Revamped Gallantry Awards Portal Launched in New Delhi

The Ministry of Defence has put a rebuilt Gallantry Awards portal online. Raksha Rajya Mantri Sanjay Seth launched the website in New Delhi and described it as a digital tribute to soldiers who showed exceptional courage in battle and to those who made the supreme sacrifice for the country. The portal lives at the address gallantryawards.gov.in.

Why the portal was rebuilt

The ministry wants a single, trustworthy store of information on India’s gallantry awards, on the men and women who won them, and on the wars and military operations the armed forces have fought since independence. Keeping that record in one place, the ministry says, preserves the legacy of the awardees for the generations that follow and spreads awareness of the country’s military heritage, particularly among young readers.

What the new site offers

• A citizen-first design with simpler navigation, a layout that adjusts to phones and tablets, and better accessibility.
• Sections titled Events, Memorials and Museums, Warpedia, Awardees, Gallantrypedia and Media.
• An interactive Tribute Section through which visitors can pay homage to the bravehearts and explore military history.

Veer Gatha gets its own space

The portal now hosts Veer Gatha as a dedicated digital section. Each edition of the programme gets a page of its own that pulls together the introduction, the topics, the timeline, the evaluation criteria, the rewards, the resources, the results, the felicitation ceremony, the media gallery and the student activities. School pupils read about the valour of the award winners and then express what they have learnt through entries of their own, which is how the programme ties classrooms to the armed forces.

How far Veer Gatha has spread

Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh and other senior officers of the Ministry of Defence were present when the portal went live.