_ “UT admn offers more a ‘Chandigarh, June “THE UT administration has the one-time cash award for future ‘awarcees of Param Vir Chakra\ ‘Reb lah at pa with Punjab from Takh. ‘Not only this, the Mahavir Chakra awardee will now got Bs 15 akh, instead {f Re lakh, The Vir Chakra award wl fw got Rs 10 lakh instead of Rs lakh. "The Ashok Chakra Avwardeos, highest aarti be giver Rs 25 ak. “The natifiation, applicable from June 5, said, "The Iump sum money will only be applicable to future awardees once, land aftr that they would not be entitled to any benefit, The previous cases will ot be opened.” “Lt Cal RE. Singh (ret, Zita Saini ‘Welfare Office (ZSWO), has confirmed to LIT that he had got the notification. “tts proposed carer, but die tothe model code of conduct, it was delayed. ‘The aim was to bring the eash awards at par with the Punjab government.” Ho sai tho government had effected the inereasolast yeas; bu here were some anomalies, as Sarvottam Yudh Seva ‘Medal (S¥SM), which is nota gallantry “aware, ad aon aeardod Re 6,00, ths ‘reaking the eonvention as far as satus ‘was comoerned. ‘With the fresh notification, SYSM wall. got Rs 2.500, fnilary earlier Sena Medal cash award was awarded same both for dis tinguished and gallantry service. So, we put the proposal that Sona Medal for gal- Iantry service soul be aware Rs 2.00, and hat forthe distinguished service be ‘ven Re L000 monthly” he said "The Sena Meal for gallantry service wll nov got Re 5 lakh as onetime settlement and for distinguished service Rs2 lakh, ‘in July, 2008 notification, Param to gallantry awardees ‘Vashisht Sews Medal (PVSM), Ati ‘ashist Sera Modal (VSM) and Vashist ‘Sewn Medal VSM), all were granted the {Same money in violation of convention. ‘Mahavir Chakra winner were getting Rs 000, which Has also boon enhanced to Re 7.09, But now, on monthly-basi, ‘PUSM wil got Rs 2.000 AVSM will get RS 1,50 and VSM wil et Rs 1,00. ‘is mportan tomention her thatthe children of Kargil martyrs get one per ‘ent reservation status fil 2027 in eu tational institutions.