Bansi for rehabilitation of ex-servicemen

Referring to the setting up of a computer centre at Panchkula, which was near completion, he said that such a centre should also be set up at Rohtak. He said that in future all Sainik Parivar Bhavans should have such computer centres and in case these bhavans did not have adequate space, additional rooms should be added for setting up such centres. The Chief Minister appreciated the proposal of constructing toilet-cum-bathrooms for the benefit of 65 paraplegic ex-servicemen in the state, but suggested that these should be constructed through financial assistance from the Social Welfare Department.

Agreeing to the proposal of initiating career guidance courses by making arrangement with the Sainik Parivar Bhavans for enrolment of dependents of ex-servicemen into defence forces, the Chief Minister said that such a course had been introduced in Bhiwani this year, and that it should be started in other districts with large number of ex-servicemen.

The committee also approved the enhancement in marriage grant for wedding of the daughters of ex-servicemen’s widows, other than war widows, from Rs 1,000 to Rs 2,500. The committee also approve the enhancement in the ceiling of income slab from Rs 15,000 to Rs 20,000 per year for grant of financial assistance to the war widows, hundred per cent war-disabled ex-servicemen and war mothers for construction and repair of a house.

The committee also gave its approval to the state defence and security relief fund budget amounting to Rs 98.10 lakh for 1998-99.