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03-Mar-21

Government extends benefits to peace-time Chakra awardees’ families

In a move that resolves a long-pending anomaly related to grant of benefits to the kin of posthumously decorated armed forces personnel, the Punjab Government has extended the benefits to the families of those awarded peace-time gallantry medals before 2017.
The state government had instituted an “Honour and Gratitude” policy in 2000 offering government jobs to families of posthumous gallantry awardees as per their qualifications. However, due to an oversight, the policy had only included war-time gallantry awards and had left out peace-time awards even if those happened to be higher in precedence.
Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra are classified as war-time medals and are awarded for gallantry in the face of the enemy while Ashok Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra are peace-time medals for acts of courage other than in the face of the enemy.
The fresh policy issued this week now includes all ‘Chakra’ series awards in its ambit without any cut-off provision as to the date of the award. The applicant however needs to be within the prescribed age limits for the job that he or she is applying for.

By: Maneesh Mittal

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