A total of 16 policemen including 7 Indian Police Services (IPS) of Jharkhand will be given the Union Home Minister's Special Campaign (UHMSC) Medal on the occasion of National Unity Day.
The 7 IPS officers who will be given this medal include ADGP Sanjay Anand Latkar, IG Homkar Amol Vinukant, Raj Kumar Lakra, DIG, Anoop Barthare, SP, Shivani Tiwari, Anjani Anjan and Anjani Kumar Jha. Apart from this, these medals were also given to Police Inspector, Satendra Kumar Singh, Sub Inspector, Gautam Kumar, Jamil Ansari, Manohar Ram, Head Constable, Raj Kumar Oraon, Constable, Ratan Kumar Yadav, Vishnu Shankar along with Assistant Commandant, Kamlesh Kumar and Second in Command, Vivekananda Singh.
This medal was launched on July 23, 2018. The Union Home Ministry had announced 'Union Home Minister's Special Campaign Medal'. The medal is awarded to state and union territory (UT) police forces, Central Police Organizations (CPOs), Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) and security organizations across India. This medal is given to security forces for their superior performance and special operations in counter-terrorism, border operations, arms control, prevention of drug trafficking and rescue operations.
The medal is awarded along with a certificate signed by the Union Home Minister. For this special award, the decision is taken on special operation those officers who did better work in extraordinary circumstances. Five special drives are given to encourage state and union territory police.