Additional Pension to Widow of Ex-Serviceman having No Child (Haryana)

What is the additional pension for a childless widow of an ex-serviceman?

Additional Pension to Widow of Ex-Serviceman having No Child is a small, narrowly targeted welfare payment run by the Department of Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare, Government of Haryana. The department adds Rs 100 per month to the pension already being drawn by the widow of an ex-serviceman who died while in service, but not in a battle casualty, where the couple had no children.

The department applies the benefit irrespective of the rank the ex-serviceman held, and payment runs until the widow's death or her remarriage, whichever happens first. There is no annual renewal form.

Two things are worth being clear about. First, this is a top-up, not a standalone pension. It sits on top of the regular family pension or the state pension the widow is already receiving, and it does not replace either. Second, the scheme is one of a family of Sainik Board allowances that Haryana pays at fixed, historically-set rates; the Rs 100 figure has not been revised in the material published for the scheme, so treat it as a supplementary amount rather than a livelihood support.

The Department of Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare is the state's nodal department for veterans, war widows, disabled ex-servicemen and their dependants. It works through the Rajya Sainik Board at the state level and a Zila Sainik Board office in each district, and those district offices are where veteran families in Haryana take almost every claim first.

Who is eligible for this additional pension in Haryana?

You can receive this additional pension if:

• You are the widow of an ex-serviceman who served in the Armed Forces.
• The ex-serviceman died while in service, and the death was not a battle casualty.
• The couple had no children.
• You are resident in Haryana and have not remarried.
• You are already drawing the pension to which this Rs 100 is added.

You cannot apply, or you are not eligible, if:

• You have children. The allowance is confined to childless widows, and widows with children are covered by other Sainik Board provisions.
• Your husband died in battle: war widows are dealt with under separate war-widow schemes with much larger benefits, and this Rs 100 top-up is not the right claim to file.
• You have remarried, which ends the entitlement.
• You are not resident in Haryana. Each state's Sainik Board runs its own schedule of allowances, and residence decides which board is responsible.

What documents are required?

Carry the originals to the Zila Sainik Board when the office asks for verification. Service documents in particular are usually checked against the original discharge book rather than a scanned copy.

How to apply for the additional pension in Haryana

1. Collect the service papers first — the ex-serviceman's discharge book, the death certificate showing the death occurred in service, and the PPO under which you draw your existing pension.
2. Visit the Zila Sainik Board office in your district. The Sainik Welfare Officer confirms whether this Rs 100 top-up is the correct claim for your case, or whether a different, larger allowance applies to you.
3. Register on saralharyana.gov.in using your name, mobile number and email, and verify with the OTP sent to your phone.
4. Open the Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department service list on SARAL, select the additional pension for the widow of an ex-serviceman, and fill the form using your Family ID.
5. Upload the documents listed above in the formats the portal specifies, then submit the application.
6. Save the Application ID on the acknowledgement slip. Every later query, appeal or helpline call needs it.
7. Follow up at the Zila Sainik Board after the online filing, the district board does the verification that leads to sanction.

If you cannot use the portal, an Antyodaya SARAL Kendra or a Common Service Centre will file the same application for you from the same form.

How do you check the status of your claim?

1. Open saralharyana.gov.in and choose Track Application Status.
2. Select the Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department and the service, then enter your Application ID.
3. Alternatively, send an SMS reading SARAL Application ID to 7738299899 from any mobile number.
4. Once sanctioned, confirm the credit through your bank passbook, the amount is paid into the widow's own account.

Why do claims under this scheme get rejected?

• Children on record. The most common reason a claim fails is that the family record shows children, which puts the case outside this particular allowance.
• Death not in service. If the ex-serviceman died after discharge rather than while serving, the case does not meet the scheme's condition.
• Battle casualty. War widow cases belong under the separate war-widow provisions and are redirected rather than paid here.
• Remarriage recorded, which ends the entitlement from the date of remarriage.
• Missing PPO or discharge book, without which the Zila Sainik Board cannot verify the underlying service.
• Name or account mismatch between Aadhaar, the bank passbook and the Family ID, which stops the DBT credit even after sanction.

Where do you go with a complaint?

• Zila Sainik Board in your district. The first point for verification disputes, missing records and delays in sanction.
• Rajya Sainik Board, Haryana, at Panchkula, for cases the district office cannot settle.
• Antyodaya SARAL helpline: 1800-2000-023, 7 am to 9 pm, for portal problems and application tracking.
• CM Window, the state-wide grievance system, for complaints that stay unresolved.

No fee is charged for filing this claim on SARAL or at a Zila Sainik Board office.

A note on the size of this benefit

Additional Pension to Widow of Ex-Serviceman having No Child pays Rs 100 a month, and readers should judge it against the other help the same department offers. Haryana's Sainik and Ardh Sainik Welfare Department also runs marriage grants for daughters of ex-servicemen's widows, financial assistance for ex-servicemen aged 60 and above and their widows, and additional pensions for disabled ex-servicemen. A widow visiting the Zila Sainik Board should ask the Sainik Welfare Officer to check her eligibility across the whole list rather than for this one allowance alone, because the larger schemes are often the ones that actually apply.