The operation adapted itself from being merely a "show of strength" in 1990 to encompassing more areas in 1991 such as orders "not to enter the houses of civilians", "not to smoke in religious places" and "not to damage standing crops".

[7] Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala was also killed during Operation Rakshak 18 November 2017, and was posthumously awarded the Ashok Chakra on 25 January 2018.

[9] India Supported by: Supported by: Droupadi Murmu(President) Narendra Modi(Prime Minister) Amit Shah(Minister of Home Affairs) Subrahmanyam Jaishankar(Ministry of External Affairs) Dr.Sujoy Lal Thaosen(Director General) Anil Chauhan(Chief of Defence Staff) Manoj Pande(Chief of the Army Staff) Vivek Ram Chaudhari(Chief of the Air Staff) Rajnath Singh(Minister of Defence) Giridhar Aramane(Defence Secretary) Syed Ali Shah Geelani (until 2020) Masarat Alam Bhat (Present 2021)[31] Mohammad Abbas Ansari Amanullah Khan Hafiz Saeed Maulana Azhar Ilyas Kashmiri † Zakir Rashid Bhat † Sayeed Salahudeen Burhan Wani † Asiya Andrabi Fazlur Rehman Khalil Farooq Kashmiri Arfeen Bhai Bakht ZameenYasir Ahmed  (POW) Islamic State-aligned [35] (Nov 2019, including soldier posted at international border (LoC)) 26 killed (2015)55 killed (2016)[36]78 killed (2017)[37] Operation All Out (OAO) a joint offensive launched by Indian security forces in 2017 to flush out militants and terrorists in Kashmir until there is complete peace in the state.

[45][46][47] Schools, shops and connectivity to some regions in Kashmir had been lost for over three months due to the unrest and militancy and Operation Calm Down aimed to undo this.

[52][53] Over several years, terrorists of groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Harkat-ul-Jihad-e-Islami, al-Badr and Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) had been building up safe houses and bunkers in strategic areas of the region of Pir Panjal in Poonch measuring 150 sq kilometers.

An extensive communications system using portable satellite phones was also found which allowed the terrorists to contact handlers in Pakistan and India.

[56] Paratrooper Sanjog Chhetri, 9 Para (SF), was awarded an Ashoka Chakra in 2004 posthumously for his role in the Operation Sarp Vinash in which he succumbed.

The catchphrase of the operation is "Jawan aur Awam, Aman Hai Muqaam" (peace is the destination for both the people and the soldier).

[62][63] Operation Sadbhavana was officially launched in 1998, especially in rural areas near the Line of Control (LOC) where insurgency and militancy had caused destruction to property and a sense of alienation among the people of Jammu and Kashmir from the rest of India.

[3][62] Kashmir Super-30 & Super-40 In 2013, the Indian Army teamed up with the New Delhi-based NGO, Centre for Social Responsibility and Leadership (CSRL), to launch the Super-30 initiative along the lines of the highly acclaimed and successful Super-30 concept started by Abhayanand in Bihar.

The Pritam Spiritual Foundation (Poonch) under Operation Sadbhavana has provided artificial limbs free of cost to over 3100 people who have been victims of militancy, mine blasts or crossborder firing.

[85][86] The Indian Armed Forces were deployed to conduct search, rescue, relief (NDRF and other local bodies also coordinated efforts).

[89][90] Encounters generally increase in the summer season when the snow melts on the high Himalayan peaks dividing Indian- and Pakistani-administered Kashmir, making it easier for trained militants to cross over into the Indian side.

A unilateral ceasefire was declared by the Indian Government from 14 May to 17 June where the security forces were asked not to launch new operations during Ramadan.

31 RR, 3 Para Indian security forces, between January and 19 June, launched several operations in which 102 terrorists were killed.

Lt Gen BS Raju mentioned in a press conference that normalcy will return in the valley within few months and all the terrorists will be eliminated.

[333] On 2 May, following Pakistani border firing and the deaths of Indian security forces, the United Nations spokesperson said that "Antonio Guterres' ceasefire appeal is global".