Swatantrata Sainik Samman Pension Scheme

Category of Freedom Fighters: Ex-Andaman Political/ Prisoners/ Spouses

Basic Pension w.e.f. 15.08.2016 in Rupees (Per Month): 30,000/-

Total Amount of Pension Including 3% DR in Rupees (Per Month): 30,900/-

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Category of Freedom Fighters: Freedom Fighters Who Suffered Outside British India/Spouses

Basic Pension w.e.f. 15.08.2016 in Rupees (Per Month): 28,000/-

Total Amount of Pension Including 3% DR in Rupees (Per Month): 28,840/-

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Category of Freedom Fighters: Other Freedom Fighters/ spouses including INA

Basic Pension w.e.f. 15.08.2016 in Rupees (Per Month): 26,000/-

Total Amount of Pension Including 3% DR in Rupees (Per Month): 26,780/-

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Category of Freedom Fighters: Dependent parents/eligible daughters (maximum 3 daughters at any point of time)

Basic Pension w.e.f. 15.08.2016 in Rupees (Per Month): 50% of the sum that would have been admissible to the Freedom Fighter i.e. in the range of ₹ 13,000/- to ₹ 15,000/-

Total Amount of Pension Including 3% DR in Rupees (Per Month): 50% of the sum that would have been admissible to the Freedom Fighter i.e. in the range of ₹ 13,390/- to ₹ 15,450/-

For the purpose of granting a pension under the scheme, a freedom fighter is:

> (a) A person who had suffered a minimum imprisonment of six months in the mainland jails before Independence.

1. However, ex-INA personnel will be eligible for pension if the imprisonment/detention suffered by them was outside India.
2. The minimum period of actual imprisonment for pension eligibility has been reduced to three months, in the case of women and SC/ST freedom fighters from 01.08.1980.

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Explanation

1. Detention under the orders of the competent authority will be considered imprisonment.
2. A period of normal remission of upto one month will be treated as part of actual imprisonment.
3. In the case of a trial ending in conviction, the trial period will be counted towards actual imprisonment suffered.
4. A broken period of imprisonment will be totalled up for computing the qualifying period.

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Eligible Dependents

1. For the purpose of granting Samman pension, the family includes (if the freedom fighter is not alive) mother, father, widower/widow if he/she has not since remarried, and unmarried daughters.
2. Not more than one eligible dependent can be granted a pension and in the event of availability of more than one dependent the sequence of eligibility will be widow/widower, unmarried daughters, mother and father.

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> (b) A person who remained underground for more than six months provided he was:

1. a proclaimed offender; or
2. one on whom an award for arrest/head was announced; or
3. one for whose detention order was issued but not served.

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> (c) A person interned in his home or externed from his district provided the period of internment/externment was six months or more.

> (d) A person whose property was confiscated or attached and sold due to participation in the freedom struggle.

> (e) A person who became permanently incapacitated during firing or lathi charge.

> (f) A person who lost his job (Central or State Government) and thus means of livelihood for participation in the national movement.

Step 1: The interested applicant should request a free copy of the prescribed application form from either of two officers, i.e., the State Government/UT concerned or Freedom Fighters’ Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, 1st Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi.

Step 2: In the application form, fill in all the mandatory fields, and attach copies of all the mandatory documents (self-attest if required).

Step 3: The first copy should be sent to the Chief Secretary of the State Government/Union Territory Administration concerned.

Step 4: The second copy should be sent to the Deputy Secretary to the Government of India, Freedom Fighters Division, Ministry of Home Affairs, First Floor, Lok Nayak Bhawan, New Delhi – 3 as an advance copy.