GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Abstract

SAINIK WELFARE DEPARTMENT—KERALA STATE MILITARY BENEVOLENT FUND/

DISTRICT MILITARY BENEVOLENT FUND—AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING

RULES FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF FUND—SANCTIONED—

ORDERS ISSUED

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SAINIK WELFARE) DEPARTMENT

G. O. (Ms.) No. 23/12/GAD.

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 31st January, 2012.

Read:—1. G. O. (Ms.) No. 350/04/GAD dated 1-12-2004.

2. G. O. (Ms.) No. 258/06/GAD dated 29-9-2006.

3. G. O. (Ms.) No. 366/07/GAD dated 23-7-2007.

4. G. O. (Ms.) No. 01/08/GAD dated 1-1-2008.

5. G. O. (Ms.) No. 389/10/GAD dated 29-11-2010.

6. G. O. (Ms.) No. 223/11/GAD dated 14-7-2011.

7. Letter No. SW1/339/11/DSW dated 29-11-2011 & 16-1-2012 of

Director, Sainik Welfare, Thiruvananthapuram.

8. Letter No. L.F. 23679/MS2/2011 dated 20-12-2011 of the Director

of Local Fund Audit Department.

ORDER

The Rajya Sainik Board meeting held on 9-11-2011 has decided to make

some amendments to certain provision in the existing Rules for the

Administration of State Military Benevolent Fund/District Military Benevolent

Fund. Based on the above decision the proposal submitted by the Director of

Sainik Welfare has been examined by Government in detail and the following

amendments are made to the existing Rules.

Kerala Gazette No. 8 dated 21st February 2012.

PART I

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KERALA STATE MILITARY BENEVOLENT FUND

Rule

Existing rule

Amendment/Addition

No.

proposed

(1)

(2)

(3)

7 (b)

7 (c)

(vi)

Amendment of GO (Ms)

389/10/GAD dated 29th

November 2010.

In special cases where

immediate financial assistance

is considered necessary, the

President of the Board (Chief

Minister)

may

on

the

recommendation

of

the

Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board,

sanction such amounts, but not

exceeding

`

4,000

as

considered

necessary,

Secretary, Rajya Sainik Board

shall be competent to sanction

immediate

grants

not

exceeding ` 3,000. Cases of

such special grants will be

placed

before

the

next

meeting of the Rajya Sainik

Board for ratification.

Amendment of GO (Ms.)

389/10/GAD dated 29th

November 2010.

The

maximum

grant

payable from both funds

(SMBF/DMBF) for a period

of three years shall not

exceed ` 10,000. The

maximum grant shall not

include the grant paid under

Rule 10 of the State Military

Benevolent Fund.

Amendment of GO (Ms.) 389/

10/GAD dated 29th November

2010.

The figures of ` 4,000 and

` 3,000 shall be substituted by

`

5,000

and

`

4,000

respectively.

Amendment of GO (Ms.) 389/

10/GAD dated 29th November

2010.

The maximum grant payable

from both funds (SMBF/DMBF)

for a period of three years shall

not exceed ` 25,000. The

maximum grant shall not include

the grant paid under Rule 10 of

the State Military Benevolent

Fund.

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Amendment of GO (Ms.)

350/04/GAD

dated

1st

December 2004-Disburse-

ment of Grant.

As

far

as

possible

payments shall be made to the

parties by the Secretaries of

the Zila Sainik Boards only on

obtaining advance receipts in

the prescribed form. It may be

made either by money order

deducting

the

M.

O.

commission or to the grantee

in person if the Secretary is

satisfied of the identity of the

persons and obtaining a

receipt.

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011-Medical After Care

Grant.

The amount of grant shall

be at the rate of ` 1,000

(Rupees one thousand only)

per month for a period of six

months at a time and a

maximum period of three

years. The income limit for

granting financial assistance

under the scheme will be

` 75,000 (Rupees seventy five

thousand only).

The

grant

shall

be

sanctioned by the Secretary,

Rajya Sainik Board. The

amount thus sanctioned will be

(1)

(2)

(3)

8(a)

10 (a)

(i)

Amendment of GO (Ms.) 350/

04/GAD dated 1st December

2004-Disbursement of Grant.

As far as possible payment

to beneficiaries of SMBF/DMBF

shall be made through electronic

mode of payment. Wherever it is

not possible for any reason the

Zila Sainik Welfare Officer can

resort to MO or direct payment.

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011-Medical

After

Care

Grant.

The figure ` 75,000

(Rupees Seventy five thousand

only) shall be substituted by

` 1,50,000 (Rupees one lakh

fifty thousand only).

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(1)

(2)

(3)

made

available

to

the

Secretary to the concerned

Zila Sainik Board in lumpsum

for payment to the grantee in

six equal monthly instalments.

The grantee shall after receipt

of first grant of ` 6,000

furnish a utilization certificate

to the effect that he has

utilized the grant for which it

was sanctioned.

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

389/10/GAD

dated

29th

November

2010-Medical

After Care Grant to Cancer

Patients.

The Medical After Care

Grant of ` 1,000 per month

Shall be sanctioned to every

Ex-Serviceman Cancer patient

for a period of one year at a

time on recommendation from

a Government Cancer Institute

to

confirm

that

such

Ex-servicemen had undergone

treatment for cancer. The

scheme is extended to widows/

wives/dependent children of

Ex-Servicemen also. The grant

will be for a period of one

year

at

a

time

on

recommendation from a cancer

institute where he/she is

undergoing

continuous

treatment.

Income

limit

prescribed for the grant is

exempted.

10 (a)

(ii)

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

389/10/GAD

dated

29th

November 2010-Medical After

Care

Grant

to

Cancer

Patients.

Add

The grant shall be extended

to maximum of two years in the

case

of

Ex-servicemen/

Dependent of Ex-servicemen

who are not recipient of any

pensionery benefit/any kind of

grant from any other agencies.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

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(d)

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(i)

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011—Marriage Grant.

A sum of ` 10,000 will

be given as grant to poor ex-

serviceman for marriage of one

of his daughters provided his

annual income is less than

`

1,00,000

subject

to

availability of funds.

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

389/10/GAD

dated

29th

November 2010—Financial

assistance to the Physically

disabled son/daughter of ex-

servicemen.

An amount of ` 300 per

month will be given to the

physically

disabled

son/

daughter of Ex-servicemen/

soldiers who died while in

service. The annual income of

family, parent should be less

than ` 75,000 disability

should be 40% and above,

certified by a Medical Board,

the parents of the beneficiaries

should be unemployed, the

beneficiaries

should

be

unemployed and unmarried.

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011—Marriage Grant.

The figure ` 1,00,000 shall

be substituted by ` 1,50,000.

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

389/10/GAD

dated

29th

November 2010—Financial

assistance to the Physically

disabled

son/daughter

of

ex-servicemen.

The figure ` 300 per

month shall be substituted to

` 500 per month and ` 75,000

shall be substituted to ` 1,50,000.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011—Financial Assistance

to Children of Ex-servicemen

who are undergoing SET,

NET, JRF, ICWA, CA, Civil

Service Examination etc.

In order to help the

children of Ex-servicemen,

who are undergoing coaching

classes for SET, NET, JRF,

ICWA, CA, Civil Service

Examination etc., one time

grant of ` 5,000 (Rupees five

thousand only) will be paid.

Children of ex-servicemen,

who are undergoing the above

coaching and whose annual

income is below ` 75,000

are eligible for the grant. The

amount will be paid only after

producing required documents

as proof of coaching and

appearance of examination.

New Scheme

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(1)

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Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

223/11/GAD dated 14th July

2011—Financial Assistance to

Children of Ex-servicemen

who are undergoing SET, NET,

JRF, ICWA, CA, Civil Service

Examination etc.

The figure ` 75,000 shall be

substituted by ` 1,50,000.

Grant for Dialysis to Kidney

patients—Ex-servicemen/

Widows of Ex-servicemen.

The grant of ` 1,000

(Rupees one thousand only) per

dialysis and upto a maximum of

` 10,000 (Rupees Ten thousand

only) shall be sanctioned to Ex-

servicemen/Widows of Ex-

servicemen who are undergoing

dialysis regulary. The applicant

should produce a medical

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(1)

(2)

(3)

certificate from the hospital

where he/she is undergoing

treatment and also produce a

certificate to this effect that

such grant is not received from

any other sources including Ex-

servicemen Contributory Health

Scheme.

Conducting

awareness/

orientation programme to

motivate youth to join Armed

Forces.

In order to help the children

of Ex-Servicemen to join Armed

Forces one time Pre-training

course will be imparted free of

cost.

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New Scheme

DISTRICT MILITARY BENEVOLENT FUND (DMBF)

Rule

Existing rule

Amendment/Addition

No.

proposed

(1)

(2)

(3)

6 (c)

(i)

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

366/07/GAD dated 23rd July

2007.

The Secretary Zila sainik

Board shall be competent to

grant reasonable amounts

limited to ` 500 in most

deserving cases requiring

immediate help. Similarly, the

president

of

the

Board

(District Collector) may, on

the recommendation of the

Amendment of GO (Ms.) No.

366/07/GAD dated 23rd July

2007.

The figures of ` 500 and

` 1,000 shall be substituted by

` 1,000 and ` 2,000 respectively.

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(1)

(2)

(3)

Secretary

of

the

Board

sanction immediate financial

assistance upto ` 1,000 in

most deserving cases. The

grants thus sanctioned shall be

referred to the next meeting of

the Zila Sainik Board for

ratification.

G.O. (Ms.) No. 389/10/GAD

dated 29th November 2010.

The

maximum

grant

payable from both funds (State

Military Benevolent Fund &

DMBF) for a period of the

three years shall not exceed

` 10,000. The maximum grant

shall not include grant paid

under Rule 10 of the State

Military Benevolent Fund Rule.

G.O. (Ms.) No. 350/04/GAD

dated 1st December 2004—

Payments

(a) Payments shall be

made to the parties only after

obtaining advance receipt and

making separate acquittance of

the receipt at the time of

payment otherwise than by

money order.

(b) Payments may be

made either by money order

deducting

money

order

8 (g)

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G.O. (Ms.) No. 389/10/GAD

dated 29th November 2010.

The maximum grant payable

from both funds (State Military

Benevolent Fund & DMBF) for

a period of the three years shall

not exceed ` 20,000. The

maximum grant shall not include

grant paid under Rule 10 of the

State Military Benevolent Fund

Rule.

G.O. (Ms.) No. 350/04/GAD

dated 1st December 2004—

Payments

(a) As far as possible

payment to beneficiaries of

SMBF/DMBF shall be made

through eletronic mode of

payment.

(b) Wherever it is not

possible for electronic mode of

payment the Zila Sainik Welfare

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(1)

(2)

(3)

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commission or by direct

payment to the party after

ascertaining his/her identity.

Amendment to GO (Ms.)

No. 389/10/GAD dated 29th

November 2010—Financial

Assistance

to

Mentally

Retarded

Children

of

Ex-Servicemen.

(a) The amount of relief

will be ` 500 per month.

(b) Annual income limit

of the family should be less

than ` 75,000.

(c) The beneficiaries

should

be

unmarried

unemployed.

(d) The parents of the

beneficiary

should

be

unemployed.

(e) Medical Certificate

should contain the percentage

of disability and IQ should be

below 40 (severe retardation).

The above conditions will

be applicable to existing

beneficiaries also.

Officer can resort to Money

Order

or

direct

payment.

Amendment to GO (Ms.) No.

389/10/GAD

dated

29th

November 2010—Financial

Assistance

to

Mentally

Retarded

Children

of

Ex-Servicemen.

The figure 75,000 shall be

substituted by ` 1,50,000.

This amendment will come into force with effect from 1-4-2012.

By order of the Governor,

K. J. ANTONY,

Additional Secretary to Government.

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To

The Director of Sainik Welfare, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Principal Accountant General (Audit), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Accountant General (A & E), Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.

The Director of Local Fund Audit, Thiruvananthapuram.

All District Collectors.

All Zila Sainik Welfare Officers (Through Director of Sainik Welfare)

Stock File/Office Copy.