The Ministry of Defense has laid several welfare schemes for providing financial assistance to their ex-servicemen. The apex body which ensures to implement the government policies for the welfare of ex-servicemen and his family is Kendriya Singh Board. The list of few schemes are mentioned below, which has taken from their official webiste:
Financial Assistance To Ex-Servicemen In Penury
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to non-pensioner ex-servicemen (ESM) a small measure of relief from total penury (i.e. a state of extreme poverty) to ESM or his family. Penury is provided at the rate of Rs.4000/- per month per head for a lifetime from Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFD) by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare and Ministry of Defense through Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB). The applicant must be of 65 years of age on 01 Apr of the Financial Year in which the applicant is applying.
Financial Assistance For Education Of Children/Widows Of ESM
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to ESM and their widows by helping them in educating their wards by providing the scholarship to a maximum of two dependent children, and to widows for a post-graduation degree course. Financial Assistance is provided out of AFFD Fund @ Rs.1000/- per head every month for the education of the child (up to max two children) of eligible ESM and their widows. This applies for classes 1 to 12 of the school and undergraduate as well as post-graduate classes of a degree college. This grant does not apply to any of the professional or technical courses/degrees. The applicant must be an ESM/ widow/Orphan dependent and must have passed his/her previous class. ( the amount may be changed along with time, it is advised to connect official statement for the updated info.)
Financial Assistance To 100% Disabled Child Of ESM
The scheme aims to provide financial help out of AFFD Fund at a rate of Rs.1000/- per month as a small measure of relief to 100% disabled children of ESM. The Child must not receive any disability benefit from any official agency. The Ex-Servicemen (ESM), like all men in society, are also prone to mishaps. If in any unfortunate event his child is born deformed or later disabled due to an accident, disease, or any natural calamity, it is the responsibility of the organization to help ESM in looking after his disabled child and provide them some amount of relief to resettle in their life.
Financial Assistance For Daughter’s Marriage Or Widows Remarriage
The scheme aims to provide financial assistance to ESM or widows up to the rank of Havildar for their daughter's marriage or remarriage of widows. The financial help is paid out of AFFD Fund at a rate of Rs 50,000/- per daughter/widow whose marriage is celebrated after 01 Apr 2016. The Applicant must be an ESM or his widow and the daughter should be above 18 years of age.
Disclaimer :
This is part 1 of our 3 part blog post on welfare schemes, this post for awareness purposes only. The above mentioned schemes may be changed in future, you are advised to connect your nearest Zila Sainik Kalyan office or visit the official website of Kendriya Sainik Board for the latest updates.
