In a progressive move, the
Government has enhanced the rate of the monthly Penury Grant to Rs 4000 from
the existing Rs 1000 which had remained constant since the year 2011.
The Penury Grant is payable
to those ex-servicemen and widows who are living in a state of penury and are
not in receipt of pension from any source. The recipient has to be over the age
of 65 years to be eligible.
It may be recalled that
earlier a one-time grant at the rate of Rs 30,000 was granted to needy veterans
and their widows and the system was then changed in the year 2011 to a monthly
payout of Rs 1000.
Most of the ex-servicemen
affected by the grant are those who were released without any pension on
reduction of establishment or for other reasons without completion of minimum
pensionable service.
The payout of this scheme is
through the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund.
The new letter issued by the
Government today can be accessed by clicking here.
3 comments:
A very welcome step. It is poorly publicised though. I wish Govt would put out some full page ads to increase awareness.
I think the amount is incorrectly typed as 40,000 instead of 4000 in the main text while the heading reads it correctly
THANK YOU .IT WILL BE GRANTED TO ALL RESERVISTS ,WHO ARE NOT RECEIVING WITH OUT KNOWLEDGE ON THIS ,WITH THE RECORDS AVAILABLE WITH GOVT. IN TAMILNADU W W 11 VETERANS LIVING IN ARE GIVEN THE GRANT OF RS,6000/- PM WHEREAS THE RESERVISTS WHO FOUGHT 1962,1965&1971 WARS ARE GETTING ONLY RS.1500/PM
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