Casualties suffered by Armed Forces Jawans: Rajya Sabha QA

Casualties suffered by Armed Forces Jawans in terrorist attacks across the country in the last five years, year-wise: Rajya Sabha QA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1328
TO BE ANSWERED ON 14TH MARCH, 2022

CASUALTIES SUFFERED BY ARMED FORCES JAWANS

1328. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of Defence be pleased to state:

(a) the total number of casualties (fatal and non-fatal) suffered by Armed Forces jawans in terrorist attacks across the country in the last five years, year-wise;

(b) the details of the compensation and support provided to the families of the deceased/injured soldiers over this period; and

(c) the details of the total compensation given to families of such deceased soldiers in the current year?

A N S W E R

MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI AJAY BHATT) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(a): The details of battle casualties (fatal and non-fatal) suffered by the armed forces personnel in terrorist attacks/ Counter Terrorist Operations during the last five years are as under:

Year	Army Casualties		Indian Air Force Casualties
	Fatal	Non-Fatal	Fatal	Non-Fatal
2017	40	118	03	00
2018	47	102	00	00
2019	27	54	00	00
2020	23	35	00	00
2021	19	14	00	00
2022	00	00	00	02

No Naval personnel suffered any casualty during this period.

(b) Details of compensation and support provided to the families of the deceased/injured soldiers of Indian Army are as under:

Ser No	Year	Amount disbursed to Fatal Casualties in Crs	Amount disbursed to Non Fatal Casualties in Crs
(a)	2017	0.88	0.97
(b)	2018	1.04	0.87
(c)	2019	0.74	0.65
(d)	2020	2.16	0.96
(e)	2021	2.32	0.04
Total		7.14	3.49
Grand Total		10.63 Crs

 

Children Education Concession. Educational concessions are admissible to children of Armed Forces personnel killed/ missing/ disabled. Details of beneficiaries are as under:-

Ser No	FY	No of Beneficiaries	Amount Disbursed
(a)	2017-18	3264	18.25 Cr
(b)	2018-19	2699	19.00 Cr
(c)	2019-20	3282	21.35 Cr
(d)	2020-21	2735	19.00 Cr
(e)	2021-22	2690	17.00 Cr

 

Various Rail and Air Travel Concessions are also provided to defence personnel killed in action and their widows.

The details of compensation and support provided to Next of Kins of the deceased Indian Air Force personnel are as under:

S. No.	Name	Details of Pensionary Benefits paid
(i)	Cpl Nilesh Kumar Nayan	LFP – Rs. 42,200/- DCRG – Rs. 5,31,720/- Ex Gratia – Rs. 35,00,000/-
(ii)	Sgt Khairnar Milind Kishor	LFP – Rs. 46,340/- DCRG – Rs. 8,49,600/- Ex Gratia – Rs. 35,00,000/-
(iii)	Cpl JP Nirala	LFP – Rs. 41,175/- DCRG – Rs. 8,64,000/- Ex Gratia – Rs. 35,00,000/-

 

(c): The details of the total compensation from Armed Forces Battle Casualty Fund given to the families of the deceased soldiers in the current year is as under:

Ser No	Year	No of Fatal Casualties	Amount in Cr
(i)	2022	02	0.16

 

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Source: Rajya Sabha