Samanya Seva Medal 1965
Authority
President’s Secretariat Notification Nos. 35-Pres/75 dated 8 May 1975, 45-Pres/82 dated 06 Oct 1982, 71-Pres/86 dated 03 Sep 1986 and 87-Pres/87 dated 23 Nov 1987.
Conditions of eligibility
Awarded for services rendered with the Armed Forces under active service conditions or conditions akin thereto. Where appropriate, a clasp for each operation shall be instituted by the President.
An individual qualifying for the medal for the first time shall be awarded the medal together with a clasp indicating the particular operation for which it is awarded. For all subsequent operation for which the issue of a clasp is approved, only the clasp indicating the particular operation shall be awarded. The bar of the clasp shall have the name or the place of operation engraved on it.
Eligible categories
The following categories of personnel serving in an operation or concessional area within the territorial or time limits to be specified separately for each operation will be eligible for the award
- All ranks of the Army, Navy and Air Force, and of the Reserve, Territorial and Militia Forces, and civilians of either sex in all walks of life.
- All other lawfully constituted forces and security forces operating under the operational control of the Regular Armed Forces.
Design of the Medal and Riband
Medal Circular in shape, made of cupro-nickel, 35mm in diameter with the fitting of standard pattern and shall have embossed on the obverse the State Emblem with its motto and the inscription “ºÉÉàÉÉxªÉ ºÉä´ÉÉ àÉäbãÉ 1965” SAMANYA SEVA MEDAL, 1965, on either side of the State Emblem along the rim. On its reverse it shall have the representation of the Indian elephant.
Riband India dark green colour divided into four equal parts in three vertical stripes each three millimetres in width, of red, dark blue and light blue.
