{"id":4897,"date":"2025-08-15T14:50:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/?p=4897"},"modified":"2025-08-15T14:50:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:50:58","slug":"punjab-is-first-state-to-provide-financial-aid-of-rs-1-crore-to-families-of-fallen-soldiers-cm-bhagwant-mann-on-independence-dayread-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/punjab-is-first-state-to-provide-financial-aid-of-rs-1-crore-to-families-of-fallen-soldiers-cm-bhagwant-mann-on-independence-dayread-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab is first state to provide financial aid of Rs 1 crore to families of fallen soldiers: CM Bhagwant Mann on Independence DayRead more"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It appears that the ANINEWS URL you shared couldn&#8217;t be accessed due to a loading error. However, I found corroborating coverage from other trusted sources confirming the key details:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Punjab\u2019s CM Bhagwant Singh Mann announced a landmark decision<\/strong> making Punjab the first state in India to raise ex-gratia (financial aid) for the next of kin of martyred soldiers from \u20b950 lakh to <strong>\u20b91 crore<\/strong>.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/india\/punjab-govt-enhances-welfare-measures-for-families-of-martyred-soldiers-1503395926.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">The Statesman<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/updatepunjab.com\/punjab-government-enhances-welfare-measures-for-families-of-martyred-soldiers\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">updatepunjab.com<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>As of February 2025, <strong>24 families<\/strong> have already benefited from this enhanced ex-gratia assistance.(<a href=\"https:\/\/news.abplive.com\/states\/punjab\/maan-governments-commitment-to-soldiers-and-their-families-1752727?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">ABP Live<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On <strong>August 9, 2025<\/strong>, further application of this policy was seen when:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Punjab announced a \u20b91 crore grant plus a government job, naming of a village school, and a memorial gate for the family of Lance Dafadar Daljeet Singh, who died in Ladakh.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newkerala.com\/news\/o\/punjab-govt-announces-rs-crore-aid-job-brother-army-245?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">NewKerala.com<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbytesapp.com\/news\/india\/punjab-government-to-give-rs1cr-to-slain-soldiers-family\/tldr?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">NewsBytes<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In another case, following a Kulgam encounter, CM Mann extended \u20b91 crore ex-gratia to the families of two soldiers\u2014Pritpal Singh and Harminder Singh.(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rozanaspokesman.com\/news\/punjab\/090825\/cm-mann-announces-ex-gratia-of-rs-1-cr-each-to-families-of-2-soldiers.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Rozana Spokesman<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CM Mann also personally presented a \u20b91 crore cheque to the family of ASI Dhanwant Singh, who sacrificed his life in the line of duty on January 18.(<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/chandigarh\/capts-badals-majithias-continue-family-legacies-to-backstab-punjab-cm\/articleshow\/122960563.cms?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">The Times of India<\/a>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Additionally, in the past month, the Punjab Government released <strong>\u20b93.69 crore in ex-gratia<\/strong> assistance to families of martyrs and disabled soldiers across multiple districts.(<a href=\"https:\/\/ipr.punjab.gov.in\/en\/press-releases\/hq-press-releases\/punjab-govt-releases-369-crore-financial-assistance-to-disabled-soldiers-martyrs-dependents-mohinder-bhagat\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">Punjab Intellectual Property Rights<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary &amp; Clarification<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the ANINEWS link failed to load, the core policy remains well-documented:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Event<\/th><th>Details<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Policy Change<\/strong><\/td><td>Ex-gratia for martyr families increased from \u20b950 lakh to \u20b91 crore\u2014Punjab is the <strong>first state<\/strong> to do so.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Beneficiaries<\/strong><\/td><td>24 families had received the updated aid by early 2025.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Recent Instances<\/strong><\/td><td>August 2025: \u20b91 crore grants provided to families of soldiers in Ladakh and Kulgam incidents. Personal cheque given to ASI Dhanwant Singh\u2019s family.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Cumulative Assistance<\/strong><\/td><td>\u20b93.69 crore disbursed recently for martyrs and disabled soldiers\u2019 families across districts.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears that the ANINEWS URL you shared couldn&#8217;t be accessed due to a loading error. However, I found corroborating coverage from other trusted sources confirming the key details: Summary &amp; Clarification Although the ANINEWS link failed to load, the core policy remains well-documented: Event Details Policy Change Ex-gratia for martyr families increased from \u20b950&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[294,292],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","category-national","th-blog blog-single has-post-thumbnail"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4899,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4897\/revisions\/4899"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ranjantechnologies.com\/newspaper\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}