FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EDUCATION OF CHILDREN/WIDOWS OF ESM
Background
This scheme
to provide financial assistance to ESM and their widows for helping them in
educating their wards was started in 1981 with an amount of Rs 15/- per child
per month for a maximum of three children up to Class XII. This scheme was last
revised in Oct 2011 into a monthly grant of Rs 1000/- per month per child (for
maximum two children) up to graduation and also for widows to pursue Post
Graduation degree.
Aim
Aim of this
scheme is to provide scholarship to up to a maximum of two dependent children
of ESM or their widows, up to the ranks of Havildar in the Army and equivalent
in the Navy and Air Force, and to widows for post-graduation degree course.
For education is provided out of AFFD Fund @ Rs.1000/- per month per head (up to max two children) of eligible ESM and their widows, for the previous academic year, payable in one installment in a financial year. This is applicable for classes 1 to 12 of school and undergraduate classes of a degree college. This grant is also admissible to widows who wish to pursue 2-year post graduate degree. This grant is not applicable for any of the professional or technical courses/degrees.
Eligibility
Conditions
The
following criteria must be fulfilled to avail this grant:-
(b) Should be
of rank Havildar/equivalent and below.
(c) The
child should have passed the previous class.
(d) Should
be recommended by respective Zila Sainik Board (ZSB).
(e) Should
not be drawing education allowance from the State or his Employer.
Application
Form
Application
should be made on the prescribed application form with verification of
concerned Zila Sainik Welfare Officer (ZSWO) online. A specimen application
form is placed as Annexure 1. Copies of the following documents duly attested
by the respective ZSWO must accompany the application: -
(b) ESM or
Widow I-Card issued by respective ZSB.
(c)
Mark-sheet / School Progress Card of child/children.
(d) Part –II
Order mentioning names of the child(ren) for which grant is sought or the
reshould be a proper entry to this effect in the Discharge Book/Documents.
(e) A
certificate from applicant saying that he/she has not taken any money/grant
from the state or present employer in the form of education allowance or
scholarship.
(f) Details
of Bank A/c No (in PNB/SBI only) and IFS Code.
(g) Aadhar
Card copy.
Channel of
Application
The
application for the just concluded academic year must be submitted online by an
eligible ESM / their widows to respective ZSB from the month of May for Classes
1st to 9th & 11th and from the month ofJul for Board classes 10th &
12th. For under-graduate courses (non-technical and non-professional),
applications will be submitted from the month of Aug. ZSWO will scrutinize the
online applications, give appointment to the applicant and after due
verification, will recommend the online application and forward it via RSB to
the KSB Sectt for approval and payment in the current financial year. The cut-off
date for all categories is Nov for the financial year, Cases older than one
year will not be accepted.
Processing
at KSB
On receipt
at the KSB Sectt, the applications will be checked online. The
Section-in-Charge will assign them file to the designated clerk who will check
data of the applications into computer. Another clerk will be designated to
check correctness of the entries and eligibility of applicants.
Section-in-Charge will also check the same and recommend them online to
JD(Welfare). Such applications in a lot pertaining to AFFDF will be moved for
approval of the competent authority preferably on a quarterly basis.
Payment
Procedure
After
approval of the applications, the same will be processed for payment by the
Welfare Section. After verifying the service number, name, bankers, IFS Code
and account number of the applicants, Welfare Section will forward the approved
list to the Accounts Section for payments, which will release the payments via
ECS to the beneficiaries.
Subsequent
Grant
Fresh
application is required to be made for all the subsequent academic years
provided the child(ren) has/have satisfactorily advanced to the next class. Subsequent
application should also be submitted through ZSB in the month of May. ZSB will
forward all the applications online to KSB Sectt by each year for consideration
in the current financial year.
Jt Dir (Welfare) will put up the list of approved applicants and their payment status whenever made on to the website (www.desw.gov.in)
Application Authorization Flow
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