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BENEFITS BY CENTRAL GOVT

Ser No	Description	Amount Entitled		Processed by
		Officers	PBOR
1.	Liberalised Special Family Pension	Last Pay drawn		CDA(P) Allahabad
2.	Ex-Gratia (01 Aug 97 onwards) (a) Death due to accident in course of duties (b) Death attributable to acts of violence by terrorists etc (c) Death during enemy action in war or border skirmishes or in action against militants, terrorists etc (d) Death occurring while on duty in specified high altitude, inaccessible border posts etc on account of national disasters, extreme weather conditions (e) Death during enemy action in war or war like engagements specifically notified. (Revised rates wef 01 Jan 2006)	10 lacs 10 lacs 15 lacs 15 lacs 20 lacs	10 lacs 10 lacs 15 lacs 15 lacs 20 lacs	Record Office/MP-5 CDA (P) Allahabad
3.	Air Travel Concession. 75% concession in domestic flights by Indian Airlines to war widows.			CW-2/ADG (Mov) Zilla/Rajya Sainik Board
4.	Railway Travel Concession (a) 75% concession for travel in second and sleeper classes to war widows. (b) 1st class/2nd AC/3rd AC/Chair Car complimentary card pass facility to travel by Rajdhani/Shatabdi/ Jan Shatabdi express trains to widows of posthumous gallantry awardees of chakra series(PVC, MVC, VrC, AC, KC & SC) alongwith a companion, has also been extended to widows of the recipient of the gallantry award on death of the awardee.			CW-2/ ADG (Mov) Zilla / Rajya Sainik Board
5.	Reservation of seats in professional institutes Zilla/Rajya Sainik Board
6.	Priority in Telephone Connection No installation fees. 50% concession in rental charges.			CW-3/ Zilla / Rajya Sainik Board
7.	Allotment of oil product agencies under the 8% defence quota			Director General of Resettlement
8.	Education Concession from MOD. Full re-imbursement of tuition fee, transportation charges and hostel charges for those studying in boarding schools and colleges. Re-imbursement of cost of books/stationery @ Rs 1000/- per annum per student or the amount claimed by the student, whichever is less, cost of uniform where compulsory upto Rs 1700/- during the 1st year and Rs 700/- for the subsequent years, and cost of clothing @ Rs 500/- for the 1st year and Rs 300/- for the subsequent years. The above education concession will be upto and inclusive of the 1st degree course for eldest two children only	Entitled to both		AG’s Br (CW-3)
9.	Final Settlement of Accounts	As Applicable		PAO/CDA(O)
10.	AFPP/DSOP Fund	As per contribution		PAO/CDA(O)
11.	Retention of Govt married accommodation for 2 yrs extendable upto 3 years & 6 months at Govt rates.	Entitled to both		QMG Branch
12.	Death cum Retirement Gratuity	Based on length of service		CDA(P) Allahabad

BENEFITS/CONCESSIONS BY STATE GOVTS

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Benefits from State Govts

As per State Rules

State Govt

BENEFITS/CONCESSIONS PROVIDED BY ARMY

14.	Army Group Insurance (revised wef 01 Apr 2011)	40 lacs	20 lacs	AGI Dte
15.	AGI Maturity	As per contribution		AGI Dte
16.	Final Settlement of Accounts			PAO/CDA(O)
17.	AFPP/DSOP Fund	As per contribution		PAO/CDA(O)
18.	Army Wives Welfare Association (Revised rates wef 01 Apr 2010)	10,000/-	10000/-	Central AWWA
19.	Army Officers Benevolent Fund	50,000/-	-	AG’s Br (Account Sec)
20.	Army Central Welfare Fund/National Defence Fund (a) One Time Grant to all surviving NOKs of all fatal battle casualties wef 15 Aug 1947 to 30 Apr 1999 given from ACWF(K)/NDF(BC) (b) One Time Grant to NOKs of all battle casualties wef 01 May 1999	1 lac (Rs 50,000/- each) 30,000/-	1 lac 30,000/-	AG’s Br (R&W Sec)

Assistance from Army Welfare Corpus

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(a) Edn Scholarship for Professional Courses only

(b) Daughter’s marriage

(c) Re-marriage of widow

(d) Self Employment Agro based venture

(f) Higher edn of widows

Tuition fee+ 5,000/- (for books) subject to a max of 25,000/-p.a

30,000/-

30,000/-

30,000/-

25,000/- max

Tuition fee+ 5,000/-(for books) subto a max of 25,000/-p.a

30,000/-

30,000/-

30,000/-

25,000/- max

AG’s Br (R&W Sec)

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Housing. 3% reservation for widows in AWHO projects

Entitled to both

AWHO