Indian Military Veterans
The scheme to provide financial assistance to non-pensioner
Ex-Servicemen (ESM) in a state of penury was started in year 1981 with an
amount of Rs 100/- per month for a period of two years. Thereafter, it was
increased to Rs 500/-pm for two years in 2007 and then changed into onetime
grant of Rs 30,000/- for life-time. This was revised by the Management
Committee of AFFD Fund in Oct 2011 and revised the onetime grant into a monthly
grant of Rs 1,000/-.
Aim
The aim of this aid gratis is to provide a small measure of
relief from total penury to a non-pensioner ESM up to rank of Hav/equivalent
and their widow.
Financial Assistance
For Penury is provided at the rate of Rs.1000/- per month per
head for life time from AFFD Fund.
Eligibility Conditions
The eligibility criteria are to be met to avail financial
assistance under this scheme are as follows:-
(a) Must be a non-pensioner ESM or his widow.
(b) Should be of rank Havildar/equivalent from the Navy/AF and below.
(c) Should be above age of 65 years.
(d) Should be recommended by respective ZSB and RSB.
(e) Details of bank account (in SBI/PNB only) and IFS Code.
(b) Should be of rank Havildar/equivalent from the Navy/AF and below.
(c) Should be above age of 65 years.
(d) Should be recommended by respective ZSB and RSB.
(e) Details of bank account (in SBI/PNB only) and IFS Code.
Application Form
Application should be made in given form with recommendation of
respective ZSWO & Secretary, RSB on it. A specimen form is enclosed. Copies
of the following documents duly attested by ZSWO must accompany the
application:-
(a) Service Document/Discharge Book of ESM.
(b) Age proof, if date of birth not given in the Service Document/Discharge Book.
(c) Identity Card of ESM/Widows issued by ZSB.
(d) Details of Bank A/c No (in PNB/SBI only) and IFS Code.
(b) Age proof, if date of birth not given in the Service Document/Discharge Book.
(c) Identity Card of ESM/Widows issued by ZSB.
(d) Details of Bank A/c No (in PNB/SBI only) and IFS Code.
Channel of Application
Applications are required to be
submitted by eligible ESM/widows at respective ZSB by 31 Mar or 30 Sep each
year. ZSWO will scrutinize these applications and if found in order, forward
them with soft copy of their data to concerned RSB. If found meeting QRs, RSB
will forward all these applications by last day of the following month to the
KSB Sectt for processing.
Processing of Applications
On receipt of applications at the KSB
Sectt, these shall be processed by its Welfare Section in order of the date of
their receipt. Such applications pertaining to AFFD Fund will be moved for
approval of Competent Authority in one lot preferably on a quarterly basis.
Payment Procedure
After approval of the applications by
the Competent Authority, the same will be processed for payment in batches of
200 applications by the Section. After verification of data, the Welfare
Section will forward the batch list to the Accounts Section for making payments
via ECS . The Jt Dir (Welfare) will display payment status of the approved applications
on website(www.desw.gov.in).
Subsequent Grant
The Penury Grant, once approved by the
Competent Authority, stands for life of the approved non-pensioner ESM or the
widow. No fresh application will be required thereafter, however beneficiary
must submit a 'life certificate' through respective ZSB once a year in the
month of December for release penury grant in the following financial year. A
specimen form of 'Life Certificate' is placed at Annexure 2 to this document.
ZSWO will forward all such Life Certificates in one lot to KSB Sectt, by the
following 15 January each year. All the cases of renewal will be put up to JD
(Welfare) by 01 Mar, who will in turn obtain approval of Secy,KSB for
continuation of the penury grant during next financial year. It may be noted
that the financial assistance is non-transferable and will cease automatically
upon death of the ESM or widow. It is the responsibility of respective ZSWO to
inform the KSB Sectt regarding death of the beneficiary ESM/widow.
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Dear Sir
ReplyDeleteWish to submit that a veteran Ramesh Chand, S/O Late Sh Ghuman Chand, no. 14452169W, Clerk GD is residing in my village in Himachal. Seeing his poor and miserable financial condition I enquired about his past military past and he revealed that he has joined army in mar 1977 but was discharged from service in 1982 view diobeyance/desertion. He is of 63 years now and his daughter, 24 is handicapped/ mentally retarded and Son, 22 is pursuing BCA from local institute. being a fellow soldier, I hereby request you to guide me to take up his request to the President regarding Financial support /pension under Rule 113 of Army Act, 1961.
Your kind support in this matter may prove very useful in supporting the poor family of this unfortunate Soldier.
regards
Tanuj Sharma
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