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Badal Govt Hikes Ex-Gratia for Soldiers Either Martyred/Disabled During Ops

Mar. 01 Defence, Glamour Comments

[Chandigarh]Badal Govt Hikes Ex-Gratia for Soldiers Either Martyred/Disabled During Ops
The Punjab Cabinet today approved an upward revision in ex-gratia for soldiers either martyred or disabled during operations within the geographical limits of the country.
The family of soldiers who die during counter-insurgency operations will now be given an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh instead of Rs 2 lakh, the state Cabinet decided at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Soldiers with above 75 per cent disability would now get Rs 4 lakh instead of Rs 2 lakh,
those with 51 per cent to 75 per cent disability would get Rs two lakh instead of Rs one lakh
, and those with 25 per cent to 50 per cent disability Rs one lakh instead of Rs 50,000,

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