Gujarat authorities hikes compensation for martyr’s kin from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore

By PTI

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat authorities on Monday introduced a big hike in compensation given to kin of martyred troopers and in money prizes supplied to gallantry medal winners in an obvious bid to placate the agitating ex-servicemen within the state.

The compensation given to the spouse or household of a soldier who has died within the line of responsibility has been elevated from the present Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore, stated an official launch, which knowledgeable the choice was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

The announcement got here hours after 500 ex-servicemen from Gujarat gathered in Gandhinagar within the morning to agitate for his or her long-pending calls for, together with larger compensation for households of the martyred troopers.

Reacting to the choice, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal, who’s on a Gujarat go to, stated the state authorities’s transfer got here days after he made an identical promise to the protesting ex-servicemen throughout his go to to the state two months again.

Kejriwal demanded that the Gujarat authorities cowl the martyred policemen as he had executed in Delhi.

He additionally demanded the Gujarat authorities pay compensation to kin of troopers from the state martyred within the final 5 years “to prove to the public that the government is genuinely willing to do so and not just because the Assembly elections are around the corner”.

“If the state government fails to do so, we will start paying after forming a government,” Kejriwal stated.

Meanwhile, although the brand new compensation of Rs 1 crore is in step with the calls for of ex-servicemen, they need the federal government to simply accept all their 14 calls for and challenge a Government Resolution (GR).

“We are not aware of such an announcement by the government. We will believe it only when a minister approaches us and tells us what exactly the government has decided on our demands. We want the government to issue a GR. We will not stop our agitation until all our demands are met,” stated Jitendra Nimavat, president of Gujarat’s Ex-Armymen Union.

The launch issued by the state authorities additionally knowledgeable the month-to-month compensation of Rs 1,000 at the moment given to the martyred soldier’s widow has been elevated to Rs 5,000.

Similarly, every youngster of a martyr, with a most of two youngsters, would now get month-to-month help of Rs 5,000 as a substitute of Rs 500 until they end their research or flip 25 years of age.

The state authorities at the moment pays Rs 50,000 as one-time compensation and month-to-month help of Rs 500 to every guardian of an single martyr.

Now, mother and father would get Rs 5 lakh as one-time compensation and Rs 5,000 as month-to-month help for every of them, stated the discharge.

The money prize for the recipient of Param Vir Chakra, the very best navy award, has been hiked from Rs 22,500 to Rs 1 crore, whereas an Ashok Chakra awardee will get Rs 1 crore from the state authorities as a substitute of Rs 20,000, it stated.

The launch stated a high-level committee of IAS officers would talk about different calls for of ex-servicemen and submit their report back to the state authorities for ultimate resolution.

Former troopers of Gujarat have been holding protests at common intervals to get the federal government to simply accept their long-pending calls for.

They had held a rally from Ahmednagar to Gandhinagar in June.

Other main calls for embody pension for the household, authorities job to at least one member of the household of every martyr, and strict implementation of reservations in authorities jobs from class 1 to 4 for retired Army personnel.

The agitators additionally need a martyrs’ memorial in Gandhinagar, agricultural land for retired military males as per guidelines, precedence whereas issuing or renewing a gun licence, and elimination of contract system in jobs supplied to former military personnel.

The ex-servicemen have additionally demanded a full waiver {of professional} tax, the quota for his or her youngsters in larger training and precedence for his or her work in authorities workplaces.

Addressing a press convention in Ahmedabad, Kejriwal alleged the Gujarat authorities did not intend to pay the compensation it had promised earlier.

“The promise to pay (kin of ex-servicemen) Rs 1 lakh remained only on papers. I request the Gujarat government to offer Rs 1 crore to each of the families of soldiers martyred in the last five years so that people will trust you. If the state government fails to do so, we will start paying after forming a government,” he stated.

AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat authorities on Monday introduced a big hike in compensation given to kin of martyred troopers and in money prizes supplied to gallantry medal winners in an obvious bid to placate the agitating ex-servicemen within the state.

The compensation given to the spouse or household of a soldier who has died within the line of responsibility has been elevated from the present Rs 1 lakh to Rs 1 crore, stated an official launch, which knowledgeable the choice was taken by Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel.

The announcement got here hours after 500 ex-servicemen from Gujarat gathered in Gandhinagar within the morning to agitate for his or her long-pending calls for, together with larger compensation for households of the martyred troopers.

Reacting to the choice, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) nationwide convener Arvind Kejriwal, who’s on a Gujarat go to, stated the state authorities’s transfer got here days after he made an identical promise to the protesting ex-servicemen throughout his go to to the state two months again.

Kejriwal demanded that the Gujarat authorities cowl the martyred policemen as he had executed in Delhi.

He additionally demanded the Gujarat authorities pay compensation to kin of troopers from the state martyred within the final 5 years “to prove to the public that the government is genuinely willing to do so and not just because the Assembly elections are around the corner”.

“If the state government fails to do so, we will start paying after forming a government,” Kejriwal stated.

Meanwhile, although the brand new compensation of Rs 1 crore is in step with the calls for of ex-servicemen, they need the federal government to simply accept all their 14 calls for and challenge a Government Resolution (GR).

“We are not aware of such an announcement by the government. We will believe it only when a minister approaches us and tells us what exactly the government has decided on our demands. We want the government to issue a GR. We will not stop our agitation until all our demands are met,” stated Jitendra Nimavat, president of Gujarat’s Ex-Armymen Union.

The launch issued by the state authorities additionally knowledgeable the month-to-month compensation of Rs 1,000 at the moment given to the martyred soldier’s widow has been elevated to Rs 5,000.

Similarly, every youngster of a martyr, with a most of two youngsters, would now get month-to-month help of Rs 5,000 as a substitute of Rs 500 until they end their research or flip 25 years of age.

The state authorities at the moment pays Rs 50,000 as one-time compensation and month-to-month help of Rs 500 to every guardian of an single martyr.

Now, mother and father would get Rs 5 lakh as one-time compensation and Rs 5,000 as month-to-month help for every of them, stated the discharge.

The money prize for the recipient of Param Vir Chakra, the very best navy award, has been hiked from Rs 22,500 to Rs 1 crore, whereas an Ashok Chakra awardee will get Rs 1 crore from the state authorities as a substitute of Rs 20,000, it stated.

The launch stated a high-level committee of IAS officers would talk about different calls for of ex-servicemen and submit their report back to the state authorities for ultimate resolution.

Former troopers of Gujarat have been holding protests at common intervals to get the federal government to simply accept their long-pending calls for.

They had held a rally from Ahmednagar to Gandhinagar in June.

Other main calls for embody pension for the household, authorities job to at least one member of the household of every martyr, and strict implementation of reservations in authorities jobs from class 1 to 4 for retired Army personnel.

The agitators additionally need a martyrs’ memorial in Gandhinagar, agricultural land for retired military males as per guidelines, precedence whereas issuing or renewing a gun licence, and elimination of contract system in jobs supplied to former military personnel.

The ex-servicemen have additionally demanded a full waiver {of professional} tax, the quota for his or her youngsters in larger training and precedence for his or her work in authorities workplaces.

Addressing a press convention in Ahmedabad, Kejriwal alleged the Gujarat authorities did not intend to pay the compensation it had promised earlier.

“The promise to pay (kin of ex-servicemen) Rs 1 lakh remained only on papers. I request the Gujarat government to offer Rs 1 crore to each of the families of soldiers martyred in the last five years so that people will trust you. If the state government fails to do so, we will start paying after forming a government,” he stated.