Haryana will provide jobs to the kin of Martyrs on Compassionate Grounds

The Haryana Government has decided to grant compassionate assistance through appointment on compassionate grounds in Class III and IV posts to one eligible living spouse or dependent children of martyr of armed forces personnel or para military forces personnel, informed Chief Secretary, SC Choudhary.

A martyr means “a person serving in Armed Forces (Army, Navy and Air Force) or in para-military forces (BSF, CRPF, CISF, ITBP, Assam Rifles, Rapid Action Force etc.) under the Home Ministry on permanent basis and is killed in action in border skirmishes, terrorist attacks or riots and is declared a martyr by Ministry of Defence, Government of India and Ministry of Home Affairs, respectively”.

The eligible family member means dependent son or daughter or wife who is not earning and is fully dependent upon the martyr.

The appointment shall be confined to feeder posts in group C and D category. Such appointments shall be made only on regular basis and against regular sanctioned post. Also, they shall be exempt from the observance of the recruitment through Recruiting Agencies notified by the State.

There shall be no relaxation of any provision of these instructions. However, as a special case, these instructions shall be relaxed only in the cases of children who have become orphan upon the demise of the martyr. The claim of appointment of such orphans shall remain alive till one child of the deceased has attained majority/minimum eligible age for entry into Government service.

These instructions will be come into force with effect from January 1, 2014.

Source: http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/chandigarh/haryana-to-provide-jobs-to-kin-of-martyrs-on-compassionate-grounds.html

Jai Jawan Pension Loan for Armed Forces, Navy, Air Force, CAPFs etc

A new product “Jai Jawan Pension Loan” has been launched for financing Young Defence Pensioners of Defence and Paramilitary Forces who   retire at very young age, sometimes even in the range of 30 to 35 years. As these young pensioners do not have any means of livelihood other than pension, they find it difficult to meet their emergent financial needs or to spend on setting up small ventures to supplement their income.

Name of the scheme	Jai Jawan Pension Loan
Purpose	To meet personal expenses of young Defence pensioners.
Eligibility	Pensioners of Armed Forces, including Army, Navy and Air Force, Paramilitary Forces, Coast Guards, Rashtriya Rifles, CRPF, BSF,ITBP etc.
Age	Upto 50 years.
Loan amount	48 times of net monthly pension. Subject to maximum of Rs.2.00 lakh subject to EMI/NMI not exceeding 40% of net monthly pension.
Margin	NIL
Guarantee	Third Party Guarantee of Spouse eligible for family pension. In the absence of spouse TPG of any other family member or a third party worth the loan amount.
Repayment	Maximum 84 months, payable one month after disbursal of loan from the pension through SI, to debit the pension account for recovery of monthly instalments.
Type of loan	Clean Demand Loan
Processing fee	Same as for Prasanthi Loan
Disbursement	By credit to SB account/Current account of the pensioner.
Additional document required	An undertaking to recover monthly instalments from pension credited to account.
Rate of interest	13.00% (BPLR)
Authorized Branches	All pension disbursing branches.

Source: http://www.statebankoftravancore.com/new/jaijawan.htm

Shinde's announcement to benefit CAPF veterans

Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s announcement on that retired Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel will be granted the same privileges given to ex-servicemen of the defence services will benefit the CAPF veterans in large.

It had been a long-standing grievance of the CAPF personnel that they are shown a step-motherly attitude by the government despite serving in some of the toughest, conflict-ridden areas of the country.

“CAPF personnel killed in conflicts are not even being treated as martyrs,’’ P S Nair, a former CRPF man and present general secretary of the AICPMF Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association, said.

The CAPF is made up of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF).

On November 23, 2012, the Ministry of Home Affairs had issued an order giving them the status of ‘ex-CAPF personnel’ and urging the state to provide them the benefits now given to personnel retiring from the Army, Navy and Air Force.

Unlike Army, Navy and IAF veterans, who benefit from a large number of post-retirement State Government schemes, CAPF veterans have to be content with just their pension. The association is also planning to stage sit-ins at CAPF HQs across the country on November 12 raising their demands, according to P S Nair, general secretary of the AICPMF Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association.