Definition of an ex-servicemen?

Ex-Servicemen: Only those candidates who fulfil the revised definition as laid down in the Government of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Department of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Notification 36034/5/85/Estt. (SCT) dated 27th January 1986, as amended from time to time.

Disabled Ex-Servicemen: An ex-servicemen who, while serving in the Armed Forces of the Union, was disabled in an operation against the enemy in disturbed areas shall be treated as a disabled ex servicemen.

Dependents of Servicemen Killed in Action: Servicemen killed in the following operations would be deemed to have been killed in action attributable to military service.

• War
• Warlike operations or border skirmishes, either with Pakistan on the ceasefire line or any other country
• Fighting against armed hostilities in a counterinsurgency environment, viz., Nagaland, Mizoram, etc.
• Serving with a peace-keeping mission abroad
• Laying or clearance of mines, including enemy mines, as well as minesweeping operations between one month before and three months after the conclusion of an operation
• Frostbite during actual operations or during the period specified by the Government
• Dealing with agitating paramilitary forces personnel
• IPKF personnel who were killed during the operations in Sri Lanka.