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Detailed explanation-1: -The Award recipient will receive a certificate and a cash prize of Rs. 51 lakh. The 8th Battalion of NDRF was raised in 2006 and is a highly specialised Rescue and Response Force with large area of responsibility covering National Capital Region (NCR), Uttarakhand, Western UP & Haryana.

Detailed explanation-2: -The 8th Battalion NDRF has been awarded the 2019 Subhas Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM) selected in Institutional Category and Vice Chairman of Sikkim State Disaster Management Authority’s, Vinod Sharma have been selected in Individual Category for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 for his strategic work in disaster management.

Detailed explanation-4: -Awards for 2023 For the year 2023, Odisha State Disaster Management Authority (OSDMA) and Lunglei Fire Station (LFS), Mizoram, both in the Institutional category, have been selected for the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar-2023 for their excellent work in Disaster Management.

Detailed explanation-5: -Who won the Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2023 Award? Subhash Chandra Bose Aapda Prabandhan Puraskar 2022 award was won by Prof. Vinod Sharma in individual category and Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management in the institutional category.