Comprehensive Guide for Ex-Servicemen, War Widows & Dependents
State-wise Welfare Schemes for Ex-Servicemen
This page consolidates welfare measures, financial assistance schemes, job reservations, education scholarships, and other benefits provided by each Indian State and Union Territory to Ex-Servicemen (ESM), war widows, and their dependents — compiled from the Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) ESM Guide Book.
Overview
Welfare Framework for Ex-Servicemen
The Union Government and State/UT Governments jointly share responsibility for the resettlement and welfare of Ex-Servicemen (ESMs) and their dependents. Each State/UT operates a Rajya Sainik Board (RSB) and Zila Sainik Boards (ZSBs) to administer these benefits. Below is a comprehensive state-by-state guide to all available schemes.
States & UTs Covered
20+
Rajya Sainik Boards
32
Scheme Categories
10+
Beneficiaries
ESM, Widows & Dependents
Source: Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) ESM Guide Book 2020, Chapter 9 — Concessions and Benefits extended by State Govts/UTs. Rajya Sainik Board contact details are cross-verified against official state Sainik Welfare department websites where available. Verify latest details directly with respective Rajya Sainik Boards before applying.
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Andhra Pradesh
ESM Population
87,467
Zila Sainik Boards
13
Sainik Rest Houses
08
RSB Contact
Vijayawada
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Job Reservations
- • 2% reservation in Group-II B and Group-IV vacancies in State, PSUs, Local Bodies
- • Age relaxation up to 3 years + period of service rendered in Defence
- • Relaxation of educational qualifications against reserved vacancies
- • Relaxation in Police Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Rules for ESM
- • Compassionate appointment to dependents of personnel killed/disabled in action
Financial Assistance
- • Old Age / Widow's Pension: ₹1,000/month
- • War Jagir Allowance: ₹150 p.a. for one child, ₹50 p.a. for each additional child
- • Non-Pensioner WW-II Veterans & Widows: ₹5,000/month
- • Ex-Gratia to Seriously Disabled (invalided out): ₹5,000
- • Monetary grant to Killed in Action: ₹5.00 lakh ex-gratia
- • Disabled in Action: ₹1,00,000 to ₹3,00,000 based on disability
- • Battle disabled with 100% disability: ₹1,00,000 per annum (life time)
- • Monthly assistance to non-pensioner ESM: ₹400/month (extendable to 5 years)
- • 100% disabled ESM: ₹4,000/month (life time)
Education & Marriage Benefits
- • Marriage Grant: ₹4,000 (same community), ₹10,000 (different community), ₹20,000 (widow remarriage)
- • Education Scholarship: ₹225/month (Intermediate/Diploma), ₹300/month (Graduate), ₹400/month (PG/Professional)
- • Hostel Charges: ₹500/month for children pursuing higher studies
- • Merit Scholarship (one time): ₹5,000 for high rank in entrance exams
- • Seats reserved in Technical/Professional/Vocational institutions under CAP category
Housing & Land
- • Reserved ready-built houses: HIG 5%, MIG 5%, LIG 2%, EWS 4%
- • 5% of Industrial Plots/Sheds reserved for ESM
- • Exemption from property tax for one self-dwelling house
- • House site of 300 sq.yds to war widows and war disabled
- • Land for NCOs/OR: 5 acres dry or 2.5 acres wet land
- • House sites of 175 sq.yds to ESM & widows on payment basis
Medical & Other Benefits
- • Free medical treatment in Government hospitals
- • ESM suffering from TB treated at par with NGOs for admission to TB institutes
- • Free legal assistance where Government is not a party
- • Funeral Grant: ₹5,000 (ESM), ₹3,500 (widow), ₹2,500 (son/daughter)
- • Spot Assistance: ₹200 for meals and travel for ESM in penury
- • Adhoc Grant (one time): ₹6,000 for mitigating financial problems
- • Pavala Vaddi Scheme: Interest subsidy on loans up to ₹5.00 lakh for self-employment
- • Trade equivalence: Defence trades equated with civil trades
- • Amendment to Rent Control Act for legal protection to get rented houses vacated
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Arunachal Pradesh
ESM Population
661
Zila Sainik Boards
Nil
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Job Reservations
- • 10% reservation in Group 'C' posts
- • 20% reservation in Group 'D' posts
- • Special schemes for employment
Financial Assistance
- • Financial assistance to ESM in penury / medical treatment / house repair
- • Grant for daughter's marriage in deserving cases
- • Ex-Gratia to War Widows
- • Ex-gratia payment: Death — ₹50.00 Lakh, Permanent Disability — ₹10.00 Lakh, Grievous Injury — ₹50,000
Education & Other Benefits
- • Exemption from tuition fee for dependents up to Class XII
- • Free medical treatment in specific civil hospitals
- • Reservation/preferential allotment of plot/flat to war widows
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Assam
ESM Population
40,819
Zila Sainik Boards
19
Sainik Rest Houses
07
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Job Reservations
- • 2% reservation in Group 'C' and 'D' posts in State Govt Departments
- • Appointment of ESM in Border Police
Financial Assistance (from Amalgamated Special Fund)
- • Penury Grant: ₹15,000 (one time) + ₹1,000/month for missing ESM families
- • Funeral Expense: ₹8,000 (one time)
- • Marriage Grant: ₹20,000 (widow's daughter/orphan daughter), ₹7,000 (widow up to NK), ₹5,000 (others)
- • WW-II Veterans & Widows: ₹6,000/month
- • 100% disabled WW-II Veteran: ₹500/month
- • Widowed mother above 70 yrs of unmarried casualty: ₹400/month
- • Attendant allowance to 100% blind & handicapped: ₹1,000/month
- • Medical after care grant for cancer & TB: ₹1,000/month for one year
- • Resettlement training: Max ₹5,000 per student (one time)
Education Scholarships
- • General Education: ₹200/pm (Class I-X), ₹300/pm (XI-XII), ₹400/pm (Degree), ₹1,000/pm (PG)
- • Book Grant: ₹1,000 p.a. (XI-XII), ₹2,000 p.a. (Degree/Higher study)
- • Professional Degree courses: ₹1,000/month
- • Diploma courses: ₹1,000/month
- • Vocational Training to widows/disabled: ₹2,000/month (QMT), ₹1,000/month (ITI)
- • Subsidy for Sainik School Goalpara: ₹30,000 (admission) + ₹20,000 (annual scholarship)
- • Students joining Defence training institutes: ₹15,000 (one time)
- • Laptop to girl child of widow scoring 60%+ in 12th CBSE
Other Welfare Items
- • Wheel Chair, Water Lifting Pump, Adjustable bed for 100% disabled
- • Western Commode for ESM/widows above 70 yrs
- • Welfare items: Sewing Machine, Bicycle, Steel Almirah, Kitchen Utensils, etc.
- • Interest subsidy on bank loans for widows, disabled, and co-operatives
- • Education loan subsidy for daughter of Hav/Equiv: Max ₹10,000/yr for 2 years
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Bihar
ESM Population
1,20,283
Zila Sainik Boards
09
Sainik Rest Houses
08
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Job & Employment
- • Priority in Govt jobs in Group III & IV posts
- • Appointment of ESM in State Auxiliary Police
- • Reservation in Vocational Institutions like ITI & Agricultural College
- • 10 marks extra weightage to widows of ESM in teacher appointments
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia: ₹11,00,000 to NOK of Defence soldiers killed in action
- • Ex-gratia: ₹11,00,000 to NOK of BSF soldiers killed on border
- • Ex-gratia: ₹5,00,000 to NOK of CPMF soldiers killed in encounter/Naxal attack
- • War disabled soldiers medically boarded out: ₹50,000
- • Ex-gratia: ₹1,00,000 to parents of married soldiers who laid their lives
- • Non-pensioner WW-II & widows: ₹10,000/month
- • Paraplegic Centre Kirkee/Mohali: ₹50,000/year per beneficiary
- • Financial assistance to paralyze & 100% disabled ESM for wheelchair: up to ₹10,000
Education & Marriage Benefits
- • Marriage Grant: ₹1,00,000 for two daughters (ESM without pension support & widows)
- • Re-marriage grant to ESM (up to JCOs): ₹1,00,000
- • Merit Scholarship (B.Ed, M.Ed, Law, Book grant, Hostel): ₹20,000 p.a.
- • Education grant from Class 6 to 10, College, ITI (no income limit)
- • Financial assistance to son/daughter selected in NDA/IMA/OTA/NAVY/AF/AFMC: ₹50,000
Housing & Other Benefits
- • Agricultural land: 5 acres + 12.5 dismal for housing (deceased & disabled)
- • 2 acres agricultural land + 12.5 dismal to serving and ESM
- • House/Flat Repair: ₹50,000 to widows and disabled ESM
- • Funeral Grant: ₹5,000 to dependent of ESM (up to JCOs)
- • Free Data Entry Operator training to ESM and dependents
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Chhattisgarh
ESM Population
7,409
Zila Sainik Boards
10
Sainik Rest Houses
05
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Job Reservations
- • 10% reservation in Group 'C' and 20% in Group 'D' posts
- • Priority A1 for employment to disabled ESM
- • 2% reservation in Industrial Plots/Sheds and Fair Price Shops
- • 2% reservation in house sites, houses, and National permits
Financial Assistance
- • Marriage Grant: ₹51,000 per daughter (up to two daughters)
- • Re-Marriage Grant to widows: ₹51,000
- • Funeral Grant: ₹15,000
- • Artificial Limbs: ₹30,000
- • Medical Treatment (non-ECHS): ₹30,000
- • WW-II non-pensioners/widows: ₹3,000/month
- • Samman Nidhi: ₹15,000 on completion of 75/80/85/90/95/100 years
- • Orphan Children: ₹10,000 per annum per child (up to two)
- • Mentally Retarded/Handicapped Children: ₹1,500/month
- • Old age ESM/widows in old age home: ₹1,500/month
- • Dialysis & Cancer treatment supplementation: ₹25,000 per annum
- • Ex-gratia: ₹10,00,000 to widows/dependents of killed in action
- • Disabled in action: ₹10,00,000 (100%), ₹5,00,000 (50%), ₹2,50,000 (25%)
Education Benefits
- • 3% seats in Medical & Engineering Colleges, 5% in Polytechnic
- • 2% seats in Agricultural Colleges, 5 seats in each ITI
- • Children Education Stipend up to 12th: ₹400/month (boys), ₹600/month (girls)
- • Up to Graduation: ₹500/month (boys), ₹900/month (girls)
- • BE/MS/MBBS/BDS: ₹20,000 per annum
- • Children in Sainik/Military School: ₹20,000 per annum
- • SSB Interview coaching: ₹5,000 (one time)
- • NDA/IMA/OTA joining: ₹1,000/month
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 5 acres agricultural land to ESM (income not exceeding Sub Maj pension)
- • 50% exemption in House Tax for non-income tax payee ESM
- • Rent Control Act and Land Tenancy Act favourable to ESM
- • Free medical aid in Govt Hospitals
- • Priority in cement quota for house construction/repair
- • Parent grant: ₹5,000 p.a. if only child/all children employed in Defence
- • Maintenance grant to disabled at QMTI: ₹1,200/month
- • Modified scooter replacement after 10 years: actual cost
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Union Territory Welfare Schemes
Delhi
ESM Population
70,176
Sainik Rest Houses
01 (Central SRH, Naraina)
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Job Reservations
- • Priority I employment for disabled ESM
- • 10% and 20% reservation in Group 'C' and 'D' posts in Delhi Police
- • 10% and 20% in Group 'C' and 'D' in Govt jobs; 14.5% and 24.5% in PSUs
- • Carry over of reserved vacancy for one year
- • 5% seats in Delhi Institute of Hotel Management
- • Exemption of fees for recruitment of Group 'C' posts
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia: ₹60,00,000 to widow + ₹40,00,000 to parent of martyr
- • ₹1,00,00,000 to widow if parents not alive; to parent if unmarried
- • Disability during war: ₹10,00,000 (60%+), ₹6,00,000 (below 60%)
- • Missing in war/PoW: ₹50,000/month to NOK
- • Destitute Grant to WW-II Veterans/Widows: ₹9,000/month
- • Marriage Grant: ₹16,000 (widow/widow's daughter)
- • Orphan Daughter's Marriage: ₹30,000
- • Funeral Grant: ₹4,000
- • Maintenance Grant to disabled at QMTI: ₹900/month
- • Blind ESM: ₹1,000/month
- • Paraplegic/tetraplegic ESM: ₹1,000/month
- • Totally bed-ridden ESM: ₹1,000/month
- • Handicapped children of ESM: ₹1,000/month
- • Hearing aid (non-pensioner): ₹3,000
- • Citizen Award (80+ years): ₹5,000
Education & Training
- • NDA Training Grant (Delhi residents): ₹2,000/month per cadet
- • Merit Scholarship: ₹9,600/month (90%+ in XII), ₹7,200/month (80%+ in XII)
- • Widow's daughter higher education: ₹20,000/year (Engg/Medicine), ₹10,000/year (Grad/PG)
- • 3% seats in 2-year diploma in elementary teacher education
- • 5% seats in polytechnic, pharmacy, food craft institutes
- • Stipend for vocational training: ₹250/month
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 100% property tax exemption to war widows & gallantry award winners
- • 30% rebate in property tax for ESM (self-occupied, not rented)
- • DDA Shops: 2% reservation
- • Fair Price Shops: 10% reservation
- • Priority for DTC bus routes allotment
- • Rent Control Act amended for resumption of houses by service personnel
- • DDA allottees can arrange 2/3 finance from Delhi Finance Cooperation
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Goa
ESM Population
2,653
Zila Sainik Boards
Nil
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Job Reservations
- • 2% reservation in Group 'C' and 'D' posts
- • Compassionate appointment to one eligible family member of deceased/disabled
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia to NOK of deceased in enemy action: ₹10.00 lakhs
- • Disabled in enemy action: ₹3.00 lakhs
- • Death due to accidents attributable to service: ₹8.00 lakhs
- • Disabled due to accidents attributable to service: ₹2.00 lakhs
- • Death due to terrorist violence: ₹8.00 lakhs
- • WW-II Veterans/Widows (non-pensioner): ₹8,000/month
- • War widows prior to 2000: ₹5,000/month
- • Non-pensioner financial assistance: ₹2,500
- • Disabled Grant (40%+ disability): ₹2,000/month
- • Handicapped Grant to wards (40%+): ₹2,500/month
- • Cancer/TB/Leprosy/Kidney: ₹3,000/month
- • Orphan Grant: ₹2,500/month till 25 yrs or earning
- • Daughter's Marriage: ₹20,000 (ESM), ₹30,000 (widow)
- • Funeral Grant: ₹10,000
- • Age grants: ₹5,000 (60 yrs), ₹10,000 (75 yrs), ₹25,000 (90 yrs)
- • House Repair: ₹20,000 (natural calamities)
- • Sewing Machine: ₹3,000 or 50% cost
- • Medical Reimbursement (non-pensioner/non-ECHS): ₹25,000
- • Legal Reimbursement: ₹10,000
Education & Incentives
- • Monetary incentive to Goan youth commissioned as Permanent Officer: ₹2.00 lakhs
- • SSC Officer: ₹1.00 lakh, Below Officer Rank: ₹50,000
- • Free education up to graduation for children of deceased/disabled
- • 1% seats reserved in Medical, Dental, Engineering, Pharmacy, Nursing, B.Ed, ITI
- • Special Scholarship: ₹500/month (80%+), ₹1,000/month (90%+) in Class X
- • Sports Award: ₹5,000 for wards representing Goa in National/International
- • Territorial Army joining: ₹9,000 (Officer), ₹5,000 (PBOR)
Housing & Other Benefits
- • Exemption from house tax for ESM/widows
- • Exemption from registration fees and stamp duty for personal benefits
- • 3% reservation for Fair Price Shops, 2% for Housing Board flats/plots
- • Free bus travel in KTC buses for WW-II veterans, disabled ESM, widows
- • Green Card for Next of Kin of martyrs — priority in all Govt offices
- • Rent control protection under Goa Building Act
- • War Jagir Allowance: ₹15,000 to parents of children joining Defence
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Gujarat
ESM Population
31,533
Zila Sainik Boards
09
Sainik Rest Houses
04
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Job Reservations
- • 10% in Class III and 20% in Class IV posts in State PSUs, Panchayat, Civil Services
- • 1% reservation in Class I & II (Group A & B) in Gujarat Civil Services
- • 25% reservation in Veterinary Services Class I & II
- • Disabled ESM granted Priority I for Employment
- • Up to 2 family members of killed/disabled in action can be appointed to Class III/IV
- • Age relaxation: deduct 3 years + service years from actual age
- • Matriculate ESM with 15+ years service treated as Graduate for Class III posts
- • Exemption from application/examination fees for Class III/IV posts
Financial Assistance
- • Monthly Maintenance Grant to WW-II ESM/Widows: ₹9,000
- • Monthly Maintenance to ESM/widows/orphans: ₹3,500 (pensioners), ₹7,500 (non-pensioners)
- • Monthly Maintenance to widows for children: ₹1,000/child (max ₹2,000)
- • Blind/Insane/Mentally Handicapped/Paralyzed (80%+): ₹4,000/month
- • War/Operational Disabled: ₹3,000 to ₹7,500 based on disability %
- • Disabled attributable to service (50-100%): ₹2,000 to ₹4,000/month
- • 100% disabled non-attributable: ₹3,000/month
- • Daughter's Marriage: ₹50,000 (two daughters of ESM), ₹75,000 (two daughters of widows)
- • House Grant to Widows: ₹1,00,000
- • Serious Disease Treatment: up to ₹1.0 Lac (75% officers, 95% JCOs/OR)
- • Funeral Grant: ₹10,000
- • Ex-gratia from CM's Jawan Relief Fund: ₹1,00,000 lump sum + monthly assistance
- • War Jagir Allowance: ₹5,000/yr (1 child), ₹10,000/yr (2 children), ₹12,500/yr (3+)
Education Benefits
- • 1% seats in Engineering/Polytechnic, Pharmacy, MBA, MCA
- • 2 seats in B.Ed (MS University), 1% in B.Ed (Sardar Patel University)
- • 1% in B.Ed/M.Ed (Hemchandracharya University)
- • 1% in BBA (Saurashtra University)
- • 1 seat each in BHMS and DHMS
- • 25% seats in Sainik School Balachadi for sons of ESM & serving
- • 10 seats in each ITI across the state
- • 10 seats in PTC (5 boys + 5 girls)
- • Exemption of tuition fees for children of JCOs/OR up to college level
- • Scholarship & Stipend: ₹2,000 (School 1-10), ₹3,000 (11-12), ₹4,200 (Grad), ₹5,500 (Technical), ₹7,000 (Professional Degree)
- • Incentive for high marks: ₹500 (SSC 70%+) to ₹1,400 (Professional Degree 60%+)
- • Hostel Reimbursement: ₹7,000 (boys), ₹12,600 (girls) per annum
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 10% flats reserved in LIG and MIG schemes of Gujarat Housing Board
- • Land for house site: up to 2 Gunthas without auction (income limit ₹36,000/yr)
- • Agricultural land: up to 16 acres for eligible ESM
- • Exemption from House/Property Tax in Nagarpalikas for one self-dwelling house
- • Rent control: Right to recover possession for Armed Forces members
- • 15% concession in GIDC shed/plot for SSI units
- • Priority for Fair Price Shops and Jai Jawan Stalls
- • Free outdoor medical treatment in Govt hospitals
- • 2 beds reserved in TB Hospital Songadh, 1 bed in Maternity Hospital Rajkot
- • VAT exemption on CSD canteen sales
- • Boys Hostels at Vadodara (22 capacity) and Ahmedabad (32 capacity)
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Haryana
ESM Population
3,69,589
Zila Sainik Boards
20
Sainik Rest Houses
28
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Job Reservations
- • 5% posts in Class I & II; 14% horizontal reservation in Class III & IV
- • Dependent sons/daughters/wives eligible if no ESM available
- • War widows: two dependents can be sponsored
- • Age relaxation: military service + 3 years
- • Army Certificate of Education Class I with 15 yrs service = Matric
- • 3% reservation within reservation in Teaching/Technical institutions
- • Exemption from medical examination fee on first entry into Govt service
Financial Assistance
- • WW-II veterans (non-pensioner): ₹10,000/month
- • War Widows: ₹3,000/month + ₹400 annual increase
- • ESM above 60 & widows (non-pensioner): ₹3,000/month + annual increase
- • Paraplegic/Hemiplegic/Tetraplegic 100% disabled: ₹3,000/month + annual increase
- • Blind ESM: ₹3,000/month + annual increase
- • Orphan children guardian: ₹3,000/month + annual increase
- • Non-attributable disabled ESM: ₹3,000/month + annual increase
- • Reward money killed in enemy action: ₹50 Lacs
- • Disabled in encounter/IED: ₹15 Lacs (75%+), ₹10 Lacs (50-74%), ₹5 Lacs (25-49%)
- • Paraplegic Centre Mohali/Kirkee: ₹1,00,000/year each
- • Daughter's marriage: ₹21,000 (war widow/war disabled), ₹51,000 (orphan daughter)
- • House construction/repair: up to ₹40,000 (war widows, 100% war disabled)
- • Toilet/Bathroom construction for paralyzed ESM: ₹10,000
- • Additional pension to widows with children: ₹100-200/child/month
Education & Training
- • RIMC Dehradun: ₹50,000 p.a. scholarship
- • Sainik Schools Kunjpura & Rewari: ₹25,000-₹50,000 p.a. based on income
- • Uniform Allowance: ₹2,000 p.a., Diet Allowance: ₹75/day
- • Stipend to children from Amalgamated Fund: ₹200-₹600/month
- • Financial assistance to NDA/IMA/OTA cadets: ₹1,00,000
- • 7 ITIs under Sainik Parivar Bhawan for vocational training
- • Stipend for vocational training: ₹250/month
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 8% reservation for Defence personnel in HUDA plots
- • Defence Colonies at Rohtak, Jhajjar, Rewari, Hisar, Jind, Narnaul, etc.
- • Free bus passes for war widows (Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi)
- • Free bus passes for disabled soldiers (25%+ disability)
- • Chulah Tax exempted for ESM/serving/widows in villages
- • War Memorials at District HQ; State War Memorial at Rohtak
- • 5 beds reserved in civil hospitals at Charkhi Dadri, Narnaul, Rewari, Karnal
- • CSD canteen facilities in almost all Districts and Tehsil HQ
- • Interest subsidy on loans: bank interest minus 6% (up to ₹50,000) and minus 9% (up to ₹2,00,000)
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Himachal Pradesh
ESM Population
1,51,578
Zila Sainik Boards
10
Sainik Rest Houses
24
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Job Reservations
- • 15% posts of Group A, B, C, D reserved for ESM
- • Employment to one dependent of killed/disabled in action
- • Priority I: Disabled ESM (war/peace with 50%+ disability)
- • Priority IIA: One member of family of killed/disabled in action
- • Priority III: Demobilized ESM
- • Age relaxation: military service deducted, max 3 years excess allowed
Financial Assistance
- • Old age pension (60+ years, income ≤₹35,000): ₹3,000/month
- • WW-II Veterans & widows (income ≤₹35,000): ₹3,000/month
- • War Jagir: ₹5,000/annum to parents of only one/two/three sons who served in Emergency
- • Paraplegic Centre Mohali & Kirkee: ₹1,00,000/inmate/annum
- • Financial assistance to NOK of Armed Forces personnel who die while on service: ₹15,000
- • Ex-gratia Battle Casualties: ₹20.00 lakhs
- • Ex-gratia Physical Casualties: ₹5.00 lakhs
- • Disabled (50%+ & discharged): ₹2.50 lakhs
- • Disabled (below 50%): ₹1.00 lakh
- • Marriage grant to daughter of war widows: ₹50,000
- • Financial assistance to non-pensioner ESM/widows: up to ₹10,000
- • Medical assistance to non-ECHS members: up to ₹25,000
- • Orphan children one time grant: ₹10,000
- • SSB coaching incentive: ₹6,000
- • Paraplegic/disabled training at PRC: ₹2,000/month
Education Benefits
- • 15% seats reserved in JBT and B.Ed training
- • 1 seat each in Medical and Dental College
- • 4% seats (min 1) in Engineering Courses
- • 10% seats in Technical Institutions (Polytechnic, JTS Kangra)
- • 2% seats in HP Agriculture University undergraduate programme
- • Scholarship: ₹500 (PG, Polytechnic, Agriculture), ₹1,000 (MBBS, Engineering)
- • Free bus pass for Gallantry Award Winners/Widows and War Widows in HRTC buses
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Union Territory Welfare Schemes
Jammu & Kashmir
ESM Population
1,12,423
Zila Sainik Kalyan Karyalayas
14
Sainik Rest Houses
14
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Job Reservations
- • 6% horizontal reservation in State Govt Jobs for Class III & IV
- • 5% reservation in industrial plots
- • 5% reservation in house sites/plots (2% serving, 2% ESM, 1% war widows)
- • Relaxation of educational qualification for re-employment
- • Matric with 15 yrs service = Graduate; Army First Class with 15 yrs = Matric
Financial Assistance
- • Penury Grant (once a year): ₹6,000 (non-pensioner ESM/widows below 65)
- • Demise Grant: ₹2,000 (widow/dependent up to Hav)
- • Medical Grant (Cancer/Heart/Kidney): ₹5,000
- • Daughter Marriage Grant: ₹16,000 (widows of JCOs, up to 2 daughters)
- • Ex-gratia to NOK of martyrs: ₹5.0 Lacs (permanent residents), ₹2.0 Lacs (non-residents)
- • Govt job to NOK or ₹5 lacs in lieu
- • Ex-gratia disabled: ₹75,000 (permanent), ₹25,000 (partial)
- • Lump sum for posthumous gallantry: PVC/AC ₹25 Lacs, MVC/KC ₹15 Lacs, VrC/SC ₹10 Lacs
- • Financial Relief to Ex-Militia: ₹2,500/month (15+ yrs), ₹2,000/month (less)
- • WW-II veterans/widows: ₹3,000/month
- • Sewing Machine: as per CSD canteen rate
- • Wheel Chair/Crutches: as per market rate
Education Benefits
- • One Time Educational Incentive: ₹1,600 (8th 60%+), ₹2,000 (10th), ₹2,400 (12th), ₹3,000 (BA/BSc/BCom 70%+), ₹5,000 (PG 65%+), ₹5,000 (Professional)
- • NDA/IMA/OTA joining: ₹10,000
- • 3% seats reserved in MBBS/BDS/Physiotherapy, Engineering, Polytechnic, ITI, Nursing, B.Ed
- • 2% seats in Post Graduation
- • Computer Training: ₹2,500 (Basic), ₹2,000 (Hardware), ₹2,500 (SSB Coaching)
Housing & Other Benefits
- • Boys Hostel facilities at Jammu, Akhnoor, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Poonch, Rajouri (₹100/month)
- • 50% bus travel concession for war widows in SRTC buses
- • Self-employment scheme: loan up to ₹1.5 lac for ESM below 45 yrs
- • Special leave for re-employed disabled ESM: 15 days for medical board/artificial limb
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Jharkhand
ESM Population
29,160
Zila Sainik Kalyan Karyalayas
05
Sainik Rest Houses
03
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Job & Employment
- • Appointment of ESM in Special Auxiliary Police (SAP)/Jail Warden on contract
- • Full pension ignored for pay fixation of re-employed PBOR in Group B, C, D
- • 7th Pay Commission benefits to all re-employed ESM
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia to widows of defence personnel died in harness: ₹2,00,000
- • Medically Boarded out Soldiers: ₹1,00,000
- • War/Battle Casualty NOK: ₹10,00,000 (under revision)
- • Old age financial aid to non-pensioner WW-II & widows: ₹10,000/month
- • Daughter's marriage (up to JCOs) & widow remarriage: ₹50,000
- • Compassionate/Penury grant (once a year): ₹3,000 (ZSB) + ₹5,000 (RSB)
- • Orphan sons/daughters: ₹2,500/month till pension claim finalized
- • House construction (additional room/bathroom/kitchen): ₹30,000 (Hav & below, once in life)
- • Blind/Mentally Challenged/Differently Abled (70%+): ₹1,000/month
- • TB/Leprosy Pocket Allowance: ₹2,000/month till cure
- • Cancer/Dialysis one-time: ₹1,00,000
- • Funeral expenses: ₹10,000
- • Veer Naris/Widows Self Help Venture: ₹1,00,000
Education Benefits
- • Education grant (min 50% marks): ₹6,000 p.a. (I-V), ₹8,000 p.a. (VI-Matric), ₹12,000 p.a. (Above Matric)
- • 90% fee aid for Arena Animation, Web Designing, DOEACC 'O' level, NIIT certificate
- • Sainik/Military/RIMC admission: ₹15,000 one-time grant
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 2 acres land for cultivation to landless serving soldier/ESM
- • 12.5 decimal for housing
- • 2 beds reserved in TB Sanatorium, Ranchi
- • CSD canteen facilities for cars, motorcycles, refrigerators
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Karnataka
ESM Population
1,05,690
Zila Sainik Boards
13
Sainik Rest Houses
11
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Job Reservations
- • 10% reservation in Groups A, B, C & D in state government employment
- • Age relaxation: military service + 3 years
- • Pay fixation/protection and counting of military service in civil service
Financial Assistance
- • Honorarium to WW-II participants: ₹6,000/month
- • Annual Relief Grant to non-pensioner ESM/widows: ₹4,000
- • Death Relief Grant: ₹4,000 to NOK
- • Marriage Grant (one daughter): ₹5,000
- • Medical aids: Spectacles ₹600, Hearing Aids ₹3,000, Denture ₹1,000, etc.
- • Medical treatment for non-pensioners (serious diseases): up to ₹10,000
- • PRC Kirkee: ₹1,00,000 p.a.
- • Monthly Honorarium to widows of soldiers died in war before 1978: ₹3,000
- • Ex-Gratia to war widows: ₹5,00,000 (killed in action), ₹1,00,000 (battle casualty 50%+)
- • Ex-Gratia from CM Relief Fund: ₹25 lakhs to war widows (since Feb 2016)
- • Land: 2 acres wet / 4 acres rain-fed / 8 acres dry; cash grant ₹10,00,000 if land unavailable
- • House construction: Officers/JCOs ₹6 lakhs, OR ₹4.5 lakhs
- • Free site: 40x60 ft (Officers/JCOs), 30x40 ft (OR); cash in lieu up to ₹25,00,000
- • Marriage Grant: ₹1,00,000 per daughter of war widows/battle wounded
- • House repair grant: ₹3,00,000 once in 15 years
- • Free bus passes from KSRTC
Education Scholarships
- • Scholarship from Class 1 to Degree: ₹304 to ₹10,410 per year based on class and category
- • Book Grants to non-pensioner ESM children: ₹125 (1-7) to ₹2,500 (Professional)
- • RIMC Dehradun: ₹22,500/year
- • NDA cadets: ₹22,500/year
- • Vacancies earmarked for BE, MBBS, Ayurved, Homeopathy, Unani, Naturopathy
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 50% Concession in Property tax
- • 10% reservation in allotment of residential sites by Urban Development Authorities
- • 1% reservation in ASHRAYA HOUSES irrespective of income
- • Free Military Boys Hostels at Belagavi, Athani, Karwar, Vijayapura, Mysuru
- • Free Military Girls Hostel at Dharwad
- • Government waste land allotment (income limit ₹8,00,000/yr)
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Kerala
ESM Population
2,40,549
Zila Sainik Boards
14
Sainik Rest Houses
07
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Job Reservations
- • Vacancies in Sainik Welfare Department, NCC civilian posts, Sergeant posts reserved for ESM
- • 10% reservation in Civil Police Officer (Driver)
- • Preference in Home Guards & Forest Guard Gr-II
- • Priority in Jai Jawan Stalls allotment
- • 10% vacancies of Live Stock Inspector Gr-II reserved
- • Weightage marks for admission in pre-university, B.Sc Agri, BVSc
- • Equation of service trades with civil trades
Financial Assistance
- • Financial assistance (penury): ₹6,000 to ₹10,000 (income < ₹1,00,000/yr)
- • Immediate assistance: up to ₹50,000
- • Ex-Gratia on death of ESM: ₹10,000
- • Daughter's marriage: ₹25,000 (income < ₹5,00,000/yr)
- • Blind ESM/widows: ₹1,000/month (non-pensioner ₹3,000)
- • Mentally retarded children (IQ<40): ₹3,000/month
- • TB/Leprosy inmates: ₹2,000/month + free mosquito nets + ₹2,000 Onam grant
- • Outpatient TB/Leprosy: ₹1,500/month (max 3 years)
- • Physically disabled children (40%+): ₹3,000/month
- • Cancer patients: ₹1,500/month (1 yr), non-pensioner ₹3,000 (2 yrs)
- • House repair: ₹40,000 one-time (income < ₹4,00,000)
- • Dialysis: ₹1,000 per session (max ₹30,000)
- • Organ transplant aftercare: ₹3,000/month for 1 year
- • Orphan children: ₹3,000/month
- • House Building Grant to disabled boarded out: ₹2,00,000
- • Ex-gratia to Military/Para Military killed in action: ₹5,00,000
- • CM's Sainik Welfare Fund: up to ₹10 Lakhs
- • WW-II Veterans & widows: ₹6,000/month (income < ₹50,000)
- • PRC Pune inmates (Kerala domicile): ₹1,000/month
Education Benefits
- • Scholarship: ₹3,000 to ₹10,000/year for Professional/Vocational/Technical courses
- • Cash Award for A+/A1 in all subjects: ₹3,000 (10th), ₹5,000 (12th)
- • Sainik School Kazhakoottam Class X: ₹10,000 lump sum
- • Medical/Engineering entrance coaching: ₹9,000
- • SET/NET/JRF/ICWA/CA/Civil Services coaching: ₹20,000 one-time
- • NDA/RIMC/OTA/AFMC: ₹2 lakh scholarship
- • MNS students: ₹1 lakh
- • Bright students (post-matric to PG): ₹2,000 to ₹3,500
- • Reservation: MBBS 6 seats, BDS 1, Engg 9, BHMS 1, BAMS 1, etc.
- • 15% seats in ITI for wards and widows
Housing & Other Benefits
- • Exemption from house tax for one house up to 2,000 sq ft (renewed annually)
- • 10% surplus land and 9% arable forest land to ESM
- • 1 bed in general ward of all District and Taluk Hospitals reserved for ESM
- • ECHS Polyclinics in all Districts
- • Preference for transfer of near relative employed in state service for serving soldier
- • Special (out of turn) priority for electric connection
- • Interest subsidy on self-employment loans up to ₹3,00,000
- • Self Help Group grant: ₹25,000
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Madhya Pradesh
ESM Population
58,737
Zila Sainik Boards
24
Sainik Rest Houses
14
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Job Reservations
- • 10% reservation in Group 'C' and 20% in Group 'D' posts
- • Exemption from MP PSC fees including for SSCOs/ECOs
- • Relaxation in Physical Standard Test for State Police recruitment
- • Compassionate employment in Class II, III & IV to one family member of war casualty
- • Priority in allotment of Industrial Plots/sheds and Fair Price Shops
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-Gratia to NOK of defence/CAPF killed in War/Action/Terrorist/Naxal/IS Duty: ₹10,00,000
- • Financial assistance to war disabled: ₹10,00,000 based on disability %
- • Pension to parent of martyr: ₹5,000/month
- • Non-pensioner WW-II veterans & widows: ₹6,000/month
- • Honorarium to parents whose daughter commissioned: ₹10,000 p.a.
- • Marriage gift: ₹10,000 for sister/daughter of killed personnel
- • Daughter's Marriage grant: ₹20,000 (ESM), ₹25,000 (widow/orphan daughter)
- • Ex-Gratia on death of ESM to widow: ₹12,000
- • Medical grant to non-pensioner ESM/widows: ₹10,000
- • Cancer/Leprosy/100% blindness/Paralysis: ₹50,000 (non-pensioner), ₹30,000 (pensioner)
- • Disabled after retirement: ₹22,000 p.a. (100%), ₹18,000 p.a. (50-99%)
- • PRC Kirkee & Mohali: ₹3.0 lac per person admitted
- • Orphan child: ₹1,000/month (one), ₹2,000/month (two or more)
- • Physical handicapped/mentally retarded child: ₹1,500-₹3,000/month based on disability
Education Stipend (from ASF)
- • Class 6-10: ₹3,500 (75%+ for 6-8, 70%+ for 9-10)
- • Class 11-12: ₹4,500 (65%+)
- • Graduate courses: ₹7,500 (60%+)
- • Post Graduate: ₹15,000 (60%+)
- • Professional Diploma: ₹8,000
- • Professional Degree (MBBS, BE, etc.): ₹15,000
- • Professional PG (MBA, M.Tech, etc.): ₹20,000
- • SSB Coaching: ₹10,000
- • NDA Cadet Pocket Money: ₹1,000
- • Hostel in Military/Sainik School: ₹25,000
- • 3% reservation in MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BUMS/BNYS/BSc Nursing
- • 5% reservation in BE/B Tech, Polytechnic, ITI
- • 2% reservation in Agriculture colleges
Housing & Other Benefits
- • Priority in allotment of 5 acre (2 Hectare) non-irrigated or 2.5 acre (1 Hectare) irrigated land
- • 2% reservation in house sites/plots by housing boards
- • 50% property tax exemption if ESM not paying Income Tax
- • Free medical aid in Government Hospitals
- • Gun license within 3 months with fee concession
- • Rent Control Act and Land Tenancy Act favourable to ESM
- • No restriction of domicile certificate for wards for educational admission
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Maharashtra
ESM Population
2,40,743
Zila Sainik Boards
30
Sainik Rest Houses
28
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Job Reservations
- • 15% Horizontal Reservation in Group 'C' and 'D' posts
- • Age relaxation: service years + 3 years
- • Concession in Physical Standard test for Police Constable recruitment
- • Serving soldiers can apply for Group C & D one year before retirement
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia to NOK of Martyrs killed in action: ₹1 Crore (w.e.f. 01 Jan 2019)
- • Disabled in war: ₹20 Lakh (1-25%), ₹34 Lakh (26-50%), ₹60 Lakh (51-100%)
- • WW-II veterans (non-pensioner): ₹6,000/month
- • Old age grant: up to ₹3,000/month or ₹30,000 one-time (65+ ESM/widows)
- • Widows of ESM till family pension: ₹3,000/month for 1 year
- • NOK of killed in action: ₹40,000 one-time
- • Physical casualty NOK: ₹75,000 one-time
- • Disabled (20-49%): ₹40,000; (50%+): ₹75,000
- • Funeral grant: ₹10,000
- • War widows house construction: ₹1.5 lakh
- • Daughter's marriage: ₹10,000 (ESM), ₹12,000 (disabled 50%+), ₹16,000 (widow), ₹30,000 (war widow/orphan)
- • Mentally retarded children: ₹300/month (medical), ₹200/month (school), ₹600/month (skill training)
- • Self-employment loan subsidy: 50% or max ₹3.00 lacs
- • Self Help Groups: up to ₹10 lakh
- • House loan subsidy: 10% or max ₹50,000
- • Free bus travel for war widows in all State Transport buses
- • Free bus travel up to 2500 KMs for gallantry award winners (PVC, MVC, VrC, AC, KC, SC)
Education Benefits
- • Free education up to graduation for dependents of killed/wounded/gallantry awardees
- • 5% seats in Technical/Polytechnic/Medical/Dental/Ayurved colleges (max 5 seats)
- • 10% reservation in all Govt/Grantable colleges
- • 5% seats in Primary and Secondary Schools
- • 5% seats in D.Ed/B.Ed, 2% in M.Ed
- • Education scholarship: ₹1,500 to ₹12,000 (XI to PG/Research)
- • Tuition fee reimbursement: up to ₹20,000 (professional), ₹40,000 (MBBS/BDS/MD)
- • NDA/OTA/IMA joining incentive: ₹50,000
- • Sainik School Satara: ₹15,000; RIMC: ₹32,000
- • Foreign study: ₹50,000 for 3 years
- • Competitive exam coaching: 50% fee or max ₹5,000
Housing & Other Benefits
- • 48 Military Boys/Girls hostels with free accommodation for wards of ESM
- • Exemption from MPSC examination/application fees
- • Property tax exemption for Gallantry award winners and widows
- • 5 acres agricultural land for widows of martyrs
- • Special leave of 7 days for medical review boards
- • Free legal aid to low income ESM
- • Interest subsidy on self-employment loans: 50% or max ₹3,00,000
- • Pocket money to NDA wards: up to 100% based on rank
- • Driving training reimbursement: 50% fee or max ₹1,000
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Manipur
ESM Population
8,363
Zila Sainik Boards
02
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Job Reservations
- • 2% in Group B, 3% in Group C, 5% in Group D posts
- • Priority to ESM for self employment schemes
Financial Assistance
- • Ex gratia: ₹5,000 to war widows/war disabled ESM
- • WW-II pension for Veterans & Widows: ₹1,200/month
- • Cash incentive for cadets completing training: ₹1 lakh
- • Ex-gratia for martyrs: ₹2 lakhs
- • Free legal aid and medical facilities
- • Stipend to ESM trainees in ITI: ₹250/month
- • Exemption of Excise Duty on CSD Canteen items
- • 1 seat each in Agriculture, Medical, Engineering colleges
- • 2 seats in ITI, 1 seat in Polytechnic
- • 5% reservation in House sites
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Meghalaya
ESM Population
4,416
Zila Sainik Boards
01
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Benefits & Concessions
- • Old age pension: ₹500/month (male 65+, female 60+)
- • WW-II Veterans & widows: ₹5,000/month
- • Funeral expenses: ₹3,000
- • Ex-gratia to NOK killed defending sovereignty: ₹7.5 lakhs
- • Permanently disabled: ₹1 lakh
- • Injured in terrorist operations: ₹20,000
- • War Jagir Allowance: ₹1,000 p.a.
- • 10% reservation of house sites to low income ESM
- • Free Legal Aid
- • Permit for taxi and Fair Price Shops on priority
- • Special Fund: ₹5,000-₹10,000 to destitute ESM
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Mizoram
ESM Population
10,511
Zila Sainik Boards
04
Sainik Rest Houses
02
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Job Reservations
- • 10% in Class III and 20% in Class IV posts
- • Priority I for Disabled ESM
- • Priority II for family of killed in action (up to 2 members)
- • Age relaxation and carry forward of vacancies
- • Sponsoring power with RSB/ZSB for Group C & D
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-Gratia to NOK of killed in action: ₹6,00,000
- • Disabled in action: ₹3,00,000 (75%+), ₹2,00,000 (50-75%), ₹1,00,000 (25-50%)
- • WW-II Veterans & Widows: ₹1,200/month gratuity
- • Free education for children of battle casualties
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Nagaland
ESM Population
3,285
Zila Sainik Boards
05
Sainik Rest Houses
07
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Job Reservations
- • 5% reservation in Group C and D posts
- • Induction of ESM in State Police Force
Financial & Other Benefits
- • Old age pension: ₹1,000/month
- • WW-II Veteran pension: ₹6,000/month
- • Widow assistance at husband's death: ₹5,000
- • ECHS fee for widow pensioner: ₹1,800 (paid by RSB)
- • Serious disease treatment: ₹15,000 (non-ECHS)
- • Marriage grant: ₹20,000 to daughter
- • Vocational training grant: ₹4,000
- • Scholarship: ₹500/month in War Memorial Hostels
- • Higher studies grant: ₹20,000 (55%+ in matric)
- • House Tax exemption for self-occupation
- • War Jagir Allowance
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Odisha
ESM Population
47,674
Zila Sainik Boards
08
Sainik Rest Houses
02
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Job Reservations
- • 3% vacancies in Group B, C and D posts
- • Age and educational qualification relaxation
Financial Assistance
- • Ex-gratia: ₹5.00 lakhs + ₹2,000/month pension to NOK
- • China War veterans: ₹50,000 monetary grant
- • Non-pensioner WW-II Veterans & widows: ₹6,000/month
- • Blind ESM: ₹2,000/month for life
- • Paraplegic ESM: ₹1,000/month for life
- • Non-pensioner ESM (60+)/widows: ₹1,000/month
- • Orphan children: ₹1,000/month till pension starts
Education Benefits
- • 3% seats in Medical, Engineering, B.Ed, CT, Nursing
- • 2% seats in Diploma/Polytechnic and ITIs
- • 1% seats in General Colleges for wards of ESM
- • Merit Scholarship: ₹6,000-₹12,000/year based on course
- • Handicapped children: ₹6,000/yr (Class I to PG)
- • 8% reservation in Housing Board schemes
- • Exemption of Holding Tax in Municipal areas
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Punjab
ESM Population
3,71,836
Zila Sainik Boards
22
Sainik Rest Houses
16
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Job Reservations
- • 13% seats in Group A, B, C and D (carried forward 2 years)
- • ESM inducted in State Police Force
- • Army 1st Class + 15 yrs = Matric; Matric + 15 yrs = Graduate
Financial Assistance
- • WW-II veterans & widows (non-pensioner): ₹4,500/month
- • Ex-gratia to martyrs families: ₹5 Lakhs
- • Disabled soldiers: ₹1 Lakh to ₹5 Lakh (25-100%)
- • War Jagir: ₹10,000/annum
- • War widows TA: ₹500/month
- • Blind ESM/widows: ₹1,500/month
- • Marriage grant: ₹25,000
- • Handicapped children: ₹450-₹750/month
- • PRC Kirkee: ₹3 Lakh p.a., PRC Mohali: ₹10 Lakh/year
- • Medical treatment (non-ECHS): up to ₹50,000
- • Sustenance allowance to widow: ₹300/month (2-6 months)
Education & Housing
- • Engineering: 2%, Medical: 1%, Polytechnic: 2% reservation
- • Sri Dashmesh Academy scholarship: ₹10,000-₹20,000
- • Professional course grant to widows children: ₹30,000
- • Pre-coaching for NDA/IMA/OTA: ₹3,000
- • 5% in Industrial Plots, 7.5% in Gas Agency
- • Free 2 nights in SRH for Gallantry award winners
- • Tool kit for self employment: ₹20,000
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State Government Welfare Schemes
Rajasthan
ESM Population
2,32,838
Zila Sainik Boards
24
Sainik Rest Houses
32
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Job Reservations
- • Group A & B: 5%, Group C: 12.5%, Group D: 15%
- • Vacancies carried forward one year
Financial & Other Benefits
- • Ex-gratia: killed in action ₹10-25 lakhs
- • Disabled: ₹2.50-7.50 lakhs based on disability
- • Daughter marriage grant: ₹25,000-₹50,000
- • Funeral grant: ₹5,000
- • Blindness/Handicapped grant: ₹2,500/month
- • Orphan children grant: ₹2,500/month per child
- • Cancer/Serious disease: up to ₹60,000
- • House construction/repair: up to ₹60,000
- • 2% reservation in industrial plots, 10% in house sites
- • Priority in Milk vending Booths
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