The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has introduced a new medal, Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak, after merging four existing medals – Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal, Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation, Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalata Padak and Union Home Minister’s Awards for Meritorious Service in Forensic Science.

• In 2018, the Union Home Minister’s Special Operation Medal was constituted to recognise those operations that have a high degree of planning and significance for the security of the country.
• The Union Home Minister’s Medal for Excellence in Investigation was also instituted in 2018 for excellence in investigation.
• The Asadharan Aasuchana Kushalata Padak was instituted in the same year for exceptional performance and indomitable and daring intelligence service.
• The Union Home Minister’s Awards for Meritorious Service in Forensic Science was introduced in 2010.