Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare under the Ministry of Defence is the nodal Department to look after the welfare of all categories of Ex-servicemen including war veterans. Its three attached offices namely Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR), Kendriya Sainik Board and Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) are working in this direction. Besides, this, Record Offices, local formations / units have systems in place to periodically interact formally and informally with the families of defence personnel who have lost their lives in military operations.
In case of death attributable to service, next-of-kins (NoKs) of the defence personnel are entitled for various additional benefits which include Special family pension, Liberalized Family Pension and Ex-gratia lump sum compensation. There is no fresh proposal under consideration for additional pension and gratuity over and above these benefits.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri Bharat Singh and Shri CS Putta Raju in Lok Sabha today.
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