anjani Kumar, A/C, Ct/GD Raj Kumar and Ct/GD Sanjay Yadav. Undeterred by the firing without caring their personal safety the trio advanced towards the naxal by crawling. Lady naxal tried to kill them by firing / throwing Grenade / Bombs on them. Sh. Anjani Kumar A/C took position and fired on the lady naxal and killed her on the spot. Ct Raj Kumar and Ct Sanjay Yadav further went close to the dead naxal amid the heavy firing from the other naxal and took away the weapons she was using before dying. During the fierce gun battle some more naxals were hit but they managed to escape from the scene taking cover of paddy field and deep forest. Sh. Anjani Kumar, AC, CT/GD Rajkumar, Babajan Kalita, Rupak Mehdi, Jay Singh Meena, Avanish Singh Bhadauriya and Insp/GD K.N. Maram chased them for shorter distance. Area Weapon (51mm mortar) was used to inflict causalities on naxals. After 55-60 minutes the exchange of fire from both the side was stopped. In this encounter the following recoveries were made:-

1. Dead body of lady naxal- 01 No. 2. Bharmar rifle - 02 Nos. 3. Tifin Bomb - 03 Nos.

4. Grenade - 02 Nos. 5. Detonator - 03 Nos. 6. Ammunition pouch - 01 No. 7. 1.5V cell - 03 Nos. 8. Metal star combat cap - 01 No. 9. Pitthu - 01 No.

The role of the ops commander, Shri Anjani Kumar, AC, CT/GD Raj Kumar and CT/GD Sanjay Yadav were vital in this incident. The whole operation was planned and executed in a classical manner. They not only lead the troop but also fought valiantly. During the fierce gun battle without caring for their life they dared to assault and became instrumental in neutralizing the lady naxal.

In this encounter S/Shri Anjani Kumar, Assistant Commandant, Raj Kumar, Constable, and Sanjay Yadav, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 02/10/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President

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No. 45–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Mukesh Kumar Bunkar, (Posthumously)

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

On 17/09/12 based on an intelligence input regarding presence of a naxal dasta CPI(Maoist) in the house of Janki Bhuiyan of village Rabda(Juri), PS-Pratap pur, Distt- Chatra(Jharkhand), a combined party of 203 CoBRA under Command Dy. Commandant Shri P.R. Mishra alongwith Shri S.A Rizvi, SDPO Chatra and 03 DAP total strength-27. The combined party was briefed and planned an Operation "Panther". It was a challenging and extremely difficult task to engage the dasta in their bastion. The arduousness of the task was compounded by the fact that it was a pitch dark night with continuous rainfalls. The rivers and rivulets were swollen and the vegetation was at its peak. The team moved from Chatra in a camouflage vehicle and debussed at Satbahini about 08 kms short of the target area, Rabda. Thereafter, the team moved tactically in the pitch darkness with alacrity maintaining skill andPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 741 surprise beating odds of the nature. After covering a distance of about 08 kms on foot wading through watery paddy fields and thickened forest patches, the troops under command of Shri P.R. Mishra reached village Rabda at around 0300 hrs. Since the exact location of the house around which the naxal presence was reported was not known to the team, therefore, an observation cum reconnaissance team of three personnel CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar, CT/GD Prakash Chandra Baliar Singh and Ct/GD Shailendra Xalxo alongwith party commander was mounted. This was very risky assignment but the zeal, tactical deftness and guts of them proved decisive and they could locate the naxal presence around a house. Two cut off had already been deployed at probable escape routes of naxals from the house. Again there was strong possibility of presence of civilians, ladies and children in the house. Therefore the party commander alongwith brave Jawan CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar, decided to move close and segregate the naxal dasta instead of using indiscriminate fire to avoid innocent casualties. This decision involved putting to risk the life as well as other troops. As per order of their commander CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar took the risk and crawled their way towards the house. Once they reached at a distance of about 4 to 5 Mtrs from the house they could sense the location of the naxal as well as the family members of the house owner. Thereafter, they challenged the Maoist cadres to surrender which was instantly responded with fusillade of bullets from the house as well as adjoining maize fields. This was the real test of their courage and they rose to the occasion and started retaliating gallantly without any cover. Their commander got bullet injuries in his thigh and shoulder. Without caring for their personal lives CT/GD Prakash Chandra Baliar Singh with his Commander engaged the naxals who were firing from inside of the house and CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar with one constable of civil police engaged the naxals firing from the maize fields. CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunker fought gallantly and suppressed and silenced the firing from maize field. In the meantime, one naxal rushed out of the house resorting to burst fire in which their commander got two more bullets. CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar was fighting bravely with naxals who was firing from under the house & fields. One naxal fired a burst immediately from the house in which CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar was seriously injured by a bullet hitting his forehead and CT Sanjay Kumar Yadav(JKD Police) got 02 bullet injury on right hip. CT/GD Prakash Chandra Baliar Singh and Ct/GD Shailendra Xalxo faced the risk as Team commander and Ct/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunker and Ct Sanjay Kumar Yadav (JKD police) had already seriously injured did not lose nerve and continued to fire heavily inside the house and killed the naxal. Though CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar, was exposed to life threat but they did not lose the grit, determination and steely resolved. They continued face the heavy naxal fire for half an hour. As a result the naxals had to flee helter-skelter with their seriously injured comrades taking the advantage of darkness and dense vegetation. Dead body of a dreaded naxal namely Jitendra alias Jeetu was recovered alongwith a large number of Arms & ammunitions alongwith Rs. 40,000/- cash from the spot. One Sub Zonal Commander Raghuvansh was severely injured which was intercepted by civil police. CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar alongwith other injured were immediately evacuated to PHC Pratappur and further lifted by Chopper to Appolo Hospital, Ranchi. But CT/GD Mukesh Kumar Bunkar could not survived his injuries on his fore head with742 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 damaged eyes and left side upper back having lacerated wound and martyred during treatment at Trauma Centre, AIIMS, New Delhi at 1350 hours on 24/09/2012.

Recovery:-

Revolver-01

3. .315 bore Rifle- 01

4. .303 Police Rifle-02

5. Semi automatic rifle-01

6. AK-47 live rounds- 90

7. Semi auto live rd

1. AK-47- 01

2. .38 bore s-87

8. .303 rifle live rounds- 118

9. .315 bore Rifle live rds -40

10. .38 live rds – 10

11. 12 bore live rds – 04

12. Empty cases ( AK-47-23 Nos, Semi auto-01No, .303- 50 Nos, Bharmar -01 No) 13. Cash- Rs. 40,000/-

14. Walkie-Talkie set- 01

15. Compass-02 Nos

16. Mobile set-03 Nos

17. SIM Cards-03 Nos

18. Memory cards-03 Nos

In this encounter Late Shri Mukesh Kumar Bunkar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 18/09/2012.

SURESH YADAV OSD to the President No. 46–Pres/2014- The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the undermentioned officer of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICER

Shri Sibo Prasad Panigrahi,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

Four (04) teams of 202 COBRA Bn divided into two Groups namely Group A and GroupB under overall command of Shri Uday Divyanshu, DC were detailed for a special operation from 15-06-10 to 16-06-10 on the basis of intelligence about presence of 90 to 100 heavily armed Maoists moving/organizing training camps inside the jungles of Duli under PS-Salboni in Distt-West Midnapur of West Bengal. At around 160430 hrs while combing the dense jungles, both the Groups came under heavy indiscriminate firing/IED blasts by multiple ambush parties of armed Maoists from well fortified positions stretching to a radius of nearly one Km. The armed Maoists were firing from different positions from close range with the help of sophisticated weapons like AK 47 & SLR and also by country made weapons.

Group A came under the killing zone configured by Maoist ambush parties. In the course of their counter ambush, Shri Uday Divyanshu DC, Shri Vinod Sawant AC, and Ct/GD S.P.Panigrahi immediately formed a small team and detected one of the multiple ambush parties consisting of 15 to 20 Maoists and counter ambused gallantly. Similarly, Shri Rajan Roshan Tirkey AC, formed another small team with HC/GD M.Kailasam and CT/GD U. Ramarao and detected another Maoist ambush group consisting of 15 to 20 Maoists and retaliated bravely.

Group B also came under Maoist ambush during their counter offensive. Ct/GD Pratap Paul and Ct/GD Pingle formed another small team detected one of the multiple ambush parties consisting of 10 to 15 Maoists and retaliated bravely.

Taking great risk of their lives, all the eight personnel of these teams crawled amidst minefields and heavy firing by the Maoists and launched a daring close quarter battle on their fortified positions and shattered their ambush and killed many Maoists.

The continuous pursuit by these personnel in their line of advance created panic amongst the Maoists and eight of the fleeing Maoist guerillas were neutralized by these teams. Other Maoists managed to escape away leaving behind their Arms/Amns. 01 AK 47, 01 SLR, 4 SBBL, 02 Pistols, 04 large landmines along with a huge cache of ammunitions, IED components were recovered from the site of ambush. More importantly, these Groups succeeded in breaking another ambush set by the Maoists while bringing the 08 dead bodies of the neutralized Maoists to PS Salboni.

In executing this brave act, the 8 commandos displayed conspicuous gallant and exceptional bravery and courage by putting their own lives at risk against overwhelming numbers of Maoists, adverse and unfavorable conditions and IED blasts and succeeded in effecting an outstanding operational success.

In this encounter Shri Sibo Prasad Panigrahi, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

This award is made for gallantry under Rule 4 (i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 16/06/2010.

(Suresh Yadav) OSD to the President

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No. 47–Pres/2014--The President is pleased to award the Police Medal for Gallantry to the under mentioned officers of Central Reserve Police Force:-

NAME & RANK OF THE OFFICERS

S/Shri

01. Trilok Nath Singh,

Dy. Commandant

02. Birju Kumar,

Constable

Statement of service for which the decoration has been awarded

C/205 was deployed at P.S. Nauhatta, Distt- Rohtas for Anti Naxal OPS u/c Sh. Trilok Nath Singh Dy. Commandant. On 01/01/12 Int. was received by Sh. T.N. Singh by his own cultivated source about presence of heavily armed naxal groups under command Munna Vishwakarma Sub Zonal Commander of SGV2 in the Jungle near Vill-Yadhunathpur and Suwarmanwa, P.S.-Chutia with intention to kill innocent people and to attack police patrol and pickets. After verification of int. Sh. T.N. Singh launched an offensive OPS alongwith S.P, Rohtas. Joint briefing was done by Sh. T. N. Singh and S.P. at P.S. Chutia.

Party moved by vehicle to some distance, re-organised and started navigating with the help of GPS. At about 04:45 hrs. when the party was approaching near bridge No 119, suspicious sound of foot steps was heard by scout CT/GD Birju Kumar and T.N. Singh who were leading the team. Sh. T.N.Singh immediately directed team No. 09 to cover the area from north i.e. from right side and remaining personnel of team No. 08 from south i.e. from left side. Troops approached silently towards bridge. Sentry of naxal group shouted "Cobra Commander, SP aur Chutia Ka Bara Babu Akela Police ke sath Aa gaya hai, yehi mauka hai in sab ko mar do" and heavy firing started from north and south direction on the leading buddy CT Birju Kumar and Sh. T.N. Singh . Sh. T.N. Singh and CT Birju kumar took position in north and south direction respectively. While firing was going on one naxal in blackPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 745 uniform charged towards road by firing on the party. In the midst of a volley of fire from all sides Sh. T.N.Singh in a glaring act of bravery and without caring for his personal safety, faced the attack from a virtual CQB position. This gallant officer dared to neutralize one naxal, later on he was identified as Santosh Yadav area commander of Garhwa Distt.(Jharkhand).

In the mean time some naxals ran towards the south direction and started firing on troops from near the bridge, CT Birju Kumar came under heavy firing from all sides and without caring of his life, dared to block the escape route. Naxals started surrounding him from all sides with an intention to kill him, snatch his weapon and to escape from south side. But unmatched professional skills undeterred determination and unparallel bravery of CT Birju Kumar resulted in bare display of raw courage where he single handedly killed a naxalite and created panic in them and forced rest of them to run away. Then Sh. T.N. Singh ordered CT Birju Kumar to lob hand grenade from his side and he himself lobbed a hand grande from the north side. Sh. T.N Singh, again threw another hand grenade, after holding for one second in his hand, which exploded under the bridge in which one naxal received grievous injury and died, who was later identified as Kashi Kol, Area Commander. After the firing stopped, troops moved tactically towards the encounter site and searched the area. During the search operation three dead bodies of Naxals in uniform were recovered and one injured naxal apprehended alongwith one SLR rifle, one 315 bore rifle, 303 rifle, 157 live cartridges, detonators, wireless set, bomb exploder etc recovered from encounter site.

The operation was a great success only due to meticulous planning, precise execution, right strategy coupled with exemplary leadership and bravery, extraordinary courage and exceptional gallant exhibited by Shri Trilok Nath Singh and CT Birju Kumar, who took immense personal risk without caring about their life. They have shown extra ordinary bravery and courage, which will go a long way in boosting the moral of troops and battalion during the well executed operation.

In this encounter S/Shri Trilok Nath Singh, Dy. Commandant and Birju Kumar, Constable displayed conspicuous gallantry, courage and devotion to duty of a high order.

These awards are made for gallantry under Rule 4(i) of the Rules governing the award of Police Medal and consequently carries with it the special allowance admissible under Rule 5, with effect from 02/01/2012.

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MINISTRY OF TEXTILES

New Delhi, the 25th March 2014

RESOLUTION

No. 9/4/2010-TUFS--The Government of India has decided that the term of the existing Cotton Yarn Advisory Board originally constituted on 13th September, 2010 and last reconstituted on 25th June, 2012 shall be extended upto 30th June, 2014.

2. The member of the Boards will serve on the Board upto 30th June, 2014 or until further orders whichever is earlier.

3. The non official members will be allowed TA/DA for attending the meetings of the Cotton Yarn Advisory Board in accordance with the instructions of Ministry of Finance. Textile Commissioner may invite individuals with considerable experience in cotton yarn economy for the meetings of the Cotton Yarn Advisory Board.

4. Secretariat Assistance will be provided by the Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai. Ordered that the copy of this Notification be communicated to all concerned.

5. Ordered also that it be published in the Gazette of India.

R.K. SRIVASTAVA Under Secy.

MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

New Delhi dated 21st February, 2014

NATIONAL YOUTH POLICY – 2014

Executive Summary

No.1-8/2013-Policy--

1. India lies on the cusp of a demographic transition, similar to the one that fuelled the spectacular rise in GDP of the East Asian Tigers in the second half of the 20th century. However, in order to capture this demographic dividend, it is essential that the economy has the ability to support the increase in the labour force and the youth have the appropriate education, skills, health awareness and other enablers to productively contribute to the economy.

2. Youth in the age group of 15-29 years comprise 27.5% of the population. At present, about 34% of India's Gross National Income (GNI) is contributed by the youth, aged 15-29 years. However, there exists a huge potential to increase the contribution of this class of the nation's citizenry by increasing their labour force participation and their productivity.

3. The Government of India (GoI) currently¹ invests more than Rs 90,000 Crores per annum on youth development programmes or approximately Rs 2,710 per young individual per year, through youth- targeted (higher education, skill development, healthcare etc.) and non-targeted (food subsidies, employment etc.) programmes. In addition, the State Governments and a number of other stakeholders are also working to support youth development and to enable productive youth participation. However, individual organisations in non-Government sector are small and fragmented, and there is little coordination between the various stakeholders working on youth issues.

4. The National Youth Policy, 2014 (NYP-2014) seeks to define the Vision of the Government of India for the Youth of the Country and identify the key areas in which action is required, where not enough is being done, to enable youth development and to provide a framework for action for all stakeholders. It is intended to serve as a guiding document, and should be reviewed in 5 years, so that GoI may re-focus its priorities for youth development, as may be necessary.

5. NYP-2014 provides a holistic Vision for the youth of India which is "to empower the youth of the country to achieve their full potential, and through them enable India to find its rightful place in the community of nations". In order to achieve this Vision, all stakeholders must work towards meeting 5 key objectives. This requires specific action in one or more of 11 priority areas, identified as important for youth development. The following Exhibit summarises the Vision, the objectives and the priority areas of NYP-2014. It also lists the enablers available to achieve these objectives.

Exhibit E.1 Vision, objectives and priority areas of NYP-2014

6. The Policy seeks to recommend specific future policy interventions required in each of the 11 priority areas. These are summarised in the Table below:

Exhibit E.2: Objectives, Priority Areas and Future Imperatives of NYP 2014

7. In order to work towards closing the gaps identified in the 11 priority areas of action, it is imperative to have a concerted effort from all stakeholders. A stakeholder map must be drawn up and stakeholder roles and responsibilities should be identified. The government must increase its investment in youth in order to capitalise on the opportunity they present. For this, all government departments must make a determined effort to ensure youth mainstreaming across sectors and policy areas. There are several tools that can be leveraged in order to promote youth development, including social media which enjoys high penetration amongst the youth, and the network of existing youth development organisations.

8. In addition, it is important to monitor and evaluate the success of NYP-2014. A set of leading and lagging indicators have been identified. A baseline assessment must be undertaken across these indicators, annual targets must be set and progress against these targets monitored. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports should publish a Biennial Report on the status of the youth in order to inform the Nation about progress against indicators, highlight key achievements and identify new and unmet challenges. The report shall also serve the purpose of informing the youth of the country about various government initiatives for the development of the youth.

9. All through history, youth have been the harbingers of change – from winning independence for nations, to creating new technologies that upset the status quo, to new forms of art, music and culture. Supporting and promoting the development of India's youth must be one of the foremost priorities, across all sectors and stakeholders, of this nation.

Importance of Youth

Definition of the 'Youth'

1.1 Youth is a more fluid category than a fixed age-group. 'Youth' is often indicated as a person between the age where he/she leaves compulsory education, and the age at which he/she finds his/her first employment. Often, Youth age-group is defined differently by different countries/ agencies and by same agency in different contexts. United Nations defines 'youth' as persons between 15 and 24 years of age².

1.2 In the National Youth Policy-2003, 'youth' was defined as a person of age between 13-35 years, but in the current Policy Document, the youth age-group is defined as 15-29 years with a view to have a more focused approach, as far as various policy interventions are concerned.

1.3 However, it needs to be recognised that all young persons within this age-group are unlikely to be a homogeneous group. Different segments of the Youth would have different needs and concerns, which need to be addressed.

The Demographic Dividend

1.4 India stands to benefit from its favourable demographic profile: Youth in the age group of 15-29 years comprise 27.5% of the population³. India is expected to become the 4th largest economy by 2025, contributing about 5.5%-6% to the world GDP, only after the United States, China and Japan⁴. While most of these countries face the risk of an ageing workforce, India is expected to have a very favourable demographic profile, as shown in Exhibit E.3. The population of India is expected to exceed 1.3 billion by 2020 with a median age of 28 which is considerably less than the expected median ages of China and Japan. The working population of India, is expected to increase to 592 million by 2020, next only to China (776 million), pointing to the fact that youth will make a significant contribution to the economic development of the country. This 'demographic dividend' offers a great opportunity to India.

Exhibit E.3 India to have a very favourable demographic profile

Working

Population in

20201 (million)

India

(1,153 million/1,334 million)

China

(1,321 million/1,383 million)

80+Age

80+Age

70

70

India: 592

60

60

50

50

China: 776

40

40

42.0

30

30

37.6

Japan: 60

28.1

20

20

10

10

24.4

US: 164

0

0 2008 2020 2008 2020 Country Population(2008/ 2020) Japan (128 million/123 million)

United States

(304 million/330 million)

80+Age

80+Age

70

70

60

60

50

50

44.2 48.6

40

40

38.0

30

36.8

30

Working population in millions by age

20

20

10

10

0

–––––– median age

0

2008 2020

2008 2020

Youth related Efforts in India

2.1 GoI currently invests in youth through a wide range of programmes: GoI spends a considerable amount of money on youth development through Ministries that have schemes targeted at the youth and schemes that target the general population of the country. GoI spends about Rs.37,000 crores on schemes targeted at development of youth in areas of education, health, skill development and engagement and about Rs.55,000 crores on non-targeted schemes designed for various demographic segments of which youth are significant beneficiaries. Together, this totals a spend of more than Rs.90,000 crores (Exhibit E.4)⁵.

• Of the targeted expenditure of Rs.37,000 Crores, more than 80% of the funds are allocated towards education through the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE). The expenditure is primarily through grants to various government schools and universities and direct cash benefits to students in the form of scholarships and fellowships for both secondary and higher education. Further, there are programmes targeting youth in the areas of skill development, employment, health and engagement.

• Of the non-targeted spend, food subsidies, employment programmes like MGNREGA, health programmes related to infrastructure development, disease control and family welfare constitute a significant share. Other Ministries with schemes providing direct benefit to youth through some of their schemes are Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labour and Employment (MLE), Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) and Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD).

This totals a per capita spending on youth of about Rs 2,710 of which Rs 1,100 is targeted spending as shown in Exhibit E.4.

Exhibit E.4 GoI targeted and non-targeted expenditure on youth

Expenditure on youth split by targeted vs apportioned expenditure

Expenditure in FY12 (Rs '000 Cr)

120

Over 80% of expenditure accounted by • Education (secondary and higher) • Food subsidies • Employment programs • Health and Family Welfare

90

Most targeted spend done on education through MoHRD (various programs) and MoSJE (scholarships)

37

60

92

Key departments with

general schemes:

30

• Food & Public Distribution

55

• Rural Development • Agricultural Co-operation

0

Total

Targeted expenditure

Non-targeted expenditure

2,710

1,100

1,610

Per capita expenditure (Rs per youth)

Note: Ministry of Fertilizers not considered in analysis (Fertilizer subsidies for farmers) Source: Union Budget 2011-12, BCG analysis

2.2 State Governments also invest in youth through a wide range of programmes: Bulk of the targeted expenditure on youth is on education, health and youth services. The State Governments incur substantial expenditure on these heads, over and above the expenditure being incurred by the Government of India. Thus, the aggregate expenditure on youth (Central and State Governments combined) would be much higher.

2.3 Non-governmental stakeholders are small and fragmented: In addition to the government, there are a range of stakeholders working on youth related issues. These include civil society organisations, corporates and industry associations. These stakeholders have two objectives; the first is to promote youth development through programmes on education, skill development, health care, sports etc. The second is to facilitate youth participation and engagement on issues such as community development, politics, governance etc.

2.4 While there are multiple stakeholders working on youth related issues, the size of these organisations is often small. Furthermore, they are fragmented with respect to the issues they address, the regions they operate in and the youth segments they target. Stakeholders often work with little coordination and no overarching objective or framework.

2.5 Framework for coordinated action on youth issues needed: A key challenge is that there has been no systematic assessment to understand the current status of the youth segment, the challenges they face and the inter-linkages between these areas. Furthermore, there has been no concerted effort to identify the range of stakeholders working on youth development, analyse the impact of their activities and determine how these stakeholders can be aligned and leveraged to more effectively support the youth.

2.6 A holistic assessment of the challenges facing the youth is required. A stakeholder mapping exercise must be undertaken to determine the number of stakeholders, the scope of their activities and the impact they have on youth development and engagement. Finally, an overarching framework needs to be developed in order to align stakeholders and to provide guidance on key issues.

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Vision, Objectives and Priority Areas of NYP-2014

The National Youth Policy (NYP-2014) aims at providing an overview of the state of the youth aged 15-29 years in India. It highlights key issues and challenges faced by the youth and elaborates on how all stakeholders can support the youth to ensure that they contribute positively to the development of the society, now and in the future.

Vision NYP-2014 provides a holistic Vision for the youth of India which is:

"To empower youth of the country to achieve their full potential, and through them enable India

to find its rightful place in the community of nations".

Objectives Achieving this Vision requires the Government and all stakeholders to work towards five clearly defined objectives which are as follows:

Objective 1: Create a productive workforce that can make a sustainable contribution to

India's economic development

In order to create a productive youth workforce, it is essential that the youth of the country have access to the right set of tools and opportunities to make a sustainable contribution. The youth must have equitable access to high quality education and be able to develop the necessary skills that are required by the labour market to ensure that they are gainfully employed. Given that a large proportion of the workforce is self-employed, entrepreneurship must be encouraged amongst the youth and they must be supported through the process of idea generation, incubation and financing.

Objective 2: Develop a strong and healthy generation equipped to take on future challenges

In order to create a generation of young Indians equipped to take on future challenges and achieve their full potential, it is necessary that the youth are in good health and make healthy and balanced lifestyle choices. Youth specific health issues must be addressed through targeted programmes. Balanced nutrition and healthy lifestyle information must be provided to the youth. Youth must also be encouraged to engage in sports and recreation in order to ensure their physical well-being.

Objective 3: Instil social values and promote community service to strengthen nationalism in the country It is important to build national pride and ownership in the youth through a programme of education on social values including respect for diversity and the importance of harmony. Youth must be encouraged to participate in community service and development activities, especially in the most backward regions. The youth of India must have a strong sense of moral responsibility towards their fellow citizens, especially those that are less fortunate than themselves. Youth of thePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 757 country must be encouraged fulfil their duties as citizens and thus create an environment in which all citizens enjoy the rights guaranteed in our Constitution.

Objective 4: Facilitate participation and civic engagement at all levels of governance

Governance requires an active citizenry, and given that the youth in the age group of 15-29 years comprise 27.5% of the population, it is essential to create mechanisms for youth participation in politics and governance. Youth are the future of the nation and must be encouraged to participate in politics at local and national levels. They must be provided the necessary training and tools to become effective policy makers and to be able to execute government's schemes and programmes.

Objective 5: Support youth at risk and create equitable opportunity for all disadvantaged

and marginalised youth

A few segments of the youth population require special attention. These include economically backward youth, women, youth with disabilities, youth living in conflict affected regions including left wing extremism, and youth at risk due to substance abuse, human trafficking or hazardous working conditions. It is essential that government policies are inclusive and provide equitable opportunities to all. It is also important to ensure these youth do not suffer from stigma or discrimination, and have equitable access to justice to ensure a dignified life to all segments amongst the youth.

Priority Areas

Achieving each of these five objectives requires action in a set of key priority areas. The following table lists the 11 key priority areas where action is required to meet the five stated objectives:

Exhibit E.5: Objectives and Priority Areas of NYP 2014

Each priority area is examined in further detail in the next section.

Current Policies and Future Imperatives

4.1 Priority area 1: Education

4.1.1 Current Status:

In order to create a productive youth workforce that contributes to economic development, the youth must be educated and equipped with the necessary skill-set to forge sustainable livelihoods. The youth are not a homogeneous group and their education needs vary. For example, the out-of- school (OoS) and school drop-outs cannot be addressed by one set of policies since youth that wish to but cannot enrol in school are different from drop-outs that are looking to join the labour market. Therefore, different segments of the youth need tailored and targeted policies. Additionally, there are cross-cutting youth groups like disabled youth, women, minorities etc. that need special policies that will enable them to equitably access and benefit from the education system. Recognising the importance of education for youth and the heterogeneity of youth, a lot of emphasis has been placed by the government on reforming the education system and devising appropriate policies for the various youth segments.

GoI has implemented several policies aimed at universalising access, creating equity and improving quality of education. Schemes are aimed at promoting inclusive education, expanding the capacity of technical and higher education, enhancing literacy and basic education, building a cadre of trained teachers etc.⁶ There has also been significant focus on curriculum reform, regulation and improving quality of higher education to ensure that the graduates from the system are employable. The Department of Higher Education has conceptualised a new scheme, namely, Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) which seeks to address the issues of quality, access and inclusion through a Mission Mode scheme for the higher education sector. Further, educational loans are being provided from the Banking system to the meritorious students for pursing higher education. Ministry of Human Resource Development also provides interest subsidy on educational loans to students from economically weaker sections.

In addition to the government, civil society organisations and the private sector have been directly delivering education, providing financial support to students, evaluating government policies and promoting accountability in the system. These concerted efforts of the government, civil society and the private sector have seen positive benefits, including rising GERs in secondary and higher education.

However, challenges to youth education remain. The 12th Plan identifies strategic shifts in education policy that will further youth development. These include an increased focus on the upward transition of students from elementary to secondary education where there is a significant bottleneck, building a system that supports lifelong learning, vocationalising education and promoting skill development.

4.1.2 Future Imperatives

Going forward, two key priorities to promote youth education must be (i) to build capacity and quality in the system and (ii) to promote skill development and lifelong learning.

Build capacity and quality in the system: The 12th Plan priorities for secondary and higher education can be summarised as (a) increasing access, (b) ensuring equity, (c) improving the quality of inputs and outcomes and (d) promoting greater governance and accountability.

• Capacity improvements must be made in both secondary and higher education to support increased access and equity. These include physical infrastructure improvements, expanded reach to regions with lower education enrolments and outcomes as well as enhanced teacher selection and recruitment programmes. The Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) is being developed into an umbrella programme for secondary education, subsuming smaller schemes⁷. A monitoring and evaluation system must be built into RMSA to ensure that the objectives of existing schemes are not diluted or lost and that youth from disadvantaged groups and regions are effectively mainstreamed. Similarly, expansion of capacity in existing higher education institutions must be monitored closely to ensure that the quality is not compromised.

• A number of quality improvement programmes have been implemented to improve student outcomes. These include the teacher training programme and certification, curriculum improvements, revised student assessment norms, and accreditation of schools and colleges. It is essential to review the success of existing quality improvement programmes, to revise strategies that have proved ineffective and to scale-up successful programmes.

• It is important to clearly define the role of government vis-a-vis private sector in the delivery of education. New PPP models can be explored and appropriate regulation systems, accreditation procedures, policies and incentives must be developed to enable private education providers to take on the challenge of expanding and improving secondary education.

• Mechanisms for financing both secondary and higher education must be developed. Several options are available such as universalising free education or free education for certain students, with resources raised by government through taxation. Other options include direct demand side financing through subsidies and need-based scholarships to students or low-cost education loans.

Pilot projects must be undertaken and evaluated in order to determine the most appropriate mechanisms for financing education.

Promote skill development and lifelong learning: This is essential in order to ensure that the education system produces qualified individuals who are able to build on their skills as per their own developmental needs.

• A critical mechanism to promote skill development and lifelong learning is to build inter-linkages between systems such as formal education, vocational training, skilling programmes, literacy and basic education programmes. It is important to develop a standardised qualifications frameworks like the National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) and tools to translate qualifications between different education and skilling programmes. This also requires improved student certification and accreditation mechanisms that verify institutions. This will enable individuals to transition between learning systems, building skills and acquiring qualifications most suitable to their own development and employer needs.

• There are several plans for increasing the flexibility of the education system and introducing new types of education offerings such as community college degrees, vocational training credits that can be transferred to higher education institutions etc. However, there is no overarching policy or coordinating framework to govern education for youth aged 15-24 years. This must be developed in order to ensure that the objectives are clearly defined and should emphasise governance, accountability and transparency of the system.

4.2 Priority area 2: Employment and Skill development

4.2.1 Current Status:

Youth must develop skills that are relevant to employment needs, in order to ensure employability and to prevent labour demand-supply mismatches. This can be achieved by measures such as quality improvements in formal education, vocational education, specialised skills training and by ensuring sufficient income-generation opportunities commensurate to their skills. Also, the National Occupation Standards need to be defined and the training and skill development programmes need to be aligned to such standards. In order to promote employment of youth, GoI has taken a two-pronged approach, namely, (i) enabling skill development and (ii) implementing direct employment programmes for lower skilled individuals.

The Government of India has adopted skill development as a national priority. In order to create an institutional base for skill development in India at the national level, a three-tier institutional structure, consisting of the PM's National Council on Skill Development (NCSD), the National Skill Development Coordination Board (NSDCB) and the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), was created in early 2008. In 2009, GoI launched the National Skill Development Policy (NSDP) with a target for skilling 500 million people by 2020. With the creation of National Skill Development Agency (NSDA) in June, 2013, the NCSD, the NSDCB and the Office of the Adviser to Prime Minister on Skill Development have now been subsumed in NSDA. NSDA is an autonomous body which will coordinate and harmonize the skill development efforts of the Government and the private sector to achieve the skilling targets of the 12th Plan and beyond and endeavour to bridge the social, regional, gender and economic divide in skilling.

Ministry of Labour and Employment has taken a number of initiatives in the field of skill development and employment. For instance, training of trainers is being conducted by Advanced Training Institutes and Regional Vocational Training Institutes run by the Ministry. The Ministry has also set up a standard system of assessment and certification of vocational training and industries are being involved in curriculum design. The National Employment Service run through network of employment exchanges is being modernised and being converted into National Career Service and the apprenticeship regime is also being significantly improved. In addition, the Ministry is also bringing out a National Employment Policy.

Similarly, the Ministry of Rural Development also runs a Scheme called Himayat, under which 3 months' skill training is imparted to the youth in Jammu & Kashmir in sectors where there is high employer demand, followed by job placement and post-placement support. The NRLM programmePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 763 of MoRD also places emphasis on imparting necessary skills for rural self-employment. Further, the Indian Banks' Association has formulated a Model Educational Loan Scheme for Vocational Courses, under which loans are provided for undergoing vocational training courses.

GoI has also instituted direct employment schemes in rural areas where there are limited opportunities for youth. MGNREGA, a flagship scheme of Government of India, provides 100 days of guaranteed employment to all rural households willing to work on labour-intensive projects. A key challenge is to enable training of low skilled individuals and to incentivise employers to recruit in EBRs, LWE affected regions, J&K and North East.

4.2.2 Future Imperatives

The 12th Plan lists future priorities for strengthening the skill development system. These include promoting PPPs, implementing the National Skills Qualifications Framework (NSQF), strengthening the institutional structure, increasing regional equity and access and improving the apprenticeship programme. There are three critical areas that need to be prioritised, which are (a) ensuring youth can benefit from skill development opportunities, (b) clearly defining stakeholder roles, and (c) building inter-linkages between systems and stakeholders.

a) Targeted youth outreach and awareness programmes: NSDP's youth and user-centric approach must be embedded in all activities that fall under the aegis of skill development.

• Targeted information must be made available to the youth about the various skill development and training options available to them. Information on the quality of institutions, for example, post- programme placement scorecards, curriculum benchmarking etc. is required and youth need guidance on the benefits of skill development training. Youth must have access to data on their post- programme employment options⁸. Youth must be made aware of the different financial support packages available such as low-cost loans, post-programme employment-linked payment options etc.

• It is important to identify the most appropriate engagement mechanisms for information provision to the youth. The effectiveness of the youth outreach programmes must be monitored, and strategies should be adapted, as required, in order to ensure sustained benefits.

b) Build linkages across systems and stakeholders: Given the integration of skill development with the education system as well as the job market, it is essential to build linkages across systems and stakeholders.

• Linkages must be developed between training institutions and employers. Employers must provide inputs into the training curriculum in order to ensure relevance of youth skills to labour market needs. Similarly, training institutions must tie-up with employers to create post-programme placement opportunities for students.

• Linkages must be developed between the education system and skills institutes to enable OoS individuals to develop job-ready skills, and return to formal education at a later date should they choose. This will be possible by implementing the NSQF and creating a system of equivalence to university degrees and diplomas.

• Linkages must be built between Sectoral Skill Councils, employers and training institutes. This will enable the creation of a dynamic and forward looking process for defining occupational standards, setting up institutes in areas of employer need and placement of trained youth into jobs.

c) Define role of government vis-a-vis other stakeholders: Given the scale of the skill development and employment needs of the youth, non-governmental stakeholders must be brought into the purview of all policies. Clear roles must be defined for all stakeholders, in order to ensure that the identified gaps are being closed.

• With respect to financing, there is no doubt that the skill development eco-system needs financing support from the government as well as the private sector. The government should directly fund institutions or students and should also create an enabling environment for private financing and the development of innovative student credit packages.

• On the delivery side, the government should determine where its money would be most effectively spent. Options include investments in capacity expansion through upgradation of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) or investments in programmes that train the trainer, and leave the actual delivery of skills training to the private sector.

While making the above interventions, there is need to place due emphasis on special requirements for skill development and employment of women. Empowerment of women youth is critical aspectPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 765 of the overall youth empowerment. Similar attentions needs to be given to special needs for skill development and employment of other disadvantaged sections of the youth.

4.3 Priority area 3: Entrepreneurship

4.3.1 Current Status

Promoting entrepreneurship is essential in order to enable youth to productively contribute to India's economic development. About 50% of the labour force is currently self-employed⁹, and SMEs employ 70 million people which is approximately 15% of the labour force. As the number of skilled individuals increases through the renewed push for skill development and labour force participation grows, the number of entrepreneurs is likely to increase further.

In order to create an environment in which youth can generate sustainable self-employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, it is essential that they have access to training, incubator support to develop and execute their ideas, and to credit to finance their ventures.

The GoI runs several schemes and programmes to train and finance entrepreneurs¹⁰. The Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) administered by the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises (MoSME) is one of the largest credit-linked subsidy schemes. It provides finance towards the set-up costs of entrepreneurial ventures in the manufacturing and services sectors. The National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) of the MoRD runs programmes to promote self-employment in rural areas, which has significantly enhanced availability of capital for productive purposes in rural areas. Under the NRLM, a cadre of Micro-Enterprise Consultants (MECs) is also being trained to support rural entrepreneurs through the process of idea incubation, business plan generation, credit sourcing and execution. Further, Rural Self-employment Training Institutes (RSETIs) are playing an important role by providing training for self-employment.

These GoI schemes have been set up to cover the various needs of aspirant entrepreneurs and are important for the growth of entrepreneurship in India. They have been successful at delivering better access to credit, providing basic tools for entrepreneurship to a broader segment of the

population and building private sector involvement in entrepreneurship creation and promotion. Furthermore, as demonstrated by the MEC programme of NRLM, the design of these schemes is evolving to respond to entrepreneurs' needs for end-to-end support rather than simply providing low-cost credit or short-term entrepreneurship training. However, an examination of existing schemes reveals that there are a few areas where they can be strengthened to deliver greater impact.

4.3.2 Future Imperatives

There are four areas where on-going entrepreneurship programmes can be strengthened to offer greater support to youth entrepreneurs. These are (a) outreach and information provision, (b) scale and inclusion, (c) programme quality and relevance, and (d) monitoring and evaluation.

a) Targeted youth outreach programmes: Youth should have information on the various entrepreneurship schemes that they can participate in, so that they may make the correct choices.

• One way to do so is to create a targeted information programme for youth about various schemes and potential benefits of each. A vast cross-country network that can be leveraged to provide this information is the Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan (NYKS) volunteers. They should be provided brochures and other material for dissemination of information on the various schemes at the grassroots.

• The PMEGP's implementation model includes outreach through awareness camps that circulate publicity materials, the type of projects that can be undertaken, connecting potential participants with successful entrepreneurs that have graduated from the program and leveraging NYKS volunteers and other grassroots organizations to generate awareness on the benefits of participation. This must be evaluated to determine whether it is an effective model that can be replicated.

b) Scale-up effective programmes to build capacity: The scale and budgets of the GoI entrepreneurship programmes vary significantly¹¹. It is essential to build sufficient capacity in various entrepreneurship development and training institutes and ensure that budgetary allocations to entrepreneurship financing schemes are sufficient to meet likely demand.

• Existing schemes must be reviewed not only to determine additional capacity needed but also to understand the geographic and demographic reach of the schemes. GoI can work with state governments, civil society and private players to expand schemes to areas where there is little or no access currently, in order to ensure that youth especially those marginalized due to socio-economic factors, disability, gender or other reasons can fully participate in these schemes.

• Various apprenticeship models must be explored to understand how aspirant youth can be supported by successful entrepreneurs, and can develop the necessary skills, experience and contacts 'on the job'. Lessons can be learnt from the experience of countries such as Germany, that have been highly successful in this regard.

c) Create customised programmes for youth entrepreneurs: On-going entrepreneurship training schemes can be reviewed and strengthened. There is also a need to assess the quality and relevance to youth of training delivered.

• Entrepreneurs are a non-homogenous group with respect to their demographic profile, skills, experience and business ideas. The need for a review of curriculum and possible customisation or development of youth specific training modules is borne out by a MoRD study which shows that while the average age of participants in RSETI training is 22, the average age of first generation micro-entrepreneurs is 40 years and that older trainees are settled faster into self-employment.

• Specialised post-programme support for business planning and execution can be introduced for youth participants who lack the confidence, finances and contacts to become entrepreneurs, in order to enable them to set up businesses successfully. This could be institutionalised under NRLM and other programmes for self-employment.

d) Implement widespread monitoring and evaluation systems: It is essential that schemes have strong monitoring, data collection and evaluation mechanisms in order to ensure that they are achieving their targets and serving the interests of the cross-section of the population aspiring to become entrepreneurs.

• The MSME 'Scheme of Surveys, Studies and Policy Research' model can be reviewed and, if proven successful, adopted by other Ministries, drawing on appropriate support from the Planning Commission's Programme Evaluation Organisation (PEO) and Independent Evaluation Office (IEO).

4.4 Priority area 4: Health and healthy lifestyle

4.4.1 Current Status:

Health is essential to social security and all individuals must have access to affordable healthcare facilities. Inadequate health resources and high out-of-pocket expenditure due to ill health are problems that are faced by all segments of the population, including the youth; and must be resolved. Additionally, there are a few youth-specific health issues that require a targeted approach. These include (a) promoting a healthy lifestyle among youth to combat non-communicable diseases attributable to lifestyle disorders like obesity, cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes, stroke, chronic lung diseases, cancer, etc. which have been increasingly affecting young adults, (b) creating awareness about family planning, birth control, STDs, HIV/AIDS and substance abuse, especially in rural areas and (c) addressing issues concerning emotional and mental health (e.g. risk of depression and potential suicide attempts), esp. in case of adolescent youth.

Given the need to significantly improve the health care system, funding to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has trebled under the 12th Five Year Plan. The 12th Plan seeks to extend the outreach of public health services for moving towards the goal of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) through National Health Mission. In this context, various initiatives have been taken by MoHFW, Ministry of Women and Child Development (MoWCD), private sector groups and NGOs.

Key achievements include:

• The Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR) has improved during the 11th Five Year Plan, primarily due to the success of schemes like Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHAs) and Reproductive and Child Health Programme with support from National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in rural areas.

• India has achieved major success in terms of elimination of Polio. • Disease control measures have led to a reduction in the incidence of HIV/AIDS infections in the country by 57%.

• The National TB Control Programme has been able to achieve its targets of a 70% case detection rate and 85% treatment success rate.

• Regarding non-communicable diseases, screening for Diabetes and Hypertension has been initiated under the National Programme for Prevention and Control of Cancer, Diabetes, CVDs and Strokes.

• Access to medical training and education has increased with the setting up of 6 AIIMS-like institutes and upgradation of 13 medical colleges under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) scheme. 72 State Government medical colleges have also been strengthened.

Despite these and other programmes undertaken by MoHFW, there are disparities in attainments across various health indicators and several unmet targets. Improvements in the delivery systems are required at all levels.

4.4.2 Future Imperatives

a) Improved service delivery: In order to achieve the goal of providing UHC, it is imperative to first have basic healthcare facilities in place.

• Adequate healthcare access must be created for individuals across the country, especially pregnant and lactating mothers. This requires a review of the efficiency of primary health care (PHC) facilities and course correction mechanisms to be implemented where existing strategies are proven to be ineffective.

• It is essential to create a large trained pool of doctors, nurses and health workers through expansion of medical colleges and training institutes. They must be incentivised to serve in remote areas, in order to promote equity in the system. Anganwadi Centres need to be developed as hub in rural areas to provide training to Anganwadi Workers (AWWs), ASHAs and other health activists. Active participation of the private sector in setting up training centres, colleges and research institutes can provide support to the over-burdened government resources and machinery.

• There is need to pay special attention to health issues concerning women youth. This would entail greater pre-natal and post-natal care for women in vulnerable age group of 14- 18 years, need to bring down maternal and infant mortality rates, campaign against female feticide to improve child sex ratio, etc.

b) Targeted awareness programmes for youth: Apart from increasing access to health care facilities, targeted awareness programmes on specific health issues must be implemented. The youth must be educated about nutrition choices and leading a healthy lifestyle. The youth must be made aware of the benefits of preventive healthcare.

There is also need to create awareness among the youth about ill-effects of drug/ substance abuse.

Inclusion of health and nutrition in the curriculum of schools and colleges will help further this goal. In this regard, the existing hospitals, PHC facilities, anganwadi centres and NGOs can also contribute significantly through their extensive reach in rural and inaccessible areas. In creating such awareness, progressive adolescents (as under the Saksham scheme) and youth volunteers under NSS and NYKS can also play very effective role.

c) Targeted disease control programmes for youth: Youth are at risk of contracting HIV/ AIDS and TB due to lack of information and poor access to preventative care. This can be addressed by developing robust awareness and treatment programs especially in rural areas. The NRHM, NACP and on-going NGO programmes can be leveraged to expand disease detection, control and awareness programmes. Enhanced capacity for detection and treatment of communicable diseases must be developed, especially for pregnant mothers and other high risk groups.

4.5 Priority area 5: Sports

4.5.1 Current Status

Sports and recreational activities form an essential component of the growth and development of a young individual. Sports activities promote physical, mental and emotional growth. They help support a healthy lifestyle and ensure the youth are engaged and productive. Participation in sports can inculcate the spirit of competitiveness and teamwork which helps in the holistic development of the youth. Sports is increasingly being considered a viable professional option. Representing the country in international sporting events fosters national pride and helps inculcate a feeling of national unity and belonging amongst the youth.

The role of sports, including adventure sports, in the development of youth has been recognised and addressed not only by the government but also by various stakeholders like sports federations, private sector companies and NGOs. These organisations largely focus on promoting a sporting culture and providing access to sports infrastructure, coaching and training to youth. Some significant initiatives are:

• Broad basing of sports: The government is working towards broad basing sports by providing access to sports facilities and coaching in both urban and rural areas. This is done through programmes like Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA) [being recast as Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA)], National Playing Fields Association of India (NPFAI) and the Scheme for creation of urban infrastructure at various levels. The RTE Act also mandates access to playgrounds and recreational facilities in all schools. Organisations like Sports Authority of India (SAI), national sports federations and state level organizations are also working towards provision of coaching facilities, organizing competitions, selecting talented sportsmen and supporting their development. National Institute of Sports (NIS) and Lakshmibai National InstitutePART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 771 of Physical Education (LNIPE) provide academic courses at graduate and post graduate levels in the area of sports.

• Promoting excellence in sports: Investment in sports infrastructure and coaching facilities has improved the representation of Indian sports persons in international competitions. Centres of Excellence (COE), Special Area Games (SAG) and SAI Training Centre (STC) provide training facilities and a platform to promising young sportsperson to participate in various local, national and international competitions. In addition, both the Central and State Governments provide incentives and awards to sports persons who excel at various levels.

4.5.2 Future Imperatives

Despite the efforts of various stakeholders to support the development of sports in the nation, significant progress must be made to reach the levels of participation and excellence of countries like China.

a) Increasing access to sports facilities and training: Access to sport and physical education opportunities still remains highly inadequate, especially in rural areas and the poorer parts of urban areas. Schemes like PYKKA (being recast as RGKA) and NPFAI that are targeted towards development and maintenance of infrastructure for sports need to be strengthened further with support from MoRD and Ministry of Urban Development (MUD). Private sector organizations need to be incentivised to participate actively in setting up playgrounds and sports facilities especially in schools, colleges and community areas.

b) Promotion of sports culture among youth: Current participation levels in sports activities are very low in India as compared to countries like China. A sports culture needs to be promoted among youth. The youth must be enabled to consider sports not just a recreational activity but also a potential career option. This would require a greater focus on sports activities as a part of the curriculum at school and college levels. State Governments, educational boards and the National Cadet Corps (NCC) programme must be leveraged and further integration of sports into formal education system can be achieved by strengthening existing infrastructure.

c) Support and development for talented sportspersons: A seamless channel for talent identification, coaching, participation in competitions and incentive provision needs to be developed to promote excellence in sports. A significant proportion of the youth, and hence the sporting talent of the nation, is in the rural areas. Therefore, it is imperative to develop robust models to identify and train high potential sportspersons in rural areas. Coordination and collaboration between SAI, various sports federations, state level organizations and local associations is required in order to achieve this goal.

4.6 Priority area 6: Promotion of social values

4.6.1 Current Status

Youth are the future of the nation, and in the years to come will become the leaders of the nation. Hence, it is essential that the youth uphold social values and moral standards of highest order.

• India is a diverse nation with respect to ethnicity, religion, language, caste and culture. Alongside this diversity resides socio-economic disparity and extremism, which together have potential for creating a divide in the society. Hence, it is imperative to instil a sense of harmony and togetherness in individuals from a young age.

• It is also important to develop inner values like compassion, kindness, sympathy and empathy. There is also a serious need to inculcate the spirit of integrity and truthfulness in the youth. They must be encouraged to strive for excellence in all spheres of individual and collective activity.

• With increasing industrialization and pollution, sensitizing youth about protection and improvement of the environment and developing compassion for other living creatures has become essential for future sustainability.

• Youth must also be encouraged to develop an appreciation of the traditional arts and culture of the country. The rich and invaluable Indian art and culture will not survive without the active involvement of the youth in its adoption, promotion and preservation.

Values education is not the sole responsibility of the government and the education system. It starts at home with the family and society playing an equally important role. Values can be imparted in an individual through both classroom education and engagement in various activities aimed at improvement of the society. Some significant initiatives are:

• The role of education in fostering values has continually been emphasised in education policies. Most recently, the National Curriculum Framework and the Framework on Values in Schools have been introduced by NCERT. The idea of imparting values education is closely linked with education reforms that have been introduced under the scheme of Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE). The framework articulates a holistic and pragmatic approach to values education in schools. It is suggestive, not prescriptive, leaving room for customisation suited to varied needs, contexts and resources of the schools. NCERT has been made the nodal centre for strengthening value education at all levels in the school system.

• Organizations like National Service Scheme (NSS), NYKS and the NCC are involved in the engagement of youth in various initiatives like rural development, environment protection, blood donation, immunisation, disaster management etc. These have the potential to foster national and social values among the youth and develop a sense of responsibility towards the nation.

• There are various other Government schemes / programmes that work towards promotion of social values. The Centre for Cultural Resources and Training (CCRT) under Ministry of Culture administers a Scheme under which youth are taken to heritage monuments/ sites, museums, etc. – a significant initiative to make the youth aware of the rich heritage of the country. The Saksham Scheme (for holistic development for adolescent boys in age- group 11-18 years), inter-alia, aims at inculcating in them respect for women, and engaging them in nation-building activities. Similarly, the 'Ahimsa Messenger' programme of Ministry of Women and Child Development seeks to promote respect for women and eliminating violence against women.

4.6.2 Future Imperatives

Significant steps need to be taken in order to address the issue of promotion of social values and harmony among the youth of the nation.

a) Moving towards formalising values education: The Framework on Values in Schools outlines broad guidelines for schools related to provision of value education and holistic development of students. However, there is a need to have a formal system for imparting values at all levels of school and college, making it an integral component of an individual's performance evaluation. There is a need for greater emphasis on civics, civil law and code in the formal education curriculum.

b) Strengthening engagement programs for youth: Programmes such as NSS, NYKS and NCC have been very successful in instilling a sense of belongingness, brotherhood and harmony among youth. These programmes need to be strengthened and expanded in their reach with increased focus on imparting national values among the youth.

c) Supporting non-government organizations working towards spreading values and harmony: It is not possible for the government and education system to completely address all issues related to values education. Social groups and society at large have a significant role in imparting and promoting social values and harmony among youth. Every individual must act to support and promote the work done by these organisations. Similarly organizations promoting Indian art and culture amongst the youth must also be encouraged and supported.

4.7 Priority area 7: Community engagement

4.7.1 Current Status

Youth represent a large segment of the population that can be mobilised for community service and development programmes. On one hand, by participating in community service schemes, youth can contribute to grassroots development efforts and help create progress in backward regions. At the same time, these initiatives help the youth build their own skills, such as communication, leadership, inter-personal relationships and develop a sense of moral responsibility and national ownership.

MoYAS currently runs several schemes to enable youth to engage with their community, as well as to participate in grassroots development. Some of these schemes are NYKS, NYPAD and the NSS. These schemes target varying youth segments, and have different models of participation. In addition to MoYAS schemes, there are a range of other government schemes like the Bharat Nirman Volunteers (BNV) programme of Ministry of Rural Development. BNVs are dedicated volunteers working in rural areas for generating awareness among the people about their rights and entitlements. Similarly, the positions of community workers created under NRLM provide opportunity to such workers to get intensely involved in the development programmes, besides being avenues of substantial income to them.

There are also several community-based youth organisations in various parts of the country (including the North Eastern Region) that work towards community development. NGOs, non- profit organisations, corporates through their CSR programmes and social entrepreneurs are engaged across the country on issues ranging from clean fuel usage to prevention of trafficking and rehabilitation. Several of these organisations have youth volunteers and youth employees.

There is a need to institutionalise community engagement and to design and streamline schemes such that they cater to the non-homogenous youth population.

4.7.2 Future Imperatives

a) Promote and leverage existing community development organisations (CDOs): While the government should continue to implement the schemes that have seen great success, going forward it should also leverage the large number of organisations that are already working towards community development. This will multiply the scope of youth community engagement in the nation, and has significant potential to generate positive outcomes at the grassroots level.

• A framework for accreditation and certification of NGOs or CDOs should be developed. This will enable funding agencies and youth volunteers to select the most appropriate organisations based on their needs. It can promote the scaling up of organisations that have clearly defined goals and a successful track record for community development.

• A volunteer exchange platform should be set up. Through this platform, the young Indians that are willing to participate in community development programmes can be identified. Similarly, organisations working in the field that require young volunteers or employees can post their requirements. This will enable the matching of volunteers with organisations in an efficient manner.

• Institutionalise the involvement of youth in disaster response activities. Local youth, because of their dynamism and proximity, are invariably the first responders in any disaster relief and rescue activity. Such team activity in the face of adversity not only builds camaraderie and leadership but also provides a much-needed succour to the affected individuals. There is a need to create structures that tap this latent resource and realize its full potential through proper training, equipping and coordinating their efforts with those of the state disaster relief mechanism. Every State and district of the country has Disaster Management Authority as mandated by Disaster Management Act, 2005.

The Civil Defence Act, 1968 has also been amended to bring 'disaster management' within its scope. In addition, the panchayats also have a major role under the Disaster Management Act, 2005.

The youth can be closely involved in disaster response activities through these mechanisms.

• Similarly, the latent potential and dynamism of youth should also be harnessed in promoting communal harmony and environmental protection.

• The energies of the youth should also be channelized in constructive areas through Panchayati Raj Institutions, which are increasingly playing greater role in local self-governance. This would include campaigning on various social issues and helping in effective implementation of various Government programmes.

(b) Promote social entrepreneurship: There are a growing number of social entrepreneurs in India who recognise that they can create sustainable grassroots development, while making a return for themselves. The social entrepreneurship space is fragmented and largely unregulated, and the government should create an enabling environment for social entrepreneurs.

• Promoting social entrepreneurship as an attractive employment proposition for young Indians will create a positive shift away from volunteerism and philanthropy to sustainable development. This can transform community development and engagement from a short-term prospect for the youth into a sustainable career option.

• Social entrepreneurs require support in the form of seed funding and angel investment. The government can create an enabling policy regime that supports the creation of these funds. It can enable identification of credible enterprises and financiers through an endorsement process. It can also reward the performance of social entrepreneurs through grants-in-aid and award programmes.

These rewards can create further mobilisation of youth towards social enterprise.

• The government is well positioned to create channels of communication between social entrepreneurs, local communities, investors and policymakers. Social enterprise forums can be convened that enable the exchange of information around successful models, navigating the complex policy environment, and can generate forward and backward linkages between enterprises.

Removing barriers to business on a priority basis for organisations with a social objective can also spawn the development of more social enterprises.

4.8 Priority area 8: Participation in politics and governance

4.8.1 Current Status

Given the youth comprise 27.5% of the population, it is critical that youth are represented and can participate in politics at all levels. Youth participation and engagement on issues related to politics, democracy, accountability and governance will help create an able generation of future leaders of the country.

As the number of government schemes and direct pay-outs to beneficiaries increase, it is important to ensure that the citizenry is active and engaged in order to prevent leakages. In the 12th Plan period, the funds to PRIs has increased 10-fold over the 11th Plan period from Rs 636 crores to Rs 6,437 crores, further stressing the importance of social mobilisation at the grassroots. An engaged citizenry will help build accountability and ensure better governance, and can also facilitate the implementation of schemes. The youth can be leveraged as a resource to monitor the implementation and promote accountability of welfare schemes and development projects across the country.

MoPR runs Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) under which the focus is on building the capacities of all elected representatives of the Panchayati Raj Institutions, including the youth and first-time elected representatives.

MoRD has also taken steps to build youth participation in the governance and monitoring of Central schemes. Youth have been co-opted to support fund utilisation and programme implementation in the IAP districts of the country via the Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship (PMRDF). The Election Commission runs outreach programmes to get young voters to register and vote in elections, thereby supporting and promoting youth participation in politics and democracy.

Despite a growing focus on youth participation in lower levels of governance, and a clear political push to help more young people transition from student and youth politics to national politics; there is very little coordinated action to promote youth engagement in politics and governance. Furthermore, existing programmes such as those run by MoPR are focused on youth who are already elected leaders or in some way associated with politics, rather than on bringing more youth into political systems.

Civil society groups are working hard, often through partnerships with government, to bridge these gaps. However, without a coordinated push and clear youth focus, these programmes are unlikely to be sufficient to help bring youth into the folds of politics and promote civic engagement at all levels of governance.

4.8.2 Future Imperatives

a) Engage youth that are outside the political system: It is important to ensure that youth participate in politics at all levels, from the grassroots to the national stage.

• There are several pull and push factors that govern youth participation in politics. A detailed analysis of these is required in order to create effective policies and programmes to enable youth participation in politics. Youth perceptions of politics must be understood in order to create effective strategies to combat any negative perceptions. Politics must be made attractive and appropriate reward systems must be created to incentivise youth to enter politics. Barriers to entry, such as financial resources for campaign activities, must be lowered. Improved channels of transition from student politics to national politics must be developed.

• It is important to note that youth political participation is not limited to young individuals contesting elections. It also includes mobilising the youth to vote and promote the effective functioning of democratic systems and processes. A more consistent effort is required to engage with young voters, understand their concerns and help them see the short-term and long-term benefits of voting for their most preferred candidate or party.

b) Create governance mechanisms that youth can leverage: The Right to Information (RTI) Act is a landmark legislation that enables ordinary citizens to understand and question the workings of government.

• It is important to build awareness on the importance of an active citizenry. Education curriculums must be revised such that the civics component is made more relevant. Youth must be made aware of the various channels available to them to engage with and question government agencies.

• Youth monitoring and accountability creation in the areas of government expenditure and social

welfare schemes must be institutionalised. Public expenditure records must be made more

transparent and accessible for all segments of the population. The 12th Plan details out the role of social mobilisers and highlights the importance of citizen participation in planning and implementation of centrally sponsored schemes (CSS). It lists a provision for dedicated funds allocated to all flagship schemes to promote citizen participation in governance, and action must be taken to implement this. Social audit processes must be institutionalised to enable youth to provide structured inputs on the effectiveness of government expenditure. The youth should be involved in Gram Sabha / Mahila Sabha meetings, for monitoring the implementing of programmes at village level. On-going monitoring and informal feedback channels must also be created between the bureaucracy and the citizens.

c) Promote youth engagement in urban governance: There has been a significant focus on the functioning of PRIs and rural governance mechanisms that engage the citizenry. However, a similar focus on urban governance and the role of the citizenry in supporting Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) is missing. Given the increasing urbanisation and anonymity that characterises urban life, it is all the more important for the government to act as an intermediary and create channels and processes by which young Indians can engage with urban decision makers and contribute to urban governance.

4.9 Priority area 9: Youth engagement

4.9.1 Current Status

The objective of GoI engagement with the youth is two-fold. First, GoI must engage with youth in order to provide them with information and enable holistic youth development. Second, GoI must engage with youth in order to get inputs on issues, policies and specific programmes, especially those that directly impact youth. By engaging with the youth and by ensuring youth develop leadership and other interpersonal skills, the GoI will help create a generation of individuals that are committed to civic, social and political progress.

GoI, through MoYAS, runs several programmes for youth engagement with the objective of promoting holistic youth development and leadership. These include the NPYAD, Scouting and Guiding, adventure schemes, etc. The Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD) also provides training and capacity building for members of various youth related organisations. GoI has decided to convert RGNIYD into an Institute of National Importance and this is currently under implementation. MoYAS is also in the process of setting up a Youth Development Fund which would help channelize private sector contributions under CSR for GoI's youth development efforts.

Leadership and personal development is often a by-product of other youth schemes such as NYKS, NSS and NCC. These skills are also imparted in varying measures through the education curriculum in schools and colleges.

While there are a few programmes of varying success that support holistic development of youth, structured programmes that help the GoI engage with youth are absent. There are some unstructured interactions between policy makers and young Indians in forums such as educational institutions. However, there are no systematic channels for engagement between the government and young citizens and no mechanisms for youth to provide inputs to government. This gap has in part been filled by some organisations that provide analysis and commentary on public policy issues.

4.9.2 Future Imperatives

a) Measure and monitor effectiveness of GoI's development schemes: MoYAS is well positioned to leverage its existing grassroots volunteer network through NYKS, NCC and NSS to undertake an assessment of the effectiveness of GoI's development schemes. Successful efforts can be replicated to ensure that youth in all segments are benefiting from these programmes, and targeted schemes for unaddressed segments can be implemented.

b) Create a platform for engagement with youth: It is critical for the government to create a structured platform for engagement with the youth across the country. There are different objectives for engagement, and therefore, different engagement models must be piloted and implemented.

• Government should engage with all the youth of the nation to provide them information and do a regular "pulse check". Some ways this can be undertaken include youth forums at various levels, an interactive online portal and wikipedia-style forums. The government can leverage partner organisations like NYKS and NSS, NGOs and educational institutions to connect with the youth and use technology and social media in order to achieve this objective.

• Government should engage with a representative cross-section of youth to get inputs on specific policy issues. This can be done by conducting thematic workshops, putting out calls for policy notes through ICT based channels, etc. Based on the issue, the government can identify representative780 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 educational institutions, youth groups and other partners to create a channel to engage with the youth.

• MoYAS should identify a sub-section of youth that it interacts with in a more continuous and structured manner who can help support its programmes and activities. It should set up a Youth Advisory Council of exceptional yet representative individuals. This council can provide more detailed inputs to government on key policy issues, run programmes to mobilise youth and engage more regularly with diverse segments of the youth.

• GoI should also enable RGNIYD as an Institute of National Importance so that it fulfils its mandate of serving as an apex level resource centre for policy advocacy and capacity building in youth development efforts in the country.

4.10 Priority area 10: Inclusion

4.10.1 Current Status

There are a number of youth at risk and marginalised youth who require special attention in order to ensure that they can access and benefit from the government programmes. These youth can broadly be categorised as follows:

• Socially and economically disadvantaged youth, including but not limited to youth belonging to SC/ ST/ OBC groups, migrant youth and women.

• Out-of-school or drop-outs from the formal educational mainstream.

• Youth living in conflict affected districts, especially those affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE) and youth from Jammu & Kashmir and the North East.

• Youth living with disability or suffering from chronic diseases.

• Youth at risk, including but not limited to youth suffering from substance abuse, youth at risk of human trafficking and youth working in hazardous occupations, sex workers.

• Youth that suffer from social or moral stigma including but not limited to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) youth, youth infected or affected by HIV/AIDS.

• Youth in institutional care, orphanages, correctional homes and prisons.

The categorisation reflects the shared solutions that may be devised to support these youth, whose enablement and empowerment must be a priority for the government.

A number of Ministries are working on addressing the challenges of these categories of youth. Some sector-specific Ministries have special programmes targeted at these groups that seek to create a more inclusive and equitable society. For example, MHRD has special schemes to support girls' education and bridge the sizeable gender gap in enrolment at all levels of schooling. OtherPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 781 Ministries act as nodal agencies responsible for the well-being of specific groups, for example, MoTA deals with issues that tribals face such as livelihood security and promotion of or access to education.

SC/ST/OBC youth and women have a considerable number of policies targeted at them to promote equity and inclusion. These are in the areas of (a) education scholarships and hostels, (b) credit to support self-employment and entrepreneurship, (c) rehabilitation of individuals from certain occupations such as manual scavenging, and (d) reservations at different levels of governance. These policies attempt to mainstream individuals from these groups into the society from an early age, with the objective that successive generations will be able to benefit and move out of disadvantage and poverty.

With respect to LWE and other conflict-affected regions, there has been an increased focus on creating infrastructure and development in such regions. GoI has also set up a range of schemes to provide employment opportunities to youth living in conflict-affected regions in order to ensure that the youth are productively engaged. For instance, the Planning Commission has been implementing an Integrated Action Plan (IAP) in 82 selected Districts (now increased to 88) of the 9 LWE affected States since 2010-11 for accelerated development of these areas. Skill development has been a major area of focus under this Plan. Similarly, the Ministry of Home Affairs also provides funds to Central Armed Police Forces deployed in LWE affected areas to undertake skill development schemes under Civic Action Programme.

The Department of Disability Affairs under MoSJE supports individuals with disabilities through various Schemes for education scholarships, support for purchasing aids or appliances, grants for rehabilitation and incentives to employers for hiring disabled individuals, etc.

The government recognises that not only is it essential to support youth currently at risk but also to ensure that youth are not faced with circumstances in the future that put them at risk. For example, for youth currently abusing drugs and alcohol, the GoI takes an inter-sectoral approach of covering awareness and information dissemination, counselling and rehabilitation.

Besides the above programmes targeted at specific sections of disadvantaged youth or youth at risk, other government programmes also maintain special focus on such sections of the youth. For instance, NRLM of MoRD seeks to give high priority to youth belonging to categories like ST/ SC/ OBC/ Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs), migrants, minorities, victims of human trafficking, youth from LWE Districts, North East and J&K, youth engaged in hazardous occupations etc.

4.10.2 Future Imperatives

a) Enablement and capability building for disadvantaged youth:

It is essential that the government continues to promote equity in the formal system and focuses on mainstreaming socially and economically disadvantaged youth. The GoI must review its current programmes for these youth and identify where these programmes have been effective, and where782 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 they have failed and the reasons for this. A critical area of focus for disadvantaged youth is education and while the MHRD is taking steps towards ensuring education for all, via RTE and other programmes, an inter-sectoral approach is needed to ensure that youth can make the most of education programmes by being in good health and not losing out on income generating opportunities that they perceive as more valuable.

b) Ensuring economic opportunities for youth in conflict-affected regions: A key factor thought to contribute to youth participation in violent conflicts and extremism is the lack of livelihood opportunities. Hence, it is essential to ensure that these youth are provided with livelihood opportunities. In the longer term, a programme of infrastructure development, socio- political access and awareness building can prevent youth from being attracted to such activities.

c) Develop a multi-pronged approach to supporting youth with disability: While the GoI has taken several steps to support youth with disability, it is important to create systems and infrastructure to enable these youth to lead normal lives. The 12th Five Year Plan makes a set of recommendations on steps required to empower individuals with disabilities, and all relevant Ministries must develop action plans in this regard.

d) Create awareness and opportunities to prevent youth being put at risk: While the government is working to create support and rehabilitation systems for youth at risk, it is essential to simultaneously build systems to ensure that youth are not forced to put themselves into situations that constitute physical or mental risk. A targeted awareness and outreach programme for youth that are likely to be at risk must be developed and undertaken as a matter of priority.

4.11 Priority area 11: Social justice

4.11.1 Current Status

It is important to ensure that youth of all backgrounds are free from discrimination, stigma, and disadvantage; and have recourse to a justice system that is swift and equitable. A concerted effort has been made to ensure that GoI programmes are inclusive, and that disadvantaged groups are supported. It is important that an effort is made to mainstream the disadvantaged groups through affirmative action and other targeted programmes. Furthermore, there is need for greater monitoring and media attention to prevent illegal social practices such as dowry, child marriage, honour killings, caste-based discrimination and stigmatisation of LGBT youth. Hence, it is important to create systems of education and moral transformation at the grassroots level to eliminate these practices of stigmatization and discrimination, and deliver social justice for all.

4.11.2 Future Imperatives

a) Leveraging youth to eliminate unjust social practices: The youth of the country can be leveraged to build awareness and provide education at the grassroots in order to eliminate unjust social practices. Furthermore, the youth can also be trained to monitor and report on the prevalence of unjust social practices at the grassroots.

b) Strengthen access to justice at all levels: Individuals must be given stronger access to formal justice at all levels. The pace at which trials are held must be increased, in order for formal punishment to act as a serious deterrent. Inputs must be taken on the current constraints and bottlenecks at the grassroots level and appropriate action taken.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Review

Defining success of NYP-2014

5.1 It is essential to monitor and evaluate the success of NYP-2014 in order understand the impact of the policy on the youth and to determine future strategies for the youth of the nation. In the short-run, NYP-2014 can be considered successful if it documents priority areas that should be the immediate focus for youth development, creates guidelines from which stakeholders can develop actionable strategies and builds alignment amongst stakeholders, providing them with a concrete framework for action. In the longer term, success can be defined on the basis of whether the objectives of NYP-2014 for youth have been achieved. That is, whether the youth are productive, healthy and active, socially responsible, politically engaged and mainstreamed. Together, these definitions create a framework for measuring the success of NYP-2014, and provide guidelines for selecting appropriate indicators.

Monitoring and Evaluation

5.2 The NYP-2014 seeks to define the Vision of the Government for the youth of the country and to identify the key areas where action is required and not enough is being done, to enable youth development. It is intended to serve as a guiding document and provide a framework for action for all stakeholders.

5.3 Keeping in mind the diversity of the country and the need to address region-specific needs and concerns of young people that are not adequately reflected in the NYP-2014, each state should also enunciate its own State Youth Policy, keeping the overall national perspective set out in the NYP-2014 in view.

5.4 In light of the fact that many Ministries of GoI have significant components of their policies and programmes that are relevant to the youth, an inter-sectoral approach is imperative for dealing with youth-related issues. In view of this, the NYP-2014, consistent with the suggestion made in earlier Policy documents, advocates the establishment of a coordinating mechanism at the Centre and state levels. The State Coordinating Committee may be chaired by the Chief Minister of the state or a senior member of the cabinet. This will ensure optimum utilisation of resources available with different Ministries and Departments and streamlining of policy and programme interventions.

Indicators for measuring success of NYP-2014

5.5 There are two types of indicators that can be selected to measure the impact or success of a policy; leading and lagging indicators. Leading indicators measure short-run impact of the policy, and are more likely to be process-based. They are an early signal of whether the policy is on track to achieve its objectives. Lagging indicators, on the other hand, measure the longer term impact of the policy, once it has been in place for a sufficient length of time. These indicators measure whether the policy has had an impact on the outcomes it was intended to alter, and therefore, whether it has achieved its objectives.

5.6 Leading indicators of success of NYP-2014 measure whether the policy has provided a framework and guidelines for stakeholders, thereby achieving its purpose. The following four leading indicators have been selected:

a) Number of States that have created a youth policy?

b) Number of times has NYP-2014 been referenced in other Central/ State policy documents, reports and RFDs?

c) Number of times NYP-2014 has been referenced in stakeholder documents, including media, civil society, private sector?

d) Number of policies/ programmes that have been initiated to close gaps identified in NYP-2014?

5.7 Lagging indicators of success of NYP-2014 measure the progress towards achieving each one the 5 objectives for youth set out in the policy. The following 8 lagging indicators have been selected for the corresponding objectives/ priority areas:

5.8 A baseline assessment must be undertaken and annual targets must be set for each one of the indicators. In the event these are not met, an investigation into the reasons for this must be done and appropriate course correction actions must be initiated. These indicators may also be combined into a comprehensive Youth Development Index.

Biennial "Status of the Youth" Report

5.9 NYP-2014 recommends that MoYAS publish a Status of the Youth Report every 2 years. This report should provide comprehensive information on all youth related schemes and programmes, as implemented by various Ministries. The reports should identify progress against targets on the leading and lagging indicators of success of NYP-2014. This report should also synthesise the views and priorities identified through bottom-up engagement with the youth. Finally, the report will document any previously unidentified challenges facing the youth, and recommend the way forward in these areas.

Review of NYP-2014

5.10 NYP-2014 will be reviewed every 5 years in order to enable GoI to take stock of key achievements and challenges, and refocus the priorities for youth, going forward.

Recommendations on the Way Forward

Given that youth comprise 27.5% of the population and will play a crucial role in the progress and development of the nation, supporting and enabling the youth must be made a priority. This document details 11 priority areas and highlights specific gaps where action is required in order to help youth overcome the challenges they face and India to reap the benefits of its demographic dividend.

It is important to identify the most appropriate set of interventions for youth development, and invest in the ones that will have the maximum impact in each of these priority areas. This requires a review of existing government programmes for the youth, an analysis of the impact of stakeholder activities and pilot projects before mass roll-out of new programmes for the youth. Furthermore, it must be noted that given the scale of the challenge, it is imperative to have a concerted effort from all stakeholders. Stakeholders must be aligned on the objectives for youth development and participation, and must work in a coordinated manner to facilitate holistic youth development. Innovative solutions that leverage available resources and tools are required to empower the youth of the nation.

6.1 GoI needs to increase investment in the youth to capture the demographic

dividend

Youth present a considerable economic opportunity today which the government should capitalise on. There is a huge opportunity for improvements in productivity of the youth through programs targeted towards education, skilling, entrepreneurship development and health care.

GoI is currently spending approximately Rs 2,710 on every young individual through various Ministries, of which Rs 1,100 is through targeted programs. In order to capitalise on this opportunity, the government would need to invest more in youth across the various priority areas.

6.2 Mainstream youth issues in the development process

It is evident that the youth will play a crucial role in the future development of the nation. Hence it is important that the issues related to youth are mainstreamed and youth become a national priority. This can be achieved in several ways, including:

• Building youth development into RFDs: As identified in Section-4, youth development is not an activity that can be performed in isolation by MoYAS. One key mechanism for ensuring that all Ministries work towards mainstreaming youth development and participation is to identify linkages between MoYAS and other Ministries and incorporate these into the respective RFDs. YouthPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 787 engagement and participation measures must be included as metrics of success of various government programmes in the respective RFDs.

• Key Ministries should develop a 'Youth Connect' programme: Given the fact that the youth comprise 27.5% of the population, and represent a large proportion of the target segment of most of the Ministries, it is important to ensure key Ministries communicate with the youth. NYP-2014 recommends that all relevant Ministries should set up a mandatory 'Youth Connect' programme which is a targeted youth outreach programme. This programme will inform and educate the youth about the various schemes and programmes available to them that are administered by the Ministry. It can run offline through a combination of workshops, briefings and information sessions or online using ICT and social media, tailored to the relevant scheme. The outreach material and information from these programmes can also fed into the more broad-based MoYAS youth engagement portal.

6.3 Discuss and define role of all stakeholders

Given the scale of the challenges facing the youth and the wide range of stakeholders engaged in various capacities, it is important to define the role of each stakeholder. There are two possible roles, that of a 'doer' responsible for creating programmes, or an 'enabler' that creates a supporting environment for action and promotes the work of other stakeholders. It is important to build stakeholder maps in each priority area in order to understand the range of actors and activities. For each priority area, it is important to determine which stakeholders are responsible for directly financing and implementing programmes, and which stakeholders are responsible for creating an enabling environment. Formal channels for stakeholder interaction must also be developed. For example, with respect to community engagement, MoYAS could act as a 'doer' through its programmes like NSS, NYKS and NYC, which work towards engaging youth in community development initiatives. MoYAS also has a key 'enabling' role to create systems that help the youth connect with existing community development organisations and support their work.

6.4 Leverage various channels for effective youth engagement and

participation

There are several existing channels that the government can leverage to effectively engage with youth and promote youth development. Two key ones are ICT and other youth organisations.

• Use ICT to engage with the youth: ICT and social media are key tools that can be leveraged to connect and engage with the youth. Given the growing penetration of the internet amongst young people, especially via smartphones, the GoI should more actively engage with the youth using technologies that they access on a daily basis. Youth outreach programmes no longer have to be physically implemented through youth clubs and other such networks, but can also be implemented via the internet, mobile phone applications and social media.

• Promote youth development through existing organisations: The government should work towards leveraging the vast number of stakeholders that are already working to support youth development and participation, and expanding its own reach and access to the youth through the networks of these organisations.

All stakeholders should review their strategies in line with the priorities for youth development identified in NYP-2014. They should create action plans, design programmes in specific areas and monitor and evaluate their impact on the youth.

List of Acronyms

ASHAs Accredited Social Health Activists

AWWs Anganwadi Workers

BCG The Boston Consulting Group (India) Private Limited

BNV Bharat Nirman Volunteers

CCE Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation

COE Centre of Excellence

DAC Department of AIDS Control

EBRs Economically Backward Regions

GER Gross Enrolment Rates

GNI Gross National Income

GoI Government of India

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

IEO

Independent Evaluation Office

ITI

Industrial Training Institute

JSY Janani Suraksha Yojana

LAMP Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament

LNIPE Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education

LWE Left Wing Extremism

MECs Micro-Enterprise Consultants

MGNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MHRD Ministry of Human Resource Development

MLE Ministry of Labour and Employment

MMR Maternal Mortality Rate

MoHFW Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

MoPR Ministry of Panchayati Raj

MoRD Ministry of Rural Development

MoSJE Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

MoSME Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises790 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) [PART I—SEC. 1 MoTA Ministry of Tribal Affairs

MoWCD Ministry of Women and Child Development

MoYAS Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MUD Ministry of Urban Development

NACO National AIDS Control Organisation

NCC National Cadet Corps

NCERT National Council of Educational Research and Training

NIS National Institute of Sports

NPFAI National Playing Fields Association of India

NPYAD National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development NRHM National Rural Health Mission

NRLM National Rural Livelihoods Mission

NSDP National Skill Development Policy

NSQF National Skills Qualifications Framework

NSS National Service Scheme

NYC National Youth Corps

NYKS Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan

NYP-2014 National Youth Policy, 2014

PEO Programme Evaluation Organisation

PHC Primary Health Centre

PMEGP Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme

PMRDF Prime Minister's Rural Development Fellowship

PMSSY Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana

PPP Public Private Partnership

PRIs Panchayati Raj Institutions

PYKKA Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan

RFD Results Framework Document

RGNIYD Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development

RGPSA Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran AbhiyanPART I—SEC. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, APRIL 12, 2014 (CHAITRA 22, 1936) 791 RGUMY Rajiv Gandhi Udyami Mitra Yojana

RMSA Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan

RSETIs Rural Self-employment Training Institutes

RTE Right to Education Act

RTI Right to Information Act

RUSA Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan

SAG Special Area Games

SAI Sports Authority of India

STC SAI Training Centre

UGC University Grants Commission

UHC Universal Health Coverage

ULBs Urban Local Bodies

SUDHIR KUMAR Jt. Secy.

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