Last Updated till 01 Feb 2024
April 1, 2015: AAP Govt in Delhi enhanced ex-gratia amount to ₹1 crore to honour the bravehearts after their martyrdom[1][2]
Even USA govt gives only ~85 Lakh($100,000) under death gratuity program, as of 01 Feb 2024[3]
Delhi CM Mr. Arvind Kejriwal believes that the sacrifice of bravehearts can't be measured in any value and the ex-gratia amount would help the family financially
¶ Details
- Delhi CM or ministers go personally to handover the cheques to the family/kin of the martyrs at their homes[4]
- Delhi govt also offers a Group ‘C’ or ‘D’ job to any one eligible family member of the martyrs[2:1]
- This scheme was extended to 'Corona Warriors' who succumbed to Covid-19 in the line of duty, atleast 73 Corona Warriors benefitted[4:1][5]
¶ How ₹1 crore is distributed in family[2:2]
| Case | Condition | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Death | If martyr is married and parents are alive | 40,00,000 (parents) 60,00,000 (widow) |
| To widow, if parents are not alive | 1,00,00,000 | |
| To parents, if martyr is unmarried | 1,00,00,000 | |
| To legal heir, if married/unmarried and wife/parents not alive | 1,00,00,000 |
¶ Other related schemes[2:3]
| Case | Condition | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Disability | Disability 60% and above | 10,00,000 |
| Below 60% disability | 6,00,000 | |
| Prisoners of War | Missing in war/operation/Prisoner of war | 50,000 per month to next of kin |
¶ Recent beneficiaries
| S.No | Name | Department | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanket Kaushik[6] | Delhi Police | June 2021 |
| 2 | Rajesh Kumar[6:1] | Indian Air Force | June 2021 |
| 3 | Sunil Mohanty[6:2] | Indian Air Force | June 2021 |
| 4 | Meet Kumar [6:3] | Indian Air Force | June 2021 |
| 5 | Vikas Kumar[6:4] | Delhi Police | June 2021 |
| 6 | Pravesh Kumar[6:5] | Civil Defence | June 2021 |
| 7 | Dinesh Kumar[7] | CRPF | Jan 2023 |
| 8 | Capt. Jayant Joshi[7:1] | Indian Air Force | Jan 2023 |
| 9 | ASI Mahavir[7:2] | Delhi Police | Jan 2023 |
| 10 | Radhey shyam[7:3] | Delhi Police | Jan 2023 |
| 11 | Praveen Kumar[7:4] | Delhi Fire Services | Jan 2023 |
| 12 | Bharat Singh[7:5] | Home Guard | Jan 2023 |
| 13 | Naresh Kumar[7:6] | Home Guard | Jan 2023 |
| 14 | Puneet Gupta[7:7] | Civil Defence | Jan 2023 |
| 15 | ASI Shambhu Dayal[8] | Delhi Police | Jan 2023 |
¶ Eligibility [2:4]
- Defence personnel (Army, IAF, Navy) dying in operations/war if his permanent residence at the time of joining the service is Delhi or is posted in Delhi at time of action/incident or the family has been residing in Delhi for last 5 years (atleast)
- Paramilitary personnel dying in operations/war if his permanent residence at the time of joining the service is Delhi or the family has been residing in Delhi for last 5 years (atleast)
- Delhi Police personnel losing dying in discharge of bonafide official duty
- Home Guards and Civil Defence personnel working under the govt of Delhi/ Delhi Police dying in discharge of bonafide official duty
- Delhi Fire Services personnel dying in discharge of bonafide official duty
References:
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/cm-arvind-kejriwal-announces-rs-1-crore-financial-assistance-to-family-of-slain-crpf-jawan/ ↩︎
https://civildefence.delhi.gov.in/download/order_ex.pdf ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/14-covid-warriors-to-get-1crore-each-in-delhi-101673637038170.html ↩︎ ↩︎
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/94490817.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst ↩︎
https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/delhi-govt-to-give-ex-gratia-of-rs-1-crore-to-families-of-6-martyrs-sisodia-101624090345211.html ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://m.timesofindia.com/city/delhi/rs-1cr-grant-for-kin-of-8-martyrs-of-police-and-armed-forces/articleshow/97328689.cms ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/cm-arvind-kejriwal-announces-rs-1-crore-compensation-for-asi-stabbed-to-death-by-accused-8374577/ ↩︎
