Lok Sabha Question No. 438 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-03
Subject: Sainik Welfare Board
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rattan Lal Kataria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  February, 2023

## SAINIK WELFARE BOARD

438. SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of Sainik Welfare Boards working across the country, State/UT-wise and the details of issues considered/decisions taken by these boards related to ex-servicemen; and
- (b)    the  number  of  ex-servicemen  registered  with  the  district  Sainik  Welfare  Boards  of Haryana, district-wise?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a):  There are 34 Rajya Sainik Boards and 409ZilaSainikKalyan Boards working across the country. The details are at Annexue-I. Responsibilities/functions including details of subjects considered/decisions taken by Sainik Welfare Boards are placed at Annexure-II.

(b):    The  total  number  of  Ex-servicemen  registered  in  district  Sainik  Kalyan  Boards  of Haryana, district Sainik Kalyan Board wise is at Annexure-III.

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ANNEXURE-I  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING 'SAINIK WELFARE BOARD'.

## DETAILS OF RAJYA SAINIK BOARDS AND ZILASAINIK BOARDS

| Sl. No.         | Rajya Sainik Boards in State/UTs   | No. of Zila Sainik Boards   |
|-----------------|------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1               | Andhra Pradesh                     | 13                          |
| 2               | Arunachal Pradesh                  | 0                           |
| 3               | Assam                              | 19                          |
| 4               | Bihar                              | 13                          |
| 5               | Chhattisgarh                       | 10                          |
| 6               | Goa                                | 0                           |
| 7               | Gujarat                            | 9                           |
| 8               | Haryana                            | 21                          |
| 9               | Himachal Pradesh                   | 10                          |
| 10              | Jharkhand                          | 6                           |
| 11              | Karnataka                          | 13                          |
| 12              | Kerala                             | 14                          |
| 13              | Madhya Pradesh                     | 24                          |
| 14              | Maharashtra                        | 33                          |
| 15              | Manipur                            | 2                           |
| 16              | Meghalaya                          | 2                           |
| 17              | Mizoram                            | 4                           |
| 18              | Nagaland                           | 6                           |
| 19              | Odisha                             | 8                           |
| 20              | Punjab                             | 22                          |
| 21              | Rajasthan                          | 24                          |
| 22              | Sikkim                             | 3                           |
| 23              | Tamil Nadu                         | 27                          |
| 24              | Tripura                            | 0                           |
| 25              | Telangana                          | 10                          |
| 26              | Uttarakhand                        | 14                          |
| 27              | Uttar Pradesh                      | 74                          |
| 28              | West Bengal                        | 13                          |
| Union Territory | Union Territory                    | Union Territory             |
| 29              | Chandigarh                         | 0                           |
| 30              | Delhi                              | 0                           |
| 31              | Puducherry                         | 0                           |
| 32              | Jammu and Kashmir                  | 13                          |
| 33              | Ladakh                             | 2                           |
| 34              | Andaman and Nicobar                | 0                           |
| Total           | 34                                 | 409                         |

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## ANNEXURE-II  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING 'SAINIK WELFARE BOARD'.

-  Responsibilities of Rajya Sainik Board: Control and Coordinate the work of ZSW Offices in  the  State  and  ensure  their  effective  functioning.    RSB  also  maintain  liaison  with Ministries of the State, State undertakings and enterprises and Banks to seek vacancies for Ex-Servicemen and widows as per reservation policy of the State and as per recruitment rules, monitor such vacancies and ensure Ex-Servicemen or widows fill these up, and have the policy on reservation for ESM in the State amended in conformity with that of Centre.
-  Responsibilities  of  Zila  Sainik  Welfare  Offices/Zila  Sainik  Board:  ZSB  monitor  the welfare of families of servicemen and Ex-Servicemen and assist them in representing their cases with local administration or Defence authorities.  Welfare organizers employed in each  ZSWO/RSB  play  a  crucial  role  in  establishing  contact  with  the  clientele  in  their homes, listing their problems needs and aspirations, providing in-puts on these ZSWO/RSB,  resolving  these,  and  spreading  awareness  of  the  resettlement  and  welfare measures  in  place  which  they  can  avail-of.    ZSB  also  Scrutinize  applications  for  relief from various military and civil charitable funds and making suitable recommendations and provide all resettlement assistance to war widows, dependents and war disabled as well as to those who died/disabled while in service due to attributable reasons.

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ANNEXURE-III  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 438 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2023 REGARDING 'SAINIK WELFARE BOARD'.

| Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   | Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   | Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   | Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   | Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   | Census Data of ESMs as on 30.09.2022-Haryana   |
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| S.No.                                          | District Sainik Kalyan Board                   | Army                                           | Navy                                           | Air Force                                      | Total                                          |
| 1.                                             | AMBALA                                         | 5,594                                          | 332                                            | 1,315                                          | 7,241                                          |
| 2.                                             | BHIWANI                                        | 5,653                                          | 370                                            | 210                                            | 6,233                                          |
| 3.                                             | FARIDABAD                                      | 4,837                                          | 613                                            | 821                                            | 6,271                                          |
| 4.                                             | FATEHABAD                                      | 1,954                                          | 37                                             | 109                                            | 2,100                                          |
| 5.                                             | GURUGRAM                                       | 11,311                                         | 2,090                                          | 2,064                                          | 15,465                                         |
| 6.                                             | HISAR                                          | 9,459                                          | 212                                            | 273                                            | 9,944                                          |
| 7.                                             | JHAJJAR                                        | 18,536                                         | 414                                            | 558                                            | 19,508                                         |
| 8.                                             | JIND                                           | 9,097                                          | 313                                            | 344                                            | 9,754                                          |
| 9.                                             | KAITHAL                                        | 2,865                                          | 61                                             | 156                                            | 3,082                                          |
| 10.                                            | KARNAL                                         | 4,618                                          | 121                                            | 330                                            | 5,069                                          |
| 11.                                            | KURUKSHETRA                                    | 5,692                                          | 173                                            | 637                                            | 6,502                                          |
| 12.                                            | NARNAUL                                        | 9,617                                          | 354                                            | 228                                            | 10,199                                         |
| 13.                                            | PANIPAT                                        | 3,182                                          | 159                                            | 270                                            | 3,611                                          |
| 14.                                            | PALWAL                                         | 2,632                                          | 150                                            | 109                                            | 2,891                                          |
| 15.                                            | PANCHKULA                                      | 2,758                                          | 189                                            | 516                                            | 3,463                                          |
| 16.                                            | ROHTAK                                         | 17,842                                         | 762                                            | 885                                            | 19,489                                         |
| 17.                                            | REWARI                                         | 9,624                                          | 982                                            | 755                                            | 11,361                                         |
| 18.                                            | SONIPAT                                        | 13,200                                         | 1,009                                          | 1,292                                          | 15,501                                         |
| 19.                                            | SIRSA                                          | 1,047                                          | 23                                             | 95                                             | 1,165                                          |
| 20.                                            | YAMUNANAGAR                                    | 5,450                                          | 153                                            | 399                                            | 6,002                                          |
| 21.                                            | CHARKHI DADRI                                  | 4,921                                          | 278                                            | 106                                            | 5,305                                          |
| TOTAL                                          | TOTAL                                          | 1,49,889                                       | 8,795                                          | 11,472                                         | 1,70,156                                       |

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