PCDA Circular 30 - Payment of enhanced Monetary Allowances attached to pre and post independence Gallantry Awards Office of the Pr.C.D.A.(Pensions), Draupadighat, Allahabad - 211014 Circular No. 30 Date: 22.12.2017 To, 1. The Director of Treasuries 2. The Post Master, Kathua, Srinagar (J&K) 3. The Post Master, Campbell Bay (Andaman & Nicobar) 4. The Defence Pension Disbursing Officer …….. 5. The Pay and Accounts Officer …….. 6. The Assistant Military Attache(P) Embassy of India,Kathmandu,(Nepal) 7. The Director of Accounts, Panaji (Goa) 8. The Chief Accounts officer (PGTPF), Gangtok, Sikkim- 737101 9. Director of Accounts, Moti Daman- 396220 10. The Chief Manager, CPPC ….. 11. The Manager, Link Bank (other than CPPC) …….. 12. Director of Accounts & Treasuries, Puducherry- 605001 Subject : Payment of enhanced Monetary Allowances attached to pre and post independence Gallantry Awards. Reference: This office Important Circular No. 9 dated 10.06.2011. (Available on this office ...

Monetary Allowance for Widows of Gallantry Awards Recipients Recipients of the gallantry awards are entitled to the monetary allowance as per the letter of 1972 of Ministry of Defence (MoD), superseded by letter in 1995 of the MoD, which have been revised from time to time. As per the existing condition for grant of monetary allowance, the allowance shall be admissible to the recipient of the award and on his death to his widow lawfully married by a valid ceremony. The widow will continue to receive the allowance until her re-marriage or death. The payment of the allowance will, however, be continued to a widow who re-marries the late husband’s brother and lives a communal life with the living heir eligible for family pension. Representations were received from various quarters to remove the condition of the widow's remarriage with the late husband's brother for continuation of the monetary allowance. This issue was considered by the Government of India and it has now been deci...