Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM)
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Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) with Bar
Samanya Seva Medal (SM)
Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (UYSM) & Yudh Seva Medal (YSM)
Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM)
Special Service Medals
Indian Operation Vijay Star
Operation Parakram Medal
India High Altitude Service Medal
Videsh Seva Medal
India 50th Anniversary Independence Medal
Indian 30 Years Long Service Medal
Indian 20 Years Long Service Medal
Indian 9 Years Long Service Medal
UN UNAVEM medal
GENERAL’S JOTTINGS-TOI
Of army camps, fortresses, scapegoats and accountability
Ancient scriptures articulated realistic wisdom, Veer Bhogya Vasundhara implying that brave soldiers will enjoy the privileges of universe. Chanakya, the wise sage, counselled rule...
Let’s cool it with heroism, the best offence is a good fence
The Kashmir insurgency is in its 30th year and there is both an internal and transnational reason for the continuing strife. The internal problem has been our political inability t...
Union Budget tells armed forces to cut the coat as per cloth
Defence outlay in the annual budget has once again belied expectations, pegged at Rs 3.18 lakh crores approximating to 1.5% of projected GDP, it is the lowest since the 1962 war. P...
Budget is back, so is guns versus butter debate
A few days before finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents her first budget on July 5, the military will take reassurance from the words of the defence minister in Rajya Sabha....
What’s the point in being mere paper tigers & Twitter warriors?
Citizen Warrior is an amorphous idea that dawned on me, thanks to a simple village carpenter from a border village, nicknamed AK — other details withheld in the interest of securit...
Political factors have only exacerbated Kashmir problem
On Wednesday, the Jammu and Kashmir governor, Satya Pal Malik, appealed to the militants to give up arms and come for talks with the government. He said, “Whatever you want can be...
On belling the cat: Diplomatic engagements with Pakistan
India and Pakistan, two nuclear ‘frenemies’ are locked in a series of senseless confrontations, distracting them from more relevant and pressing war on the socio-economic front. Su...
Soldiers are not automatons, they have their needs, too
The sale of defence land in our metropolitan cities comes up for discussion regularly. When the cantonments were created during the colonial era, they were outside the urban limits...
Historic mandate will impose more challenges, expectations
The recently concluded elections are indeed path breaking in terms of magnitude of verdict and have been aptly described as ‘Tsunamo-Plus’. Suffix indicating that while first wave...
Unsung heroes: Salute to common soldiers who keep India safe
On April 28, the snow clearance equipment of the Border Roads Organisation breached the snow covering the Zojila Pass and opened the Srinagar-Leh highway. Leading this effort was A...
Citizens are often forgotten in national security narrative
National security has dominated the political discourse in the current election season. While the ruling party has repeatedly emphasised the resolve shown by the government in resp...
Soldiers’ ‘josh’ will not compensate basic military deficiencies
The Indian defence budget has for the first time crossed Rs 3 lakh crore. This was announced by the interim finance minister among much desk-thumping in the Parliament. Factually,...
Think out of the box, when it comes to defence modernization
Mercifully, the ‘maha dangal’ — Indian elections — has entered the concluding phase. It is amply clear that the key focus of these elections has been national security. Contemporar...
Political parties should give veterans fair share of representation
The current Lok Sabha election is being dominated by enhanced focus on security issues and leveraging of muscular responses in security domain, particularly by the ruling party. On...
It’s time India focusses on managing its borders
All major political parties have placed in public domain the much-awaited manifestos just before the first round of electoral ‘dangal’. The Congress adopted de-novo approach on nat...
Synergised operations for conflict resolution in northeast
While India and Pakistan remain locked in senseless war hysteria, positive developments in northeast have gone virtually unnoticed. This can be ascribed to our obsession with Pakis...
When threshold of tolerance is breached: Balakot
India and Pakistan, the nuclear-armed nations, are in a state of undeclared war. The whole world, with powerful nations leading from the front, is trying to broker de-escalation. T...
Pulwama: Our response and retribution need to be served cold
The nation is in a state of deep outrage and anger, consequent to the martyrdom of more than 40 CRPF soldiers, in a dastardly attack on an administrative convoy at Pulwama. Pakista...
Need for new approach to civil-military integration
Raisina Dialogue, an excellent sounding board for exchange of ideas, is supposed to be governed by ‘Chatham House’ rules, which, unfortunately, are being blatantly flouted by socia...
Harnessing potential of veterans
Among the many celebrations in January, like Republic Day on January 26, Beating the Retreat ceremony on January 31, Army Day on January 15, the least noticed is Armed Forces Veter...
