One-time awards & annuities for gallantry award winners to be doubled: CM Yogi

Meerut, Nov 14 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday made three major announcements for the brave soldiers, ex-servicemen and families of martyrs in Uttar Pradesh at the Ex-Servicemen Reunion Ceremony held in Meerut. He announced that the one-time cash awards and annuities given to gallantry award winners would be doubled, the stamp duty exemption on property purchases by ex-servicemen and dependants of martyred soldiers would be increased from Rs 20 lakh to Rs 50 lakh, and one dependant of each martyr would be provided a government job in their home district or a neighbouring district. During the ceremony, the…