Military Veterans Welfare
Rules, Regulations and Updated orders & Instructions on Indian Defence related issues
Ministry of Defence has established several number of Sainik Rest Houses throughout the country. Detailed information of the all Sainik Rest Houses located in all the locations of India is described here including address, nearest Railway station, accomodation availability and contact etails for Booking. You may find it useful while searching for Sainik Rest House … Read more
Regarding the rules and orders pertaining to retention of Low Medical Category soldiers who have been placed less than SHAPE-1 category, AO46/80 is the basic Army Order. However, this provision has been partially amended in 2010. As per the amendment of 2010, a Commanding Officer could now discharge a soldier who is a permanent LMC … Read more
Buying a Car from CSD is more easy now. You need not to visit CSD Depot for time and again. Just follow these simple online steps to complete the purchase process of your dream Car from CSD Step 1 : You need to login to the CSD AFD Portal and search for your dream car. … Read more
One Rank One Pension has been introduced for Indian Armed Forces with effect from 01 July 2015 based on DESW, MoD OM dated 07 Nov 15 and the consecutive another two revision OROP-2 and OROP-3 has also been implemented following the similar methodology. Pension has been fixed based on average of Minimum and Maximum pension … Read more
With release of Pension Table for OROP-3, MoD has also proved that, they are capable of paying the legitimate dues of veterans in due time. SPARSH has issued msg to the veteran exservicemen and family pensioners regarding payment of Revised rate of pension as per OROP-3 table released by MoD. The msg as usual received … Read more
Pension received by ESM is called Service Pension, which is 50% of his last drawn basic salary, plus Dearness Relief (DR). For disabled soldiers, they may receive disability pension in addition or in case of invalided out of service with below 15 yrs service, (disability NA NA Cases) , it may be invalid pension. In … Read more
Soon after WW II, in order to help the demobilized soldiers, nucleus employmentexchanges were established. Following the 1947-48 J&K Operations, the inescapable need for resettling the war-disabled, war-wounded and war-widows was fathomed at variousstrataand fora. Consequently, a small cell was commissioned in the Adjutant General’s Branch,Army HQs. Given their infinitesimal size, the requirement of the … Read more
ECHS is providing dedicated service for the veterans but some points, as raised by the Veterans ECHS & CSD Welfare Forum seeking resolutions for the grievances of ECHS beneficiaries is descrtibed here. Despite the outlined provisions for healthcare, ECHS beneficiaries have reported multiple instances of refusal of services, additional charges being imposed and lack of … Read more
In this article you will know how to calculate disability pension and impairement relief. Basically LMC soldiers are entitled compensation whcih can be categorised as following (a) Disability Pension comprises Service element and Disability element(b) War Injury Pension comprises Service element and War Injury element(c) Liberalized Disability Pension comprises Service element and Liberalized Disability element(d) … Read more
Notional increment related orders of the Appex Court has been implemented by the Department/ministries and pensionary benefit has already been extended to all the applicants. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has ordered/allowed the grant of one annual increment to the petitioners retiring on 30th June and 31st December, which they earned on the last day of … Read more
OROP-3rd revision is effective wef 01.07.2024. Govt has published approval for the all concerned to revise the pension of all applicable veterans and family pensioners on 04.09.25024. PCDA (P), Prayagraj has also issued Circular No. 677. But the things whcih is mostly enquired by the ESM are discussed here in the form of FAQ. FAQ … Read more
SPASH is now an integrated part of your life. So, many a times, it has been found that the SPARSH nodal officers are not able solve your problem directly at PCDA, Pension. In such case you need to approach your Record office cencerned. In this article you may find detailed list of all Record offices … Read more
Notional increment related orders of the Appex Court has been implemented by the Department/Ministries and pensionary benefit has already been extended to all the applicants. The Hon’ble Supreme Court has ordered/allowed the grant of one annual increment to the petitioners retiring on 30th June and 31st December, which they earned on the last day of … Read more
KSB has introduced Dependent card for family members of ex-servicemen. Many of you are thinking of getting a Dependent ID Card from your Zila Sainik Board for your family members i.e wife, children, parents etc. Before applying for the card, you should know some important information in this regard. Dependent cards for family members of … Read more
The existing quota of reservations available for Ex-Servicemen (ESM) is as follows: (Including 4.5% for Disabled ESM and dependents of Service personnel killed in action) 4.5% Reservation in PSU and Banks for Disabled Soldiers Where can a LMC ESM apply for Jobs in Govt Dept Restricted jobs for Retired LMC soldiers/ESM Disabled Ex-Servicemen (DESM): Ex-serviceman … Read more
The issue regarding deduction on account of commutation of pension for the State and Central civil and military services is now under judicial consideration. A number of court cases/ Tribunal appeal has been filed to sought relief in this regard to stop dedution from pension on account of recovery for commuted value of pension after … Read more
Applicability of Disability Pension Length of Service – No minimum Qualifying service. Your service may be 1day, 1 year, 10 years, 15 years, 20 Years,30 years – any thing. Authority – Reg 81, 82, 83 & 95 of PRA 2008 Part -I & ER and GMO 2023 Cause of Discharge – Sheltered appointment not … Read more
DSP Account holders may now get Free insurance coverage for death and disability upto 2 Crore from the Banks as they have their DSP Account. You may now check the latest circular of Army HQ on DSP accounts beneffits extended by them. No only insurance, the banks have offered a lot of free product alongwith … Read more
It is well know that the ER and GMO has changed the total structure of disability pension applicability for Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. In this Article we will discuss some another change which circulated by Army HQ on 8 July 2024 and brought the biggest change in the Disability pension ploicy for all … Read more
Govt of India has approved the concept of Unified Pension system for Govt Employees under Govt of India and state Govt who are presently covered under NPS. According to the report published by PIB, Substituete of OPS for NPS employees conceptualised by the Govt which will be effective from 01.04.2025 and know as Unified Pension … Read more