RAKSHA MANTRI SAHAYATA KOSH
LOK SABHA
A non public fund
with Raksha Mantri called Raksha Mantri Discretionary Fund provides
for financial assistance to ex-Servicemen and their dependents
in penury and having no other source of income.
As per the guidelines
of the fund :-
(a) Rs
1,000/- per month for two years as assistance to old infirm
ex-servicemen/widows of ex-servicemen.
(b) Rs
8,000/- for Marriage of daughters of ex-servicemen/widows
in penury.
- Rs 10,000/- for repair of
house for ex-servicemen / widows in penury.
- Upto Rs. 15,000/- for medical
treatment, depending on the nature and the gravity of the
ailment.
- Rs. 100/- per month, per
child for a maximum of three children up to XII standard as
‘grant for children education’.
- In other cases such as natural
calamities, accidental death or where Raksha Mantri/Raksha
Rajya Mantri feels that the case deserves sympathetic consideration
in respect of ex-servicemen/widows in penury is Rs. 15,000/-
no single transaction is to exceed the said amount.
This information
was given by the Defence Minister Shri George Fernandes in a written
reply to Shri Kirit Somaiya in Lok Sabha today.
