Sewa Padakkama

Main article: Military awards and decorations of Sri Lanka

The Sewa Padakkama (Sinhala: සේවා පදක්කම; Service Medal) is a service medal awarded to servicepersons of the Military of Sri Lanka, for services to the nation and its development following the conclusion of the Sri Lankan Civil War in May 2009.

Sewa Padakkama
Medal, obverse (right) and reverse (left)
Type	Service medal
Awarded for	Service to the nation following the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War
Description	Suspended from a plain suspension bar
Presented by	Sri Lanka
Eligibility	All ranks of the regular and volunteer servicepersons of the Military of Sri Lanka, including civilian staff. All ranks of the Sri Lanka Police
Clasps	None
Status	Currently awarded
First award	2019
Ribbon bar
Precedence
Next (higher)	Sewabhimani Padakkama
Next (lower)	Eastern Humanitarian Operations Medal

Award process

All servicepersons of the regular and volunteer armed forces of Sri Lanka (including civilian staffers) and police service are eligible for the award, provided they have served for an uninterrupted period of at least three years from 19 May 2009 excluding the basic training period with a good conduct.^[1]

It is ordained that the medal shall be granted to the Minister of Defence, the State Minister of Defence, the Secretary of Defence of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and all Ranks of the Regular and Volunteer Forces of the Army, Navy and Air Force of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka and members of the Sri Lanka Police, for the valuable contribution made since 19.05.2009, for the post-war activities, count not less than Three years of aggregate service excluding the basic training period with a good conduct and the permanent civil staff members with three years of aggregate service in Armed Services and Affiliates of the Sri Lanka Police subject to the regulations hereinafter made.^[2]