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DISTRESS
GRANT : SOP
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A person will
be in distress due any of the following reasons:-
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This SOP lays down guidelines to
give succor to the affected persons due any of the above
circumstances.
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Assistance
required when loss suffered due to natural/man-made calamity.
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This grant
will be given to those BSA members, retired or serving or
their dependents, when they suffer extensive loss of
property or loss of life of their near and dear ones in a
natural or man made calamity of a severe nature. The
calamity must be recognized/declared as such by the
State/Centre. The Management Committee will be the final
authority to decide whether the allotment is to be made or
not.
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A
handwritten application on an ordinary paper giving full
details of the incident with documentary proof will be
accepted for consideration of Distress Grant. Documentary
proof can be in the following forms: -
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News
Paper cutting including those of vernacular media.
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Certificate from local civil
authorities.
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Recommendation from village
sarpanch etc.
- The application must
be submitted within six months of occurrence of the
incident. The application will be made to the Bombay Sappers
Association, C/O HQ BEG & Centre Kirkee, Pune – 411 003.
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Assistance
required to NOK when a Bombay Sapper dies.
- When a PBOR dies
in service, his NOK gets all the benefits as per
existing regulations on the subject, provided the
documentation is done properly and speedily. The NOK
gets considerable amount due to increase in various
pension benefits. The details of the benefits are
sent to all concerned vide our letter No
10002/Distress/102/BSA dt 08 May 2009. A large part
of the benefits are generally paid within two
months. However, in some cases the process of
completing the documentation is delayed due to
unavoidable reasons. Some examples are:-
- The PBOR who
die while serving on EREs such as Border Roads,
NSG, Navy, Air Force or such like orgs where the
documentations process takes considerable time
to release any pension /death benefits.
- Cases of PBOR
declared missing while in service and where the
documentation takes much time.
- Cases of PBOR
retired from service and thereafter gone
missing. Their NOK/dependents find it difficult
to get pension or other financial assistance due
to delay in documentation such as FIR, Police
investigation report, court order etc
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In such cases
the NOKs, especially the widows, find it extremely difficult to
run the household for this interim period when the PBOR’s pay is
stopped (because of his death) till the pension benefits are
made available. |
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In a few cases,
due to special circumstances, a widow may need financial
assistance or assistance in other form. |
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The type of assistance will depend
on the circumstances of the widow. Some examples (the list is
not exhaustive) are:-
- Financial assistance as
one time requirement.
- Financial assistance over
a period of time.
- Assistance in getting her
a job.
- Assistance in getting
children admitted in School.
- Assistance in small scale
entrepreneurship.
- Assistance in getting
medical treatment.
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Procedure
In all cases of assistance,
applications will be forwarded to the BSA office giving details
of the circumstance because of which the person affected
requires help. A Board of Officers will examine the case and
will recommend the type and quantum of assistance to be given.
For the financial assistance, the total budget allocation for
the year will be laid down in the beginning of every financial
year.
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Sanctioning Authority
The final
sanctioning authority for allotment of the Grant will be the
Management Committee of the BSA. The Management Committee will
take up this issue during its quarterly meeting or can call for
an extra-ordinary meeting. The decision of the Management
Committee will be final. |
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Maximum Amount
The
maximum amount that can be allotted to any officer or PBOR is Rs
6000/- as one time assistance. |
