Lok Sabha Question No. 1616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Conferring Ashoka Chakra
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1616

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## CONFERRING ASHOKA CHAKRA

1616.  SHRI  HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h

be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the guidelines laid down for awarding Ashoka Chakra to the citizens; and
- (b) the names of the persons to whom Ashoka Chakra has been awarded during the last four years and the current year?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(a) & (b): A statement is attached.

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(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## STATEMENT    REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1616 FOR ANSWER ON 13.2.2019

- (a) Following guidelines are laid down for awarding Ashoka Chakra:
- (1) The  Ashoka  Chakra shall be awarded for  most  conspicuous bravery; or some act of daring of pre-eminent valour or selfsacrifice otherwise than in the face of the enemy.
- (2) The persons eligible for the Ashoka Chakra shall be:
- (i) Officers  and  men  and  women  of  all  ranks  of  the  Army,  the Navy and the Air Force, of any of the Reserve Forces, of the Territorial  Army,  Militia  and of  any  other lawfully  constituted forces.
- (ii) Members of the Nursing Services of the Armed Forces.
- (iii)  Civilian citizens of either sex in all walks of life and members of  Police  Forces  including  Central  Para-Military  Forces  and Railway Protection Force.
- (b) The  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  Ashoka  Chakra  has  been awarded during the last four years and the current year are as under:

|   Year * | Names of Awardees                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|----------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|     2015 | Naik Neeraj Kumar Singh, Rajputana Rifles / 57 th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)                                                                                                            |
|     2016 | (1) Lance Naik Mohan Nath Goswami, 9 th Battalion The Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) (Posthumous) (2) Havildar Hangpan Dada, The Assam Regiment / 35 th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous) |
|     2017 | NIL                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|     2018 | Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala, Indian Air Force (Security) (Posthumous)                                                                                                                                  |
|     2019 | Lance Naik Nazir Ahmad Wani, Bar to Sena Medal, The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry / 34 th Battalion The Rashtriya Rifles (Posthumous)                                                                 |

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