|
LONG SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL |
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| TRINSHAT VARSHA DIRGHA SEVA MEDAL (30 YEARS) | |
| VINSHA VARSHA DIRGHA SEVA MEDAL (20 YEARS) | |
| NAU VARSHA DIRGHA SEVA MEDAL ( 9 YEARS) |
LONG
SERVICE & GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
Awarded on Republic & Independence Day by the respective Chiefs of Staff to such selected individuals from the following categories of personnel as may have rendered a minimum of 15 years combatant or non-combatant service in the Army or in the Navy or Air Force, distinguished throughout by highly good conduct:-
|
Army |
Non-commissioned
officers and other ranks below the rank of Dafadar /Havildar,
including enrolled non-combatants. |
|
Navy |
Continuous
Service Ratings of the rank of Petty
Officer and below, excluding ordinary seamen and
their equivalent in other branches. |
|
Air Force |
Corporals
and Aircraftsmen. |
For
the purpose of the award, only such service as counts for pension
and gratuity is taken into consideration.
* Total number
of awards to be made in each service is fixed by the Government from
time to time. A
gratuity of Rs. 100/-
* 4 for 800 men on the authorized establishment of the respective service.
TRINSHAT VARSHA DIRGHA SEVA MEDAL
Conditions
of Eligibility
Awarded
to all Armed Forces personnel serving in the Army, the Navy and the
Air Force on completion of unblemished service of 30 years and more
on the date of the issue of the Notification or thereafter. The term
'unblemished service' is classified as under : -
(a)
Service which counts for pension or gratuity.
(b)
The period of blemished service viz, imprisonment or
conviction may be excluded for reckoning the prescribed length of
service for the award of this medal.
(c)
Has not more than 8 red-ink entries and no
red-ink entry during the last one year, preceding the award.
Awarded
to all Armed Forces personnel serving in the Army, the Navy and the
Air Forces on completion of unblemished service of 20 years and more
on the date of the issue of the Notification or thereafter. The term
'unblemished service' is clarified as under : -
(a)
Service which counts for pension or gratuity.
(b)
The period of blemished service, viz., imprisonment on
conviction may be excluded for reckoning the prescribed length of
service for the award of this medal.
(c)
Has not more than 5 red-ink entries and no red-ink entry
during the last one year, preceding the award.
All
ranks of the Armed Forces personnel serving in the Army, the Navy
and the Air Force.
Awarded
to all Armed Forces personnel serving in the Army, the Navy and the
Air Force on completion of unblemished service of 9 years and more
on the date of the issue of the Notification or thereafter. The term
'unblemished service' is clarified as under : -
(a)
Service which counts for pension or gratuity.
(b)
The period of blemished service, viz. imprisonment on
conviction may be excluded for reckoning the prescribed length of
service for the award of this medal.
(c)
Has not more than 3 red-ink entries and no red-ink entry
during the last one year, preceding the award.
All
ranks of the Armed Forces personnel serving in the Army, the Navy
and the Air Force.
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