In a move that would benefit over 9,000 officers and other personnel of the defence services, the Union Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wednesday approved leave encashment up to 180 days in respect of those Defence personnel who died or were invalidated out of service between 30 December 1991 and 29 November 1999 with less than 15 years of service.
The decision will benefit the families of 9777 officers and other personnel of Defence services who died or were invalidated out of service during this period. This period is significant as a large number of casualties took place during the Kargil conflict (“Operation Vijay”) and in counter-insurgency operations in Jammu and Kashmir and North East during the period.