(a) the details of the facilities provided to the ex-servicemen;
(b) the rules regarding re-employment of ex-servicemen in the Government Department;
(c) the number of ex-servicemen re-employed during each of the last three years, State-wise;
(d) whether the ex-servicemen are not getting respectable employment; and
(e) if so, the steps taken or proposed to be taken to provide suitable employment to ex-servicemen?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE DEFENCE PRODUCTION (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)
(a) to (e): A statement is attached.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a ) to (e ) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4282 FOR ANSWER ON 18-5-2006
Ex-servicemen are provided various facilities for their re-settlement and welfare. Resettlement facilities include training to improve their re-employability, reservation in Government jobs, loan assistance through self-employment schemes, formation of ex-servicemen Coal Transport Companies, allotment of oil product agencies, allotment of army surplus vehicles, etc. Important welfare measures for them are canteen facilities, Ex-servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Prime Minister’s Scholarship scheme for higher education for their wards, financial assistance from Raksha Mantri Discretionary Fund and travel concessions.
Details of ex-servicemen re-employed during the last three years, state-wise are given in the Annexure.
The Central Government has reserved 10% of vacancies in Group `C` posts and 20% in Group `D` posts for Ex-Servicemen. Central Public Sector Undertakings and Nationalised Banks provide 14.5% reservation in Group `C` and 24.5% in Group ‘D’ posts with them. Besides 10% vacancies of Assistant Commandants in Para Military Forces are also reserved for Ex-Servicemen. 100% posts are reserved for ex-servicemen in Defence Security Corps.
Because of shrinking job opportunities in civil sector, it has not been possible to provide re-employment to all the ex-servicemen who seek re-employment assistance. Therefore, efforts are continuously made to explore new employment opportunities in private sector. Besides ex-servicemen are engaged to take up self-employment ventures through financial assistance provided by nationalised banks, Khadi & Village Industries Commission, SIDBI, etc.
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE STATEMENT GIVEN IN REPLY TO PARTS (a ) to (e ) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4282 FOR ANSWER ON 18-5-2006
AS PER THE INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE BY VARIOUS RAJYA SAINIK BOARDS, THE STATE-WISE DETAILS OF EX-SERVICEMEN RE-EMPLOYED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS ARE AS UNDER:-
Sl.No. Name of State/U.T 2003 2004 2005 1. ANDHRA PRADESH 132 114 66 2. ARUNACHAL PRADESH 00 00 00 3. ASSAM 46 54 42 4. BIHAR 95 298 75 5. CHATTISGARH 31 14 69 6. GOA 20 11 06 7 GUJARAT 2071 1692 38 8. HIMACHAL PRADESH 121 199 49 9. HARYANA 81 62 29 10. JAMMU & KASHMIR 33 63 40 11. JHARKHAND 00 05 02 12. KARNATAKA 281 159 376 13. KERALA 604 809 668 14. MADHYA PRADESH 149 89 136 15. MAHARASHTRA 542 511 454 16. MANIPUR 00 00 05 17. MEGHALAYA 03 03 07 18. MIZORAM 00 13 00 19. NAGALAND 04 11 30 20. ORISSA 37 40 111 21. PUNJAB 1327 1270 1197 22. RAJASTHAN 654 654 654 23. SIKKIM 25 29 01 24. TAMIL NADU 103 86 54 25. TRIPURA 03 17 02 26. UTTAR PRADESH 1189 889 1014 27. UTTARANCHAL 205 99 668 28. WEST BENGAL 198 170 159 29. ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS 00 00 00 30. CHANDIGARH 18 33 74 31. DELHI 00 00 00 32. PONDICHERRY 12 02 00 Total 7984 7396 6026
Year No. of ex-servicemen re-employed
2003 3704 2004 3543 2005 3866