Details of The Award
The National Bravery Awards consist of five categories, which are listed below.
- The Bharat Award, since 1987
- The Sanjay Chopra Award, since 1978
- The Geeta Chopra Award, since 1978
- The Bapu Gaidhani Award, since 1988
- General National Bravery Awards, since 1957
The awards are given to children who were between the ages of six and eighteen when they committed their acts of bravery. The award includes a medal, a certificate, and a cash prize. The Bharat Award winner gets a gold medal, while the rest get a silver medal. Each child is also given financial assistance to complete his or her schooling, as a part of ICCW's sponsorship program, under the Indira Gandhi scholarship scheme. In 2009, the Government of India announced it was reserving some seats in medical, engineering, and polytechnic colleges for the winners of the awards.
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