EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR EX-SERVICEMEN

The Government has taken appropriate steps to ensure adequate pension and employment opportunities for ex-servicemen in the country, as per extant rules. Additionally, the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme seeks to bridge the gap between the rates of pension of current and past pensioners retiring in the same rank with the same length of service. Various Re-settlement / Skill Development Training Courses, Employment and Self-Employment Schemes are also being facilitated by the Government to provide job opportunities to the Ex-Servicemen in Government Organizations, Public Sector Undertaking, Corporate Houses, Private Sector, Central Para Military Forces etc based on their requisition for employment of Ex-Servicemen.

Further, there is a reservation of 14.5% vacancies in Group ‘C’ and 24.5% vacancies in Group ‘D’ posts for Ex-Servicemen in Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and Public Sector Banks.

The reservation for Ex-Servicemen in Central Public Sector Undertakings (CPSUs) and Public Sector Banks includes 4.5% vacancies for disabled Ex-Servicemen and dependants of service personnel killed in action.

Vacancies are reserved for widows of Ex-Servicemen and Wards/Children of Battle Casualty in Officer Selection of Indian Army. Additionally, 5% vacancies in Short Service Commission for women are provided to widows of Defence personnel, who have died in harness. The wards of Widow/Ex-Servicemen are being enrolled by respective Regimental Centres and are given bonus marks in Online Common Entrance Exam for recruitment under Agnipath Scheme and Regular Cadre.

In case of soldiers who died in service due to causes attributed to military service, Special Family Pension or Liberalised Family Pension as due has been sanctioned. Additionally, Ex Gratia /Gratuity as due has also been sanctioned. The same has been done in a time bound manner.

The total number of ex-servicemen in the country, State/UT-wise are as follows:

Census Data of ESMs as on 31.12.2023
Sl. No.		States/UTs	Army	Navy	Air Force	Total
1.		Andhra Pradesh	63,574	6,665	7,673	77,912
2.		Arunachal Pradesh	980	5	1	986
3.		Assam	38,316	914	2,732	41,962
4.		Bihar	100,849	15,746	16,931	133,526
5.		Chhattisgarh	6,746	334	411	7,491
6.		Goa	1,113	1,030	202	2,345
7.		Gujarat	27,315	1,141	5,019	33,475
8.	Haryana		154,153	9,258	12,226	175,637
9.	Himachal Pradesh		121,637	4,343	2,596	128,576
10.	Jharkhand		25,680	1,666	2,747	30,093
11.	Karnataka		78,579	3,089	12,335	94,003
12.	Kerala		143,296	14,506	23,734	181,536
13.	Madhya Pradesh		53,344	1,566	2,118	57,028
14.	Maharashtra		167,788	15,533	13,166	196,487
15.	Manipur		8,397	150	197	8,744
16.	Meghalaya		2,830	56	86	2,972
17.	Mizoram		5,394	51	61	5,506
18.	Nagaland		3,221	45	24	3,290
19.	Odisha		40,067	4,383	7,887	52,337
20.	Punjab		335,328	9,767	14,369	359,464
21.	Rajasthan		193,825	8,264	7,434	209,523
22.	Sikkim		1,000	63	12	1,075
23.	Tamil Nadu		104,533	4,015	11,975	120,523
24.	Telangana		19,455	1,532	7,213	28,200
25.	Tripura		2,357	43	128	2,528
26.	Uttar Pradesh		349,880	29,534	41,731	421,145
27.	Uttarakhand		132,576	3,470	3,315	139,361
28.	West Bengal		83,542	5,906	14,745	104,193
29.	Andaman & Nicobar (UT)		803	178	100	1,081
30.	Chandigarh (UT)		6,189	458	2,513	9,160
31.	Delhi(UT)		46,831	5,748	10,766	63,345
32.	Jammu & Kashmir (UT)		74,940	789	895	76,624
33.	Leh and Ladakh (UT)		6,313	11	30	6,354
34.	Pondicherry (UT)		1,864	134	471	2,469
	Total		2,402,715	150,393	225,843	2,778,951