INDIANS LOST 113 SOLDIERS IN 2009!!!!

State wise details of Army personnel killed and injured (battle fatal and battle non-fatal casualties) in various operations during the last three years is given below:-

SATE WISE DETAILS OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL KILLED IN VARIOUS OPERATIONS DURING LAST THREE YEARS:

           

SL. No.	State	2007	2008	2009
1.	Andhra Pradesh	7	7	3
2.	Assam	2	4	2
3.	Bihar	7	6	5
4.	Gujarat	1	2	3
5.	Haryana	19	19	7
6.	Himachal Pradesh	14	7	8
7.	Jammu and Kashmir	9	13	17
8.	Jharkhand	4	2	1
9.	Karnataka	6	8	6
10.	Kerala	9	7	1
11.	Madhya Pradesh	6	1	1
12.	Maharashtra	18	8	11
13.	Punjab	33	16	12
14.	Rajasthan	18	12	9
15.	Tamil Nadu	6	5	1
16.	Uttar Pradesh	26	19	12
17.	Uttrakhand	12	14	8
18.	West Bengal	7	6	2
19.	Manipur	0	2	1
20.	Orissa	2	4	2
21.	Arunachal Pradesh	0	1	0
22.	Mizoram	0	1	1
23.	Nagaland	1	1	0
24.	Delhi	2	0	0
25.	Chandigarh	0	1	0
	Total	309	166	113

            NB: Personnel of TA, Assam Rifle and VIKAS are not included.

SATE WISE DETAILS OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL INJURED IN VARIOUSOPERATIONS DURING LAST THREE YEARS:

           

SL. No.	State	2007	2008	2009
1.	Andhra Pradesh	9	6	1
2.	Assam	5	6	1
3.	Bihar	17	20	5
4.	Gujarat	10	5	2
5.	Haryana	41	24	7
6.	Himachal Pradesh	22	23	13
7.	Jammu and Kashmir	47	27	12
8.	Jharkhand	4	5	4
9.	Karnataka	7	9	5
10.	Kerala	9	8	0
11.	Madhya Pradesh	19	8	5
12.	Maharashtra	34	18	27
13.	Punjab	59	23	11
14.	Rajasthan	47	27	14
15.	Tamil Nadu	17	11	1
16.	Uttar Pradesh	45	35	28
17.	Uttrakhand	41	23	10
18.	West Bengal	12	7	8
19.	Manipur	5	5	2
20.	Orissa	4	5	2
21.	Arunachal Pradesh	1	0	0
22.	Mizoram	2	2	1
23.	Nagaland	2	2	0
24.	Delhi	3	2	3
25.	Meghalaya	3	0	1
26.	Chattisgarh	1	1	0
27.	Tripura	1	0	0
	Total	467	302	163

NB: Personnel of TA, Assam Rifle and VIKAS are not included.

            Compensation has been paid to Next of Kin in eligible cases as per the following entitlement:-

(i)                 Liberalised Family Pension: In case of death due to an act of violence/attack by extremists, terrorists, anti-social elements etc, equal to the reckonable emoluments last drawn by the deceased personnel for life to the Next of Kin.

(ii)               Special Family Pension: In case of death of armed forces personnel due to causes held attributable to/aggravated by military service, it is computed @60% of the last reckonable emoluments subject to minimum of `7,000/- per month.

(iii)             Death Gratuity: Depending upon the length of service as under:-

Length of Service	Amount
Less than 1 Year	2 times reckonable emoluments
1 to 5 Years	6 times reckonable emoluments
5 to 20 Years	12 times reckonable emoluments
More than 20 Years	One month’s reckonable emoluments for every completed year (Maximum ceiling `10 lac).

(iv)             Ex-Gratia: --- 15 lakhs to the Next of Kin of the personnel who die in action in border skirmishes of action against militants, terrorists etc. `10 lakhs in case of deaths due to accidents in the course of Bonafide official duties.

(v)               War Injury Pension: is admissible when injury takes place during action against extremists, terrorists and antisocial elements in war of war like operations. The war injury pension consists of:-

(I)                 Service element – at 50% of last reckonable emoluments.

(II)               War Injury element – equal to last reckonable emolument on invalidment and at 60% of last reckonable emoluments subject to a minimum of `7,020/- on retirements.

(vi)              Disability Pension: is admissible on account of disability provided its extent is more than 20% and held attributable to military service. The disability pension comprises of:- 

(I)                 Service element – at 50% of last reckonable emoluments.

(II)               Disability element – at 30% of last reckonable emoluments for 100% disability subject to minimum of `3,510/-. For lower percentage of disability the amount of disability element is computed proportionately.

Expenditure incurred on welfare of disabled/Killed soldiers and other ex-servicemen during last three years:-

SL. No.	Financial Year	Amount (`)
1.	2007-2008	39383850
2.	2008-2009	60791765
3.	2009-2010	67724899

The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (Ministry of Defence) Kendriya Sainik Board and Rajya Sainik Board/Zila Sainik Boards in respective States, Record Offices/local formations/establishments/units have systems in place to periodically interact formally/informally with the families of Defence personnel who were killed during operation or soldiers who were disabled during war. In addition, Pension Adalats are held regularly to resolve the pension related problems of the families.