State-wise details of ex-servicemen (ESM) in the country as on 31.12.2015 is as under:

 

TOTAL: 2447819

 

Details of schemes being implemented for welfare, rehabilitation and resettlement of ESM is as under:

 

TRAINING PROGRAMMES

Officers’ Training:

·        24 Weeks Management Courses at IIMs and other reputed B-Schools

·        Modular management courses like Project Finance, Academic Institutions, Supply Chain, Retail, Six Sigma, Seafaring etc. 

 

·        Newly introduced courses for 2015-16 like Strategic Retail Management, Human Resource Management(HRM), Facility, Transition, Export and Import, Event Management etc, Corporate Social Responsibility and Jet Transition.

Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs)/Other (OR) and Equivalents’ Training at Institutes:

 

·        Security, Fire & Industrial Safety, Computer & Information Technology including ‘O’ Level, Hospitality, Tourism, Agriculture based, Business Management, Modular Management, Vocational & Technical, Medical & Healthcare, Library & Information Science, Legal Assistant etc

·        Newly introduced courses for 2015-16 like Logistics & Transport Management, Retailing & Showroom, Corporate Office, Material Management, Marine Engineering etc.

 

Courses at Regimental Centres:

·        At least two courses are planned every month at all the Regimental Centres to provide variety of courses to the retirees on pension drill.

 

RE-EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Reservation in Government Jobs:

 

The Central Government has provided for the following reservation for ESM for vacancies in the posts to be filled by direct recruitment:-

 

·        10% in Group ‘C’ posts and 20% in Group ‘D’ posts. In addition 4.5% reservation in each category is meant for Disabled Soldiers and Widows/ Dependents. 

·        14.5% in Group ‘C’ and 24.5% Group ‘D’ posts in Public Sector Undertakings and Nationalized Banks.

·        10% posts upto Assistant Commandants in Paramilitary Forces.

·        100 % in Defence Security Corps.

 

Placement Assistance through DGR:

 

Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) sponsors Ex-Servicemen (Officers) to various Government organizations, Public Sector Undertakings, Corporate Houses, Private Sector, Central Para Military Forces etc based on their requisition for re-employment of ESM. The DGR sponsored ESM are re-employed by the requisitioning agencies after due process of selection by them.

 

DGR sponsored security schemes:

 

SCHEMES OF SELF EMPLOYMENT

Schemes for Officers only:

·        ESM Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme.      

·        Allotment of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited /Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Company Owned Company Operated Outlets PAN India.

·        Management of CNG Station by Ex-Servicemen (O) in National Capital Region.        

 

Schemes for all:

·        Coal Tipper Attachment Scheme.

·        Allotment of Army Surplus Vehicles

·        Allotment of Regular LPG Distributorship Scheme under ‘Government Personnel’ Category           

·        Allotment of Oil Product Agencies Under 8 % Defence Quota

·        Allotment of LPG Agency Under Rajiv Gandhi Gramin LPG Vitran Yojna.

 

Schemes for JCOs/OR Only:

 

·        Allotment of Mother Dairy Milk Booths and Fruit & Vegetable (SAFAL) Shops in NCR.

·        Allotment of Milk Shops of Gopaljee Dairy Pvt. Ltd. in Delhi/Noida.     

·        Allotment of KIOSKS/Retail outlet of Gopaljee Farm Fresh in Faridabad/NCR.

DETAILS OF BENEFITS GIVEN TO ESM AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THE COUNTRY

 

·        Financial assistance for treatment of identified serious diseases

·        Prime Minister’s Scholarship Scheme

·        Financial support to institutions involved in rehabilitation of ESM

·        Modified Scooter Grant

·        Tool Kit of Ex-Servicemen Technicians

·        Benefits given from Armed Forces Flag Day

 

Steps being taken to provide better opportunities to ESM are as under :-

·        dissemination of information on Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) website regarding Open Competitive Examination for various posts, dates and syllabus etc.

·        signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to conduct job fairs by Corporate Sectors to provide additional employment opportunities to ESM.

·        hosting of job portal by DGR wherein ESM can upload their Bio-data and corporate/other sectors can approach them and pick as per their requirement.

·        organizing ESM Job Fairs Pan India to provide an interface between Corporate & ESM.

·        regular interaction with corporate houses to generate employment opportunities to ESM.

·        Provision of opportunities to ESM through the corporate bodies like TATA Motors, AMAZON.com etc.

This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to Shri Rajeshbhai Chudasama in Lok Sabha today.

DM/NAMPI/RAJ