Widow Pension of Ex Servicemen: State-wise data of Widows

08 Dec 2023: Widow Pension of Ex Servicemen: State-wise data of Widows, There are about 2.6 million ex-servicemen, and 6,98,252 widows, including war widows, i.e., a combined total of 3.2 million, of whom about 86 percent are widows, Junior Commissioned Officers, Non-Commissioned Officers, and other ranks, and about 14 percent are officers.

Widow Pension of Ex Servicemen: State-wise data of Widows

WIDOWS OF EX-SERVICEMEN

State-wise data of Widows of Ex-servicemen in the country is given below:

S No	State/UT	No of Widows Registered
		Army	Navy	Air Force	Total
1	ANDHRA PRADESH	23,587	877	1,388	25,852
2	ARUNACHAL PRADESH	226	0	0	226
3	ASSAM	8,543	66	557	9,166
4	BIHAR	10,469	541	778	11,788
5	CHHATTISGARH	1,433	35	75	1,543
6	DELHI	10,362	1,262	2,405	14,029
7	GOA	267	156	54	477
8	GUJARAT	4,376	90	583	5,049
9	HARYANA	47,224	3,620	2,702	53,546
10	HIMACHAL PRADESH	38,490	508	369	39,367
11	JAMMU & KASHMIR	21,638	53	199	21,890
12	JHARKHAND	4,364	227	210	4,801
13	KARNATAKA	26,526	716	2,498	29,740
14	KERALA	58,617	2,843	8,047	69,507
15	MADHYA PRADESH	11,244	238	428	11,910
16	MAHARASHTRA	60,994	1,559	2447	65,000
17	MANIPUR	2,077	26	10	2,113
18	MEGHALAYA	1,361	34	45	1,440
19	MIZORAM	2,658	16	25	2,699
20	NAGALAND	937	0	2	939
21	ODISHA	4,036	156	317	4,509
22	PUNJAB	60,261	4,236	9,756	74,253
23	RAJASTHAN	43,394	498	773	44,665
24	SIKKIM	412	3	1	416
25	TAMIL NADU	54,520	1,012	3,332	58,864
26	TRIPURA	660	18	27	705
27	TELANAGANA	5,710	207	1,155	7,072
28	UTTARAKHAND	48087	397	440	48,924
29	UTTAR PRADESH	59,053	4,634	5,128	68,815
30	WEST BENGAL	12052	617	1,710	14,379
31	ANDAMAN & NICOBAR	171	17	4	192
32	CHANDIGARH	1870	84	686	2,640
33	PUDUCHERRY	740	24	79	843
34	LADAKH	889	0	4	893
	Total	6,27,248	24,770	46,234	6,98,252

          The ex-servicemen widows are entitled to a family pension, which is revised under OROP every five years. The family pension is also linked with dearness relief which is revised every six months.

The government reviews the various welfare measures extended to war widows/families in the Armed Forces from time to time. A list of welfare measures that has been revised recently is as follows:

S No	Scheme	Previous Amount	Last Revised Amount	Date of last revision
1	Ex-gratia causality (Fatal) provided via Armed Forces Battle Causalities Welfare Fund a)    Fatal b)    Disability 60% and above c)    Invalidated out due to disability d)    Disability less than 60%	Rs 2 lakh Rs 2 lakh   Rs 2 lakh   Rs 1 lakh	Rs 8 lakh Rs 8 lakh   Rs 8 lakh   Rs 4 lakh	May 06, 2020.
2	100% Disable Children Grant	Rs 1,000/- per month	s 3,000/- per month	July 09, 2021
3	Orphan Grant	Rs 1,000/- per month	Rs 3,000/- per month	July 29, 2022
4	Medical Grant	Rs 30,000/- per annum	Rs 50,000/- per annum	August 11, 2023
5	Serious Disease Grant	Rs 1,25,000/- per annum	Rs 1,50,000/- per annum
6	Vocational training grant	Rs 20,000/- One time	Rs 50,000/- One time
7	Cost of books/stationery	s 1,000/- per annum per students	s 2,000/- per annum per student	These allowances are revised in each Pay Commission and the last revision came in force w.e.f          July 01, 2017. These allowances shall increase by 25% each time DA rises by 50%.
8	Cost of uniform	Rs 1,700/- (during first year and Rs 700 for subsequent years)	Rs 2,000/- per annum per student
9	Clothing	Rs 500/- (during the first year and Rs 300 for subsequent years)	Rs 700/- per annum

 

War widows/families are provided employment through schemes of employment through compassionate appointment. Guidelines for compassionate appointments have been issued by DoP&T. Under the scheme, wards/dependents of war widows/martyrs are also considered along with others as per extant rules. Compassionate appointments have been granted to 32 widows/family members of deceased defense personnel during the year 2022.

This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Shri Ajay Bhatt in a written reply to Shri Sunil Dattatray Tatkare in Lok Sabha today.

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