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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 5288
ANSWERED ON 29.04.2013

WIDOWS OF EX SERVICEMEN

5288 . Shri NAVEEN JINDAL
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:-
(a) the details of widows of ex-servicemen, State-wise and rank-wise; 
(b) whether the Government advances any monthly assistance and / or one-time specific purpose grants to these war-widows or their dependent children; 
(c) if so, the details of the monthly assistance as well as grants and the total number of widows / dependent children who receive these pensions on monthly basis or have received these grants, ranks-wise; 
(d) whether the Government regularly revises the monthly assistance provided to these widows; and 
(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI JITENDRA SINGH) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE 
(a) The details of widows of ex-servicemen, State-wise and rank-wise are at Annexure-I. 
(b) & (c): Yes, Madam. Kendriya Sainik Board Secretariat provides monthly assistance and one time grant under different welfare schemes to the war widows and their dependent children. The details of monthly/ one-time assistance and rank-wise number of widows / dependent who received this assistance are at Annexure-II & II-A, respectively. States/UTs also have similar schemes to provide assistance to war widows and their dependents. 
(d) Yes, Madam. Need based revision is undertaken by the Government. 
(e) The last revision was made on 19.10.2011. The details are at Annexure-III.
ANNEXURE-I

STATE/ RSB-WISE AND RANK-WISE WIDOWS OF EX-SERVICEMEN AS ON 31 DEC 2012

Name of State/ RSB ARMY NAVY
Offrs JCOs ORs Total Offrs JCOs ORs Total
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 160 1913 19370 21443 33 112 428 573
2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH ** 0 0 21 21 0 0 0 0
3. ASSAM 26 323 3244 3593 1 1 28 30
4. BIHAR 19 1123 5579 6721 1 50 166 217
5. CHHATISGARH 8 53 956 1017 0 5 16 21
6. GOA 29 21 115 165 16 33 41 90
7. GUJARAT 67 173 2095 2335 3 7 35 45
8. HIMACHAL PRADESH 86 3797 26631 30514 1 31 351 383
9. HARYANA * 0 0 0 69405 0 0 0 1921
10. JAMMU & KASHMIR # 2 44 386 432 0 1 0 1
11. JHARKHAND 12 193 2446 2651 1 8 163 172
12. KARNATAKA 141 2032 15636 17809 15 68 400 483
13. KERALA 430 8434 33627 42491 77 569 2007 2653
14. MADHYA PRADESH 205 723 7019 7947 10 23 131 164
15. MAHARASHTRA 776 3255 42021 46052 77 203 786 1066
16. MANIPUR ** 10 89 674 773 0 1 7 8
17. MEGHALAYA 25 1112 699 1836 1 4 13 18
18. MIZORAM ** 11 166 4028 4205 0 3 13 16
19. NAGALAND 0 0 763 763 0 0 0 0
20. ORISSA * 0 0 0 2765 0 0 0 148
21. PUNJAB 389 7157 33846 41392 22 117 453 592
22. RAJASTHAN ** 230 4293 37906 42429 24 94 1335 1453
23. SIKKIM 2 30 387 419 0 0 5 5
24. TAMIL NADU ** 467 3217 51911 55595 46 181 714 941
25. TRIPURA 9 38 549 596 0 1 12 13
26. UTTARANCHAL 294 6399 26200 32893 17 92 240 349
27. UTTAR PRADESH * 0 0 0 48928 0 0 0 1561
28. WEST BENGAL * 0 0 0 7428 0 0 0 293
29. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 0 0 108 108 0 0 10 10
30. CHANDIGARH 575 294 599 1468 14 11 23 48
31. DELHI ** 84 609 4595 5288 12 112 559 683
32. PONDICHERRY 4 40 372 416 0 1 4 5
TOTAL 4061 45528 321783 499898 371 1728 7940 13962

Name of State/ RSB AIR FORCE Grand Total
Offrs JCOs ORs TOTAL Offrs JCOs ORs Total
1. ANDHRA PRADESH 59 254 1149 1462 252 2279 20997 23478
2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH ** 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 21
3. ASSAM 7 36 182 225 34 360 3454 3848
4. BIHAR 2 154 444 600 22 1327 6189 7538
5. CHHATISGARH 6 15 37 58 14 73 1009 1096
6. GOA 9 6 20 35 54 60 176 290
7. GUJARAT 18 66 164 248 88 246 2294 2628
8. HIMACHAL PRADESH 7 33 211 251 94 3861 27193 31148
9. HARYANA * 0 0 0 2592 0 0 0 73918
10. JAMMU & KASHMIR # 0 0 0 0 2 45 386 433
11. JHARKHAND 0 9 136 145 13 210 2745 2968
12. KARNATAKA 64 278 1300 1642 220 2378 17336 19934
13. KERALA 86 1608 3849 5543 593 10611 39483 50687
14. MADHYA PRADESH 24 49 173 246 240 795 7323 8357
15. MAHARASHTRA 127 267 1151 1545 980 3725 43958 48663
16. MANIPUR ** 0 2 11 13 10 92 692 794
17. MEGHALAYA 2 4 22 28 28 1120 734 1882
18. MIZORAM ** 0 2 2 4 11 171 4043 4225
19. NAGALAND 0 0 0 0 0 0 763 763
20. ORISSA * 0 0 0 354 0 0 0 3267
21. PUNJAB 72 456 2061 2589 483 7730 36360 44573
22. RAJASTHAN ** 32 157 1652 1841 286 4544 40893 45723
23. SIKKIM 0 0 1 1 2 30 393 425
24. TAMIL NADU ** 150 684 2480 3314 663 4082 55105 59850
25. TRIPURA 0 2 15 17 9 41 576 626
26. UTTARANCHAL 14 89 209 312 325 6580 26649 33554
27. UTTAR PRADESH * 0 0 0 3556 0 0 0 54045
28. WEST BENGAL * 0 0 0 1280 0 0 0 9001
29. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR 0 0 0 0 0 0 118 118
30. CHANDIGARH 102 189 192 483 691 494 814 1999
31. DELHI ** 19 236 742 997 115 957 5896 6968
32. PONDICHERRY 0 7 33 40 4 48 409 461
TOTAL 800 4603 16236 29421 5233 51859 346009 543281

*Note : Data on rank-wise of Widows of ESM is not received.
** Data from RSBs are provisional.
# Data for the period 01 Jul to 31 Dec 2012 only

ANNEXURE-II 

Details of assistance provided to widows/dependents of Ex-servicemen

1.       War Memorial Hostels (WMH):   The War Memorial Hostels provide shelter to the children of War widows, war-disabled, attributable cases.  Recurring grants are provided to the 36 in number WMH for wards of Defence personnel @ Rs. 1350/- p.m. and Rs. 675/- p.m. for attributable and non-attributable cases, respectively.

2.       FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM RAKSHA MANTRI’S DISCRETIONARY FUND (RMDF) UNDER VARIOUS SCHEMES FOR WIDOWS/WAR WIDOWS AND FAMILIES OF ESM:

S. No. Grants Amount

(in Rs)
MONTHLY GRANT
1 Penury Grant (65 Yrs)

(Non-Pensioners uptoHav Rank)		 1,000/-pm
2 Education Grant

i) Boys/Girls uptoGrdn

ii) Widows PG

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)

 1,000/-pm
3 Officer Cadet Grant (for Cadets of NDA only)

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 1,000/-pm
4 Disabled Children Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pen uptoHav Rank)		 1,000/-pm
5 Orphan Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pen All Ranks)

  • Daughters of ex-servicemen till they are married.
  • One Son of ex-servicemen upto 21 years of age.
1,000/- pm
ONE TIME GRANT
6 House Repair Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)

  • 100% Disabled ESM 
  • Orphan Daughter (of all ranks)

 20,000/-
7 Marriage Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 16,000/-
Widow Re-Marriage Grant
(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)
8 Funeral Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 5,000/-
9 Medical Grant

(Non-pensioner uptoHav Rank)		 30,000/-

(Max)
Medical Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pensioner uptoHav Rank Nepal)
10 Vocational Trg Grant For Widows

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank) 		20,000/-

(One Time)


ANNEXURE-III

REVISED RAKSHA MANTRI DISCRETIONERY FUND GUIDELINES as on 19 Oct 2011

S. No. GRANTS EXISTING

(IN RS)		 REVISED AMOUNT
(IN RS)		 REMARKS
1. Penury Grant (Old/infirm)

(Non-Pensioners uptoHav Rank)		 30,000/-

(One Time)		 – Discontinued
2. Penury Grant (70/75 Yrs)

Old age home/home (Non-Pensioners uptoHavRank)		 500/-pm

(For Two yrs)		 – Discontinued
3. Penury Grant (65 Yrs)

(Non-Pensioners uptoHav Rank)		 — 1,000/-pm For Life Time
4. Education Grant

i) Boys upto + 2

ii) Girls upto + 2

iii) Girls uptoGrdn

iv) Widows PG

(Pensioner/Non-pen uptoHav Rank)

 200/-pm

400/-pm

600/-pm

600/-pm

 1,000/-pm Irrespective of Gender.
5. Officer Cadet Grant

Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 1,000/-pm 1,000/-pm Applicable to NDA Cadets only.
6. Disabled Children Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pen uptoHav Rank)		 500/-pm 1,000/-pm No Financial assistance from other source.
7. House Repair Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)

  • 100% Disabled ESM 
  • Orphan Daughter (For all ranks)

 20,000/- 20,000/- No Change
8. Marriage Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 16,000/- 16,000/- No Change
9. Widow Re-Marriage Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 16,000/- 16,000/- No Change
10. Funeral Grant

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank)		 5,000/- 5,000/- No Change
11. Medical Grant

(Non-pensioner uptoHav Rank)		 30,000/- 30,000/- No Change
12. Medical Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pensioner uptoHav RankNepal)		 30,000/- 30,000/- No Change
13. Orphan Grant

(Pensioner/Non-pen All Ranks)

  • Daughters of ex-servicemen till she is married.
  • One Son of ex-servicemenupto 21 years of age.

1,000/-pm 1,000/-pm No Change
14. Vocational Trg Grant For Widows

(Pensioner/Non-Pen uptoHav Rank) 		20,000/- (One Time) 20,000/- (One Time) Certificate from ZSB that the widow after having undergone vocational training is gainfully employed.

Source: http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/psearch/QResult15.aspx?qref=140919

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