Kendriya Sainik Board:
CONCESSIONS AND BENEFITS EXTENDED BY STATE GOVTS/UTs TO RETIRED AND SERVING DEFENCE PERSONNEL
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| GUJARAT |
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| Concessions & Benefits : General |
| 1. |
Cash grant to the winners of Gallantry Awards. (Appendix 'E'). |
| 2. |
Financial assistance to deserving cases of ex-Servicemen and their dependents with medical allowance. |
| 3. |
Free out door/medical treatment to ex-Servicemen and members of their families in Govt hospitals, dispensaries and medical institutions in the State. |
| 4. |
Exemption from payment of cost of application fee, examination fees for class III and IV posts. |
| 5. |
Concessions by the GIDC to ex-Servicemen for establishment of SSI Units in GIDC Industrial Estate on priority basis. |
| 6. |
Grant of special casual leave for medical treatment to disabled ex-Servicemen. |
| 7. |
Protection of pay and allowances to the reservists ex-Servicemen. |
| 8. |
Free legal aid and legal advice is given to all serving/ex-Defence personnel at Taluk, Distt. and State level upto income limit of Rs.20,000/- and widow of jawans irrespective of income limit who is domiciled in Gujarat State. |
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10% reservation of houses for Defence personnel by Gujarat Housing Board. 2 gunthas of land for house-sites for ex-Servicemen whose monthly income is upto Rs.3,000/- excluding pension. |
| 10. |
Reservation of seats in different educational institutions for the children/dependents of Defence personnel are as under :-
- 1 percent reservation of seats in Engg Colleges, Polytechnic, Pharmacy Degree/Diploma and BBA in Sourashtra University.
- 25 percent of seats reserved for admission in Sainik School Balachadi, Jamnagar.
- 2 seats are reserved in B.Ed course in the M.S. University at Baroda and Homeopathic College.
- 1 percent reservation in hostel attached to Govt. Institutions.
- Maximum 10 seats are reserved in each ITI in the State.
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| 11. |
A Sainik Rest House at Rajkot. |
| 12. |
Exemption of tuition fee for dependents of ex-Servicemen upto college level whose income is Rs.10,000/- per year. |
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Financial assistance of Rs.200/- p.m. is given to those who are supportless, over 60 years and whose yearly income is less than Rs.4,500/- per annum. |
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10 and 20 percent reservation in Group 'C' and 'D' posts respectively in SPUSs, Panchayat and Gujarat Civil Services. |
| 15. |
Priority for allotment of Fair Price Shops and Industrial plots/sheds and Jai Jawan Stalls. |
| 16. |
Military Boys Hostel at Vadodara - capacity 32, free boarding and subsidised lodging. |
| 17. |
One free maternity bed at Rasul Khan Zanana Hospital at Rajkot. |
| 18. |
Two free beds for ex-Servicemen suffering from T.B. in K.J. Mehta T.B. Hospital, Songarh, Bhavnagar. |
| 19. |
Pay fixation on re-employment and other ancillary benefits in State Govt. |
| 20. |
Grant of house building advance to re-employed ex-Servicemen and counting of past service for this purpose. |
| 21. |
Provision for vacation of rented house. |
| 22. |
Stipend upto Rs.1,900/- p.a. to children of ex-Servicemen of ITI. |
| 23. |
Scholarship to children and cash award to brilliant children of ex-Servicemen, limited to two children whose family income is upto Rs.75,000/- per year. |
| 24. |
Financial assistance for serious diseases like cancer, paralysis, heart diseases, kidney removal/transplant. |
| 25. |
Matriculate ex-Servicemen with 15 years service treated as a graduate. |
| 26. |
Lump sum grants for two daughters marriage - Rs.7,000/- to ex-Servicemen whose income does not exceed Rs.3,000/- and Rs.10,000/- to widows of ex-Servicemen irrespective of their income. |
| 27. |
Issue of Route Permit/National Permit. |
| 28. |
Monthly financial assistance of Rs. 550/- p.m. and medical allowance of Rs.75/- p.m. whose income is less than Rs.12,000/- p.a. |
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Students undergoing Diploma courses being given Rs.1,000/- per year as hostel charges if staying on their own and 50% of charges of those who are staying in Govt hostels. |
| 30. |
Special provision for termination of tenancy of Agriculture land held by members of the Armed Forces. |
| 31. |
Stipend upto Rs.250/- p.m. for service personnel who joined pre-release training. |
| 32. |
Maintenance grant of Rs.900/- p.m. for training at QMTI, Kirkee Pune. |
| 33. |
Special provision regarding age limit for employment to ex-Servicemen. Age relaxation by deduction of three years and the years of service from actual age. |
| 34. |
25 percent reservation vacancies in Veterinary service. (Animal Husbandry services) Class I & II which are filled by direct selection. |
| 35. |
Concessions by National Textile Corporation (Gujarat) Ltd subsidiary of NTC (A Govt of India Undertaking):-
- Employment opportunities to be given to war widows/widows of ex-Servicemen wherever possible in the mills, subject only to the local trade union not objecting to the same.
- The existing price concession on cloth in NTC(G) retail shops mills as well as HO be extended to bonafide ex-Servicemen.
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Emergency and short service commission officers fixation of pay in the civil posts on appointment to unreserved vacancies. |
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Funeral expenses upto Rs.1,000/- is given to indigent widows of ex-Servicemen. |
| 38. |
Financial assistance for cataract operation and spectacles upto Rs.3,000/- to ex-Servicemen/their wives/widows. |
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Financial assistance upto Rs.1,000/- to ex-Servicemen/ wives/widows requiring hearing aid. |
| 40. |
Monthly financial assistance of Rs.700/- plus Rs.75/- medical allowance to blind ex-Servicemen. |
| 41. |
Rent Control Act and Land Tenancy Act amended in favour of ex-Servicemen/widows/ dependents. |
War Widows/Dependents Of Those Killed/Disabled In War Including Casualties Of Op Pawan & Meghdoot |
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Ex-gratia grants - Rs.5,000/- to ex-servicemen who are permanently disabled/dependents of those killed in action and Rs.2,500/- to ex-Servicemen with partial disability. |
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Grants of surplus land upto 16 acres to war widows (16 acres land for self cultivation and 2 gunthas land for construction of house by respective DC to Defence Personnel who are domiciled in Gujarat State). |
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Monthly financial aid. |
| 45. |
Grant for purchase of sewing machine. |
| 46. |
Concession for appointment to Class III and IV posts to son/daughter/near relative of war widow. |
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Direct recruitment to class III and IV for upto two members of the family of Defence Personnel killed or severely disabled in action without registration at employment exchange. |
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House building/repair grant Rs.7,500/-. |
| 49. |
Grant to war widows for marriage of their daughters upto Rs. 10,000/-. |
| 50. |
Free Education to the dependents. |
| Op Vijay |
| 51. |
Ex-gratia grant of Rs 5 lakhs to NOKs of martyred Defence Personnel. |
| 52. |
Land for agricultural activities upto 16 acres to the NOKs of martyrs of OP VIJAY irrespective of his rank and tenure of service. |
| 53. |
2 gunthas land for construction of house for NOKs of OP VIJAY martyrs in urban areas. |
| 54. |
Preparation of Kargil package by the State Govt is also underway. |
