Re-Emp and Re-Settlement retired offrs

Commercial Employment in Private Sector.

As per the provisions of AI 2/S/74, retired service officers of the rank of Col and above are required to seek prior permission of the Govt before taking up commercial employment in the private sector within two years of their date of retirement. Army Headquarters letter No. 35072/MS-Retirement dated 19 May 1989 spells out the procedure for securing the prior Govt permission. The retired officers are required to apply in the prescribed proforma (as per Appendix ‘J’) to the MS Branch/MS(X) for officers of the rank of Brig & above and to MS Branch/MS-Retirement for officers of the rank of Col.
Resettlement in Civil Life. Retiring Army Officers may apply for civil employment. However, para 341 of Regulations for the Army 1987 enjoins that an officer who is granted any pension, gratuity or other benefit in respect of his/her Army service or who is likely to receive any pension, gratuity or other benefit, shall obtain the permission of the President before accepting any employment under a Government outside India at any time after his/her Army Service has ceased. An officer of the rank of Colonel or above, whether the rank is held in substantive capacity or otherwise who is granted a pension, gratuity or other benefit, in respect of his/her Army Service or who is likely to receive any pension, gratuity or other benefit shall also obtain such permission prior to accepting employment before the expiry of two years from the date his/her Army Service ceases in the following cases :-
(a) Commercial employment in private undertakings.
(b) Employment in a civil post under the Central or State Government or an Union Territory Administration/Government, or in a post under a Body Corporate owned or controlled by Government if the other officer had been allowed to retire prematurely at his/her own request. Such permission will not, however, be required if the officer had retired from Army Service in the normal course on completion of the standard service prescribed for his/her rank or if he/she had been invalided from Army Service on grounds of ill health or physical disability. Such permission will also not be necessary in cases where due to personal reasons the officers proceeding on normal retirement are allowed to retire a few days earlier (not exceeding one month) than the due date.
Army Placement Agency (APA). To assist retiring Army Officers in seeking avenues for suitable jobs in civil after retirement, the APA has been established in Adjutant General’s Branch/CW Directorate, Integrated HQ of MOD (Army) with Army Placement Nodes (APNs) at major industrial centres. In addition, Army Placement Satellite Nodes (APSNs) have also been opened at most of the Regimental Centres and some Sub Area/Station Headquarters to facilitate registration and placements of the retiring PBOR. This establishment is in addition to the Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) where also, retiring Officers can register their names for employment separately. To register their names with the APA, retirees can obtain application forms and details from the APA/APNs or can log in to its web site www.apa.co.in which is very elaborate and user friendly. Retirees may also approach APA/APNs for any registration related queries or assistance at the following address :- Army Placement Agency AG’s Branch/CW Directorate Integrated HQ of MOD (Army) West Block-III, RK Puram, New Delhi-110066 Telephones : 011 – 26186075, 26186192 Fax : 011 – 26100241 E – mail : apajobs01@yahoo.co.in
Auth : MS(X) Note No. A/46050/Gen/MS(X) dated 07 Jul 04 &
APA Note No. B/44960/Misc/AG/APA dated 17 Aug 05.
Directorate General Resettlement
Resettlement. The primary thrust of the DGR is on dignified resettlement of all ranks retiring from the three services and efforts are made to explore various avenues for employment of ex-servicemen (ESM). With a view to resettle/re-employ ESM, the DGR arranges the following:-
(a) Training. Plan and conduct Resettlement Training programmes to reorient retiring Defence personnel towards civil employment.
(b) Employment. Sponsor registered officers/PBOR for providing employment opportunities in government/semi government/ public sector organizations and assistance in employment with corporate sector.
(c) Self - Employment. Schemes for self-employment and assistance in obtaining loan in farm and non-farm sectors.
Rehabilitation and Welfare. The rehabilitation and welfare schemes as laid down by the Govt from time to time are executed by the Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) which functions under administrative control of DGR and is co located.
Training Programmes
Training Programmes (Offrs). Training for preparing retiring/retired officers for their resettlement in civil life is one of the major functions entrusted to the DGR. The resettlement training courses provide nationally/internationally accepted certification to facilitate officers to get quick employment within/outside the country. In addition six months courses being conducted at reputed B Schools (IIMs - Ahmedabad, Kolkata, Bangalore, Indore, XLRI Jamshedpur, MDI Gurgaon, NMIMS Mumbai. These courses have received an overwhelming response from officers and resulted in good job placements in the corporate sector. Other courses are being conducted in multifarious fields like Information Technology, Security Services, Entrepreneurship Development, Business Administration, Personnel Management, Hotel Management, Tourism, Human Resources Development, Law, Insurance and many other short term courses on miscellaneous subjects. Constant endeavour is made to improve the quality of training by regular monitoring. The courses are reviewed every year to include courses in new fields based on the participation in current requirements of civil market and corporate world and also to delete obsolete courses. The booklet/CD on courses are distributed down to unit level and can also be obtained free of cost from Training Directorate of DGR or viewed on DGR web site: dgrindia.com.
Eligibility Conditions.
(a) Permanent commissioned officers - last five years of service (last ten years with NOC from service HQ).(b) Retd officers - within 05 years of retirement, subject to age less than 60 yrs.(c) SSC offrs not sought/granted PC, only in last year of service (any time during extn period for army officers).(d) Re-Employed Officers Not Eligible.
Employment
Security Agencies. The DGR registers/sponsors security agencies for providing security guards to various PSUs and industries in the private sector. The scheme offers good self-employment opportunities to retired officers and adequate employment opportunity to ex-PBORs in a field where they have sufficient expertise. The Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) had issued instructions to all PSUs to get security personnel through DGR sponsored Security Agencies. The scheme has shown good results. Through this scheme about 1800 ESM security agencies have been empanelled and approximately over 1,50,000 ESM have gained employment. Fresh forays have been made into the banking sector with active intercession of the Reserve Bank of India and the Finance Ministry. The RBI has issued instructions that the security of the treasury chests of all Banks in the country be entrusted to DGR sponsored ESM Security Agencies only in the absence of the Banks own integral security.
Officer’s Employment. All officers are advised to register with the DGR for Employment/ Self-Employment Assistance in various schemes and for jobs in Govt/ Semi Govt and private sector. The registration is free of cost and offers a great opportunity to retired officers of all ranks, specially middle level officers, to get themselves sponsored for jobs in Govt/Semi Govt and Corporate Business Houses. To spread awareness about potential in ex-defence personnel, seminars are organized periodically in conjunction with ASSOCHAM/FICCI/CII. The registration forms are available on DGR website - dgrindia.com and is also attached as Appendix ‘K’. Registration can be done in the last year of service.
Self-Employment Schemes As it is not feasible to provide Government jobs to all ex-servicemen after their retirement from the Armed Forces, government has formulated several self-employment schemes for encouraging and giving opportunities to ESM entrepreneurs intending to set up their own ventures.
(a) Coal Transportation Scheme. DGR sponsors Ex-Servicemen Coal Transport Companies for the execution of loading and transportation of coal in various coal subsidiaries of Coal India Limited (CIL). The Unemployed retired officers and JCOs registered with DGR, are selected to form ESM Coal Transport Companies and are sponsored to respective coal subsidiaries for five years, extendable by another four years. Presently, nearly 94 such companies are operating under the various coal subsidiaries of CIL. The functioning of these companies is monitored by DGR.
(b) Coal Tipper Scheme. The widows of Defence personnel, who died while in service due to causes attributable to military service, can be sponsored by DGR for attaching one tipper truck in their name with an ESM Coal Transport Company. Eligible widow/disabled soldier is required to make a deposit of Rs. 85,000/- with any of the nominated coal transport company. The company pays them Rs. 3000/- per month for a period of five years, after which the deposited amount of Rs. 85,000/- is paid back to widow/disabled soldier. The functioning of these companies is monitored by DGR.
(c) Allotment of Oil Product Agencies. Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has reserved 8% of the Oil Product Agencies, i.e. LPG Dealership, Petrol Pumps, Kerosene Distributorship etc. for widows and dependants of those who died due to causes attributable to Military Service and disabled soldiers with disability of 20 percent and above attributable to Military Service. Eligible persons can apply as and when such a vacancy under ‘Defence Category’ is advertised in the newspapers. The DGR sponsors eligible candidates by issuing eligibility certificate to them. Interview is conducted by a Dealer Selection Board constituted by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. Final allotment is made by the concerned oil company to the selected candidates.
(d) Management of CNG Stations in National Capital Region (NCR). The scheme for management of CNG stations belonging to Indraprastha Gas Limited was launched as a pilot project in July 2001. The scheme has been extended to retired officers. This scheme is presently available in Delhi only.
(e) Finance (Farm and Non – Farm Sector)
(i)
SEMFEX - II Scheme (From Arms to Farms).
(ii)
SEMFEX - III Scheme (Sena Se Gramodyog).
(iii)
NEF Scheme (Sena Se Laghudyog).
(iv)
Credit Guarantee Fund Scheme.
(v)
Small Road and Water Transport Operators (SRWTO) Scheme.
(vi)
Capital Investment Subsidy Scheme.
(vii)
Scheme for Purchase of Land for Agriculture and Allied Activities.
(viii)
Financial Assistance for Rural Housing.
(ix)
PMRY Scheme for Ex-Servicemen.
(x)
Herbal Farming Scheme for Ex-Servicemen.
Kendriya Sainik Board
Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) deals with various financial related and personal grievances issues as applicable to the ESM/wards/widows of ESM. The Rajya Sainik Boards and Zila Sainik Boards functioning at state level function under the KSB. It also deals with the allocation of reserved seats for the wards of ESM for admission to professional colleges (MBBS and Engg) and PM Scholarship Scheme.
Assistance and Contact Info
The details of DGR activities are available on DGR website - www.dgrindia.com. The details of training courses and forms etc are also available on the website. DGR publications can be obtained from Publicity Dte of DGR also. Contact Nos. are as given below:-
Training Dte
Emp Dte
Self-Emp Dte
Finance Dte
Publicity Dte
KSB
2619235826192366
26192349
2619235526192357
26192353
26192365
26192360
For further details please contact:-
Director (As Applicable) Concerned Directorate Directorate General Resettlement Ministry of Defence West Block – IV RK Puram New Delhi - 110066
Khadi and Village Industries Commission-KVIC. To assist ex-servicemen, widows and disabled defence personnel in establishing Khadi and Village Industries in rural areas, DGR has formulated a scheme with KVIC. Under the scheme, training and marketing of the product is undertaken by KVIC. The rate of interest for loans taken is 4%.

Wearing of Uniform by retired officers

(a) All regular officers who have retired from service (including Regular Reserve of officers permitted to retain or granted higher rank on retirement from Regular Reserve of Officers) may wear uniform with badges of appropriate rank on special occasions, such as ceremonial parades, entertainment of military nature and other occasions when wearing of uniform would appear appropriate.
(b) All officers/civilian gentlemen granted honorary commissions (including honorary commission in the Territorial Army and late State Forces), regular officers of the erstwhile State Forces, Junior Commissioned Officers including those granted honorary ranks and other ranks are permitted to wear uniform on all occasions mentioned below: -
(i) Official parties at Rashtrapati Bhawan/Raj Bhawans.
(ii) Invited to official function by Embassy, Delegation or High Commission.
(iii) Army functions including ex-servicemen’s rallies or re-unions.
(iv) Attending durbar or other function in honour of the National Day.
(v) While called upon in aid of civil power.
(vi) While visiting any Military Headquarters on duty.
(vii) While calling on or meeting senior service officers and local heads of the civil administration of and above the rank of Collector/Deputy Commissioner.
(viii) While going to draw pension.
(ix) While serving on the personal staff of a Governor.
(x) When serving on the personal staff of a former ruler (Applies to honorary ex-State Forces Commissioned officers only).
(xi) When attending State or military funerals.
Note : Non-regular officers may wear their full medals or miniatures on civilian dress on occasions specified above.
Types of Dress to be worn. Officers will normally wear the Service Dress of the Regiment/Corps to which they belonged before retirement. Mess Dress may also be worn on appropriate occasion.
Wearing of Badges of Rank. Badges of rank, to be worn by those entitled to use military ranks, will be those of the last substantive rank, except where the higher acting rank has been held for a minimum period of 2 years at the time of retirement or where the use of the honorary/military rank is specifically authorised.