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Festival Gift Coupons (Sainik Welfare)
PuducherryIndividualState/ UTNo start date
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What this is

The scheme "Festival Gift Coupons" is a Welfare Scheme by the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund of the Department of Sainik Welfare, Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to provide Festival Gift Coupons worth ₹4,000/- per annum to the Non-Pensioner ESMs who are 60 years or older in age.

In detail

The scheme "Festival Gift Coupons" is a Welfare Scheme by the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund of the Department of Sainik Welfare, Puducherry. The objective of the scheme is to provide Festival Gift Coupons worth ₹4,000/- per annum to the Non-Pensioner ESMs who are 60 years or older in age. To coupons are to be collected in person on intimation from DSW, normally between November and January. This scheme applies only to the Ex-servicemen/Widows of Ex-servicemen registered with the Department of Sainik Welfare, Puducherry. The applications are accepted offline.

Who qualifies

  • The applicant should be an Ex-Serviceman or the Widow of an Ex-Serviceman.- The Ex-Serviceman should be registered with the Department of Sainik Welfare, Puducherry.- The Ex-Serviceman should be a Non-Pensioner.
  • The Ex-Serviceman should be 60 years or older in age, as on 31st March of the current year (No age bar for Widow of an Ex-Servicemen).
  • The scope of this scheme will also apply to those ESM / living spouse/widows who are re-employed as regular / deemed to be regular in Government/Public Sector Undertakings/Private Organizations and self-employed IT assesses.

What you get

  • Festival Gift Coupons worth ₹4,000/- per annum.

*The coupons are to be collected in person on intimation from DSW, normally between November and January.

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Eligibility published here684 characters
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Benefit amount published hereamount or quantity stated
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Description more than a name286 characters
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Implementing agency published herenamed
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How to apply published hereoffline mode declared, no URL needed
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Start date published herenot published
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schemeNameFestival Gift Coupons (Sainik Welfare)myScheme · 2026-09-02
schemeOpenDate...not published at source
schemeCloseDate...not published at source
nodalMinistryName...myScheme · 2026-09-02
dbtSchemeFalsemyScheme · 2026-09-02
achievement data...no source publishes this for any central scheme