Award for disaster relief personnel

A national award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose will be given every year to police personnel who do outstanding work in rescue and relief operations during any kind of disaster, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced yesterday.

The announcement came on the 75th anniversary of Bose’s declaration of the formation of India’s first independent government — the Azad Hind Government — on October 21, 1943.

“From this year onwards, we will give an award in the name of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose to police personnel who do exemplary work while rescuing and providing relief to people during any disaster,” the prime minister said in his address after officiating over the dedication ceremony for a police memorial and museum here.