The year 2007 was observed as the Year of Placement of Ex-servicemen and a special drive was undertaken in collaboration with the corporate sector to provide gainful reemployment to ex-servicemen. The UPA Government has in place the following measures as enumerated below.
The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare has been set up. Dr. Satyanarayana Dash has taken over as the Secretary of the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare very recently.
The anomaly in respect of pension of personnel below officer rank who had retired before 1996 has been rectified and personnel retiring from the lower ranks to also get close to full pension despite short lengths of service, benefiting around 11.85 lakh pensioners.
Procedures for the next-of-kin benefits given to personnel dying in harness have been improved.
A special drive was taken up to clear pension cases. Pension Adalats were held to redress grievances.
The Prime Minister's Merit Scholarship Scheme was been introduced for giving 5,000 scholarships every year to wards of armed forces personnel.
Availing of benefits under the Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme has been made easier and a large number of polyclinics has been set up.
Training of serving and ex-servicemen expanded.
Ministries had been advised to engage only ex-servicemen for outsourced security jobs.
Housing projects have been initiated under Jai Jawan Awas Yojana, with completion of the first project at Jaipur in 2007.
A bill for setting up of an Armed Forces Tribunal has been moved to provide a cheaper and speedier mechanism for adjudicating on the large number of pending court cases relating to service conditions of armed forces personnel and appeal against verdict of court martial.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Welfare of Ex Servicemen
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