ASSURED DECENT LAST RITES SCHEME (ADLRS)

      In order to ensure that the Army Veterans get a decent funeral on death, the services HQs have made a special provision to release some funds from the canteen profits of the Canteen where the veteran had been attached. The necessary instructions have been passed to all Station Canteens on these provisions. The families are advised to contact their CSD(I) Canteens from where their cards have been issued.

Assured Decent Last Rites Schemes (ADLRS)

Assured Decent Last Rites Scheme (ADLRS) was launched in May 2006 to provide all willing veterans an honorable funeral as a befitting tribute/farewell from the Army during their last journey. The very essence of the ADLR schemes is to provide “on the spot” assistance required by the family in organizing honorable last rites.
A grant of upto Rs. 5,000/- (now 10000/) will be paid soonest by the dependent URC or the Stn HQ on receipt of information of the death of the veteran (or the death certificate within one year) to the next of kin for assisting in organizing decent and honorable last rites of the veteran. In the absence of next of kin (NOK) or on the request of the family the responsibility of organizing the last rites will be taken on by the field staff.

For more effective implementation, the NOK/dependent/relatives of the deceased will contact Army Est/Unit located in the close proximity and the amount will be paid by the unit to the NOK. The said amount will be re-imbursed to the unit from the dependent URC of the veteran.

If the death of the veterans occur at a stn which is different from that of dependent canteen or the veteran not being registered with a local canteen then following to be implemented:-

• If a veteran passes away in a different stn, he will be paid ADLRS amt by the nearest canteen. This amt can be claimed from the dependent canteen of veteran later on.
• In case a veteran is not registered with Canteen for ADLRS, he will be paid ADLRS amt by the nearest Stn HQ.

(Auth : R&W Sec letter No B/45322/174-2005/VIP REF/AG/R&W Coord dt 29 Nov 2010 and B/45322/AG/ADLRS/R&W-4 dt 12 Nov 2013) 

Vide  the above letter those Veterans who are dependent on a URC but are not from the Army seem to  being denied the benefit of the scheme despite contributing to the profits of the URC and enhancing the Quantitative Discount to the URC as all demands and profits are a result of all ALL dependent veterans on  that URC and not only those from the Army.

  

It is understood that the Indian Airforce has a scheme of their own and Navy seems to have none.

It is put up for consideration of all 3 service Hq that a common scheme be evolved for all three services for the scheme to be run from QD and Profit of dependent URC

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