Captain Anshuman Singh has made the supreme sacrifice for the country. Captain Anshuman Singh has been awarded the Kirti Chakra posthumously. President Draupadi Murmu The government had awarded the Kirti Chakra to martyr Captain Anshuman Singh’s wife and mother Manju. But now the family of martyr Anshuman is raising questions about the policy related to ‘Next of Kin’. Today we will tell you what the ‘Next of Kin’ policy is and how it works.
What is NOK policy?
First of all, let us know what is the ‘Next of Kin’ policy. Let us tell you that the full form of NOK is ‘Next of Kin’. This policy is related to the dependent, through which the dependents of the martyred soldier get many facilities from the government. In simple language, understand that this is a matter of nominee. After the martyrdom of the soldier, the dependent is given the amount, pension and all other facilities from the government.
what is the matter
After the martyrdom of Captain Anshuman Singh, his parents have raised questions on the ‘Next of Kin’ policy. Now let us understand why the parents of martyr Captain Anshuman Singh are demanding a change in the Next of Kin policy. Let us tell you that when a soldier or officer joins the army and goes to service, the name of his parents or guardian is registered in the NOK. But when that soldier or army officer gets married, then under the orders of Marriage and Unit Part II, the name of his spouse is registered in the close relatives of that person instead of the parents. In the case of Captain Anshuman Singh, after his marriage, his wife’s name has been registered as dependent. Due to which, after the martyrdom of Captain Anshuman Singh, his dependent wife will get all the facilities.
Captain Anshuman was in the Army’s Medical Corps
Let us tell you that Captain Anshuman Singh was a part of the military’s medical corps. Martyr Captain Anshuman’s wife told that they met in engineering college. After which he was selected in Pune’s Armored Force Medical College. After doing MBBS, he became a part of the army’s medical corps. He was trained in Agra’s military hospital. After which he was posted in Jammu and then in Siachen.
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