All citizens of India are requested to contribute generously to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF) and connect with the cause of war-widows, Ex-Service Men (ESM), wards of the martyrs in solidarity with our soldiers and their next of kin or dependents. Contributions to AFFDF are exempt from Income Tax under Section 80G(5)(vi) of the Income Tax Act,1961.

The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, Ministry of Defence has been working for the welfare and rehabilitation of war widows, wards of martyred soldiers and Ex-Servicemen (ESM), including disabled ones by providing financial assistance for their identified personal needs such as penury grant, children’s education grant, funeral grant, medical grant and orphan/disabled children grant. This financial assistance is provided out of the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund (AFFDF) for which contributions are received from the general public on the Armed Forces Flag Day (AFFD) which is celebrated on 7^th December every year.

Concerted efforts and generosity are needed to increase the contributions to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund to meet the growing requirements of financial assistance for our ex-servicemen, their wards and war-widows. Contributions can be made to the AFFD Fund by cheque/DD/NEFT/RTGS drawn in the following banks Accounts:

Sr. No.	Bank Name & Address	Account Number	IFSC Code
	Punjab National Bank Sewa Bhawan Branch RK Puram, New Delhi-110066	3083000100179875	F'UNB0308300
	State Bank of India (Saving A/c) RK Puram, New Delhi-110066	34420400623	SBIN0001076
	State Bank of India (Current A/c) RK Puram, New Delhi-110066	40601079720	SBIN0001076
	ICICI Bank IDA House, Sector-4 RK Puram, New Delhi-110022	182401001380	ICIC0001824

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