The award, which is also conferred posthumously, is given in three categories-- Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and Jeevan Raksha Padak.
Those selected for the honour include a highest of five each from Uttar Pradesh and Kerela, four each from Mizoram, Maharashtra and West Bengal, and two each from Karnataka and Chhattisgarh.
Besides them, one each from Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Odisha, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Sikkim and Jammu and Kashmir have also been conferred the awards.