Government of India has announced the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2024 on the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
- The award is announced every year on 23rd January, the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s birth anniversary is celebrated as Parakram Diwas.
Nominations:
Online nominations were solicited from July 1, 2023 for the Award for the year 2024. 245 valid nominations were received from institutions and individuals under the Award Scheme.
Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2024 Winner:
» For the year 2024, 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, in the Institutional category, has been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2024 for its excellent work in Disaster Management.
Summary of the outstanding work of the winner of 2024 Award in the field of Disaster Management:
» 60 Parachute Field Hospital, Uttar Pradesh, was established in 1942. It is the sole airborne medical establishment of the Indian Armed Forces, recognized for its exceptional service in various global crisis. The primary mission includes Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations during natural calamities, nationally and internationally, both in time of peace and war.
- It had provided medical assistance during the Uttarakhand floods (2013), Nepal Earthquake under the operation name ‘Maitri’ (2015) and Indonesian Tsunami as part of operation Samudra Maitri (2018).
- Recently, in response to the 7.8 magnitude earthquake in Turkey and Syria in February 2023, the unit rapidly assembled a 99-member team and established India’s pioneering level-2 medical facility in Turkey overcoming resource constraints and language barrier to set up a 30-bed hospital in Hatay province’s school building.
- The unit provided a wide range of medical services, including rescue, triage, surgery, dental treatment, X Ray and lab facilities and offered care to 3600 patients during a 12-day period as a part of ‘Operation Dost’.
About Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar:
- The Government of India, under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has instituted an annual award known as Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar to recognize and honour the invaluable contribution and selfless service rendered by individuals and organizations in India in the field of disaster management.
- Disaster Management such as Prevention, Mitigation, Preparedness, Rescue, Response, Relief, Rehabilitation, Research/ Innovations or Early Warning.
- The award carries a cash prize of Rs 51 lakh and a certificate in case of an institution and Rs 5 lakh and a certificate in case of an individual.