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| type = [[Service medal]]<br />
| eligibility = Members of the Indian Armed Forces<br />
| awarded_for = Tenure at high altitude. <br />
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| established = 1986<br />
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| higher = [[Sainya Seva Medal]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indiannavy.nic.in/content/order-precedence|title=Order of Precedence|date=|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2022-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220830121308/https://www.indiannavy.nic.in/content/order-precedence|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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| lower = [[Videsh Seva Medal]]<br />
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| image2 = [[File:IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg|100px]]<br />
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The '''High Altitude Medal (Ucchh Tungta Medal)''' is issued to service personnel who complete a specified tenure at high altitude.<ref name=IA>{{cite web|url=https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=fasAg6ezqJxyLCHWeJcEoQ==&ParentID=40E4ktkCiFDhNFfvpPt3Ww==|title=Ucchh Tungta Medal (High Altitude Medal)|date=|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2022-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924221344/https://indianarmy.nic.in/Site/FormTemplete/frmTempSimple.aspx?MnId=fasAg6ezqJxyLCHWeJcEoQ==&ParentID=40E4ktkCiFDhNFfvpPt3Ww==|url-status=live}}</ref> The medal was instituted following the President’s Secretariat Notification No - 72/Pres86 dated 12 September 1986. The medal was instituted in lieu of the clasp ''Himalaya'' to [[Sainya Seva Medal]].<ref name=Gazette>{{cite web|url=https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1986/O-0722-1986-0039-32215.pdf|title=Gazette of India, No 39|date=1986-09-27|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2022-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924221341/https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/1986/O-0722-1986-0039-32215.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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==Criteria==<br />
The award is given to those members of the [[Indian Armed Forces|Indian armed forces]], who are eligible under the following criteria<ref name=IA/><ref name=Gazette/> –<br />
* Those who have completed a total service duration of 180 days in those areas, where high altitude allowance is admissible commencing from 1 April, 1984.<br />
* This time limit is waived off for those personnel who died or sustained wounds leading to premature evacuation.<br />
* Personnel who are part of air crew or ejection crew of air maintenance units, who have carried out a minimum of 10 [[sortie]]s or 40 hours of flying on transport support roles in these areas from 1 April, 1984.<br />
High altitude allowance is admissible to personnel serving in field areas, which are situated at a height of 9000 feet and above.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pcdacc.gov.in/download/PayAllowancesHandbook.pdf|title=PAY AND ALLOWANCES OF JCOs/OR, 2018 (page 74)|date=|access-date=2022-09-24|archive-date=2019-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126150709/http://pcdacc.gov.in/download/PayAllowancesHandbook.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> <br />
==Design==<br />
The medal is circular in shape and made of cupro-nickel. It is 35 mm in diameter and fitted to a plain horizontal bar. The obverse has the [[Lion Capital of Ashoka|State Emblem]] with its motto and the inscription “Ucch Tungta Medal” (उच्च तुंगता मेडल) in Hindi and English on both sides of the State Emblem along the rim. The reverse has the representation of the mountains. The ribbon is 32 mm in width with a [[Azure (color)|Azure Blue]] colour background, white diagonal reverse V Shape stripes of 2 millimeters in width and a distance of 5 millimeters between the two stripes.<ref name=IA/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
{{Indian Military honours and decorations}}<br />
[[Category:Military awards and decorations of India]]<br />
[[Category:Awards established in 1986]]</div>Bot