Presidential Appreciation Certificates confer recognition for life risk meritorious acts and specially distinguished departmental service under government awards scheme. Presidential Appreciation Certificates are conferred for exceptionally meritorious service at the risk of life and for specially distinguished record of service; one officer is named for the life risk category and multiple officers across Customs, Central Excise, revenue intelligence and enforcement agencies are named for the specially distinguished category, with awards made under the governing awards scheme for those services.