Haryana Government on Wednesday announced to give a weightage of 25 marks to Veer Naris (mothers and widows) of martyrs of the State in the recruitment of post of Anganwadi workers and allotment of two acres of land on concessional rate in Sector-27, Panchkula for establishing a Defence Service Officers Institute (DSOI).
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda who was presiding over the Civil-Military liaison Conference - 2014 held at Western Command Headquarters in Chandimandir said that widows of defence personnel were already being given weightage of 15 marks in recruitment to these posts. Recently, the State Government has decided to give employment on compassionate grounds, in Class III and IV posts to one eligible living spouse or dependent child of a martyr of the Armed Forces or para-military forces who is killed in action in border skirmishes, terrorist attacks or riots. He said that the State Government has already appointed Assistant Secretaries having Army background in the Rajya Sainik Board and Zila Sainik Board to assist in addressing problems and issues pertaining to ex-servicemen belonging to the State. Hooda added that a special campaign has been launched in the State to fill the vacant posts in the category of ex-servicemen in various Government departments.