Cabinet approves encashment of accumulated leave to certain Defence Services Personnel
The decision will benefit the families of 9777 Officers and other personnel of Defence Services who died or were invalidated out of service during this period, read a government statement.
This period is very significant as a large number of casualities took place during the Kargil conflict (“Operation Vijay”) and in counter insurgency operation in J&K and North East during the period.
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