Uttarakhand Govt Plans To Divide Aid Given To Martyrs Between Wife, Parents

State minister of soldier welfare, Ganesh Joshi, said a proposal to divide the Rs 25 lakh martyr's aid between the parents and spouse was placed at the Cabinet meeting. Another meeting will be held to discuss the issue following which, it will be finalised, Joshi said.

Dehradun:The Uttarakhand government is contemplating to divide the financial assistance provided to martyr's family equally between the spouse and the parents.

The move comes amid the row between Kirti Chakra awardee Captain Anshuman Singh's wife and parents, who alleged that their daughter-in-law took the entire aid that was given by the government and left the house without giving them any share.

Ganesh Joshi, state minister of soldier welfare said that the proposal has been taken up before Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami at the cabinet meeting recently. Joshi said that if any armed soldier of Uttarakhand is martyred, then under the norms of the state government, Rs 25 lakh compensation is handed over to his widow. But considering the recent case where the soldier's widow left his parents after getting the compensation, the government is considering to divide this compensation amount equally between his wife and parents, he said.

Joshi said that a final decision would be taken at another meeting that will be held very soon.

Last month, the Madhya Pradesh government had decided to provide 50 percent of the compensation to the martyred police personnel's wife and the rest to his parents. Presently, the government provides Rs 1 crore to the martyr's widow.

After a cabinet meeting on June 25, state urban development minister Kailash Vijayavargiya said that the government has decided that the martyr's parents and the spouse will get equal share of the compensation amount.

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