Benefits

Education concessions

Education concessions which were till now admissible to the children of Armed Forces personnel killed / missing or permanently disabled in 1962, 1965, 1971 wars, Op PAWAN and MEGHDOOT have now been extended to the children of the Armed Forces personnel killed / declared missing or permanently disabled during all operations post Operation MEGHDOOT in India and abroad including Counter Insurgency operations, vide GOI, MOD letter No. 9 (1)/703/Edu Concessions / D (Res) dated 06 Aug 03. (Copy of the letter and procedure for claim including the proforma is available on page No 199.)

Claims for reimbursement of above concessions in case of eligible children studying in govt recognized public/private institutes were being admitted by AG’s Branch, Army HQ whereas claims for children studying in Central / State Govt institutes was being admitted by respective institutes out of the grants received from States. Consequent to issue of revised policy letter cited above all claims will now be submitted to Ceremonial & Welfare Dte / CW-3, AG’s Branch, Army Headquarters, South Block, New Delhi – 110 011 for reimbursement.

At present approximately 20 seats in MBBS and 1-3 seats in BDS (subject to allotment by Min of Health) as Government of India nominee are available through KSB for widows and wards of categories of Defence personnel in the following order of priority:

• Widows/Wards of Defence personnel killed in action.
• Wards of disabled in action and boarded out from service.
• Widows/Wards of Defence personnel who died while in service with death attributable to military service.
• Wards of disabled in service and boarded out with disability attributable to military service.
• Wards of Ex-Servicemen and serving personnel who are in receipt of Gallantry Awards:-
• Param Vir Chakra
• Ashok Chakra
• Maha Vir Chakra
• Kirti Chakra
• Vir Chakra
• Shaurya Chakra
• Sena, Nau Sena, Vayu Sena Medal
• Mention-in-Despatches
• Wards of Ex-Servicemen

Wives of:

i) Defence personnel disabled in action and boarded out from service.

ii) Defence personnel disabled in action and boarded out with disability attributable to military service.

iii) Ex-servicemen and serving personnel who are in receipt of Gallantry Awards.

• Wards of Serving Personnel
• Wives of Serving Personnel