The Union Home Ministry has discontinued three police awards instituted in 2018 by then Home Minister Rajnath Singh, it said in a notification on Wednesday.
The three awards were given to the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) personnel, State police, Intelligence Bureau officials and home guards for exemplary work in internal security duty and investigation of criminal cases. After the 2019 Lok Sabha election, former Bharatiya Janta Party president Amit Shah was appointed as the Union Home Minister.
The Ministry notified that the "Police Antrik Suraksha Seva Padak" for police personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, Left Wing Extremism-affected areas and North East region, instituted on July 23, 2018, stood discontinued with effect from January 1, 2023.
