The Haryana Cabinet, which met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini here today, approved the revision of the Ex-Gratia amount to be given to the families of battle casualties of Union Armed Forces personnel and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) personnel. The revised Ex-Gratia amount has been increased from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 Crore.
This decision follows the announcement made by Chief Minister Sh. Nayab Singh Saini in his Budget speech for 2024-25, where he declared the increase in the Ex-Gratia amount from the earlier Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1 crore, in recognition of the sacrifices made by the martyrs and their families.
The Ex-Gratia grant is given to the family members/Next-of-Kin of Martyr of Union Armed Forces personnel (Army, Navy & Air Force) belonging to Haryana, in case of the 'battle casualty including various kinds of incidents declared as 'Battle casualty' by the Defence Authorities/Ministry of Home Affairs, as the case may be, irrespective of any operation or any specified areas of operation in which a member of Armed Forces or Central Armed Police Force is killed in harness, in the performance of bonafide official duties in war/IED Blast/terrorist or militant attacks/border skirmishes and in United National Peacekeeping Force including death in M.T. accident, Cardiac arrest, Air crash accident and Natural calamities which demand exceptional courage and decisions towards performance of duties.
In case of CAPF personnel, who come under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Home affairs, Government of India, the payment of Ex-Gratia amount is given to the families of battle casualties of personnel belonging to Haryana who lay down their lives in the performance of their bona fide official duties while serving in operational area in war or during terrorist/militant attack including contingencies like death during performance of their duties during natural calamities, elections, rescue operations, etc.