Tribune News.Chandigarh, March 22.Recognising the
sacrifices made by Haryana’s defence personnel, the
Haryana government has decided to honour war widows,
who will be awarded an assistance of Rs 1,000 per month.
This honour will also be extended to widows of martyrs
of “war-like” situations.
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said this scheme
was for war widows of the Army, Navy and Air Force
personnel killed during war. No other family member
would be entitled to the award money.
As many as 1,308 widows would be given this honour in
addition to the pension they are getting from the Ministry
of Defence. Probably, Haryana is the only state to award
such honour to the war widows. Elsewhere, financial
assistance is only provided to widows of personnel who
don’t have any other source of income. This assistance
is be disbursed through Zila Sainik Boards across the state.
The secretary of the Rajya Sainik Board, Brig KS Budhwar,
said the government had been considering the scheme for
some time now. “ll women whose husbands were killed
during any declared war or during a war-like situation will
be entitled to this assistance. We have given instructions to
Zila Sainik Boards to send us forms for applying for this
assistance. These will be sent back to us for clearance after
which sanction for assistance will be given,” he said. The
scheme will be applicable from August 1, 2009.
During the recent Vidhan Sabha session, the government
had doubled the war jagir too. It hiked the amount from
Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 per year which was passed by the
assembly.
The government has also hiked assistance to WW- II
veterans and their widows from Rs 1,000 to 1,500 per
month and that of ex-servicemen aged over 60.
Expected
Dear veterans, It is very good gesture on the part of
Haryana Govt. We hope Punjab and other states will follow suit.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Mob. 098554-09128,Tele-Fax 0175-5000896.
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