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VOLUME – I CHAPTER 3

Ex-gratia awards to other relatives

193. An ex-gratia award, at the discretion of the President may be made
subject to the conditions mentioned below, to a foster parent, or an adopted/step
child or a minor brother/sister of an individual whose death takes place in the
circumstances mentioned in regulation 189.-
(a) the claimant was left destitute; and

(b) was dependent on the deceased.

An award under this regulation shall not, however, be made if a family
pension is admitted to a member of the family specified in regulation 192.
Nomination of an heir to family pension

194. (a) An airman may nominate any, but only one, of the relatives
specified in regulation 192 as heir to the family pension.
(b) A Gorkha recruited from or whose family resides in Nepal may,
however, nominate in addition, another relative from amongst those specified in
regulations 192 as an alternative heir to family pension. The second heir will,
however, be treated as a nominated heir only if the first is dead or disqualified on
the date on which the pension sanctioning authority decides that the claim to
family pension is admissible.

Conditions of eligibility for a family pension
195. A relative specified in regulation 192 shall be eligible for the grant of
family pension, provided -

General

(a) he or she is not in receipt of another pension from Government;
(b) he or she is not employed under Government. (But see regulation
198).

Widow
(c) a widow has not remarried.

This condition shall not apply to a widow who re-married her deceased
husband’s brother, and continues to live a communal life with and/or contributes
to the support of the other living eligible heirs.

Father

(d) a father is above 50 years of age.
If he is below 50 years of age, he shall be eligible for a family pension only
if he is incapable of self-support by reasons of a physical or a mental infirmity.

Mother
(e) a mother, who is a widow at the time of her son’s death or who
becomes a widow thereafter, has not remarried.

If she had remarried before her son’s death, she shall remain eligible for a
family pension, unless and until she again becomes a widow and remarries.

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