Haryana chief minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Sunday announced a bonanza of incentives for ex-servicemen and armed forces personnel which included employment to dependents of martyr soldiers who sacrificed their lives in war of 1962 or in any later war, increase in pension of children of martyrs and in amount of ‘kanyadan’ being given on wedding of daughters of ex-servicemen and also announced construction of flats to be given on concessional rates to serving soldiers, ex-servicemen and para-military personnel.
Hooda, who was addressing a largely attended function of ex-servicemen at Jhajjar, announced that government would provide employment in Group C or D category to one dependent of those martyr personnel of armed forces and para military forces who were domicile of Haryana and had sacrificed their lives in the war of 1962 or in any other later war. He also announced an increase in pension being given to children of martyrs from Rs 200 to Rs 500 per month and said that from now on the wedding of daughters of ex-servicemen, financial assistance (Kanyadan Rashi) of Rs 51000 would be given instead of Rs 21000.He also announced free travel facility in State Roadways buses for Gallantry Award Winner soldiers.
The CM lauded the contribution of soldiers of Haryana in armed forces saying that although the state has 1.3 per cent of the total geographical area of the country and accounts for merely two per cent of the total population in the country yet every tenth soldier in armed forces hails from Haryana.