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Government of India Ministry of Defence Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
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Updated 13 Nov 2026. Contacts checked 13 Nov 2026.
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Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) was created in the Ministry of Defence on 22nd September, 2004 in order to pay focused attention to the welfare and resettlement of ESM. DESW is mandated to formulate and implement various policies and programmes for the welfare and resettlement of Ex-Servicemen in the country.
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The right desk for your problem
| For | Published desk | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joint Secretary (ESW) / 26098, 6th Floor, Kartavya Bhavan-2, New Delhi-110011 | Shri Pravin Agrawal | 011-24014703, 011-24014704 | [email protected] |
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This Department administers (i) Pension Regulations for the Army (PRA), 1961, revised as PRA, 2008 (ii) Pension Regulations for the Air Force, 1961, and (iii) Navy (Pension) Regulation, 1964. It also deals with Entitlement Rules for Casualty Pensionary Awards, 2008.
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Official sources
- Home | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 9 Nov 2026.
- Contact Us | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Directory | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Directory | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Attached Offices | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 12 Nov 2026.
- Home | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Schemes and Services | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Welfare Schemes | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Ex-servicemen | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Grievance Redressal | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Schemes of Directorate General Ressetlement (DGR) | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Types of Pension | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- One Rank One Pension to the Defence Forces Pensioners | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- Pension Regulations 2008 | Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare | Ministry of Defence | Government of India. Read 13 Nov 2026.
- IGOD directory body classification. Read 13 Nov 2026.