The Government has approved granting of Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) to Assam Rifles pensioners. The beneficiaries will include pensioners and their dependents residing in India and Nepal subject to certain conditions. The Assam Rifles, one of the oldest para-military forces mostly deployed in the North-East has officers from the Army and the home ministry has the administrative control of the force. The soldiers are recruited from all over the nation.
Giving details of the decision taken the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), officials said here on Tuesday the there are more than three lakh beneficiaries including dependents. As per the home ministry records, there are about 92,000 Assam Rifles pensioners including about 27,000 residing in Nepal.