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young and energetic and also to fill deficiencies created on account of retirement
and superannuation, scientists are being inducted every year as required bythe
laboratories. DRDO follows online receipt of applications under all recruitment
and assessment activities thereby discontinuing the offline/ paper application
in DRDO. It has a total strength of 25,966 employees, out of which 7,574 are in
Defence Research and Development Service (DRDS), 9,643 in Defence Research
and Technical Cadre (DRTC) and 8,775 are in Administration and Allied Cadre.
The DRDO ensures training to all cadres of personnel through training
institutes, like DIAT, Pune (for technical courses); ITM, Mussoorie (for technomanagerial
programmes) and Defence Laboratory, Jodhpur (for technical,
administrative and allied cadre). Every year few selected scientists are deputed
to undergo ME/ MTech/ PhD at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) and other reputed Indian universities under the
sponsorship programme. A Targeted Training Centre has been set up at Dr
Raja Ramanna Complex, Bangalore for DRDO scientists. Continuing Education
Programme (CEP) are also part of DRDO annual training schedule.
Resettlement of Ex-Servicemen
The Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) formulates various policies
and programmes for the welfare and resettlement of Ex-Servicemen (ESM) in
the country. The Department has two Divisions viz. Resettlement and Pension,
and 3 Attached Offices namely Kendriya Sainik Board Sectt. (KSB Sectt.),
Directorate General (Resettlement) (DGR) and Central Organisation, Ex-
Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (CO, ECHS).
Kendriya Sainik Board
Kendriya Sainik Board (KSB) Sectt is the apex body of government of India
responsible for implementing government policies for welfare of war-widows/
disabled soldiers, ESM and their dependents. It is assisted in its task by 32
Rajya Sainik Boards and 392 Zila Sainik Boards. The Armed Forces Flag Day
Fund(AFFDF) is the major source for providing financial assistance to needy
war widows/disabled, ESM and their dependents.
Directorate General of Resettlement
Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR) is a Tri-Service organization which
looks after various aspects of resettlement and offers multifarious avenues of
Employment, Self Employment and Training to Officers, JCOs/OR and their
equivalents in other Services as well as widows and dependents. Nearly 60,000
Armed Forces personnel retire or are released from active service every year,
most of them being in the comparatively younger age bracket of 35 to 45 years
and need a second career to support their families. These personnel constitute
a valuable, disciplined, well-trained, dedicated and talented pool available for
nation building.