The objective of the Scheme is to grant engagement on compassionate grounds to one of the dependent family members of a regularly engaged GDS who dies in harness while in engagement or missing GDS to relieve the family of the deceased GDS from financial destitution and to help it to get over the emergency. Compassionate engagement would not be a matter of right and it will be subject to the fulfilment of all the conditions, including availability of vacancy, laid down for such engagement under the scheme.

A dependent family member of GDS engaged on regular basis who dies while in engagement (including death by suicide): –

“Dependent Family Member means and includes the following:

(a) Spouse;

(b) Son including legally adopted son/married son;

(c) Daughter including legally adopted daughter/divorced daughter/Judicially separated daughter wholly dependent on the GDS,

(d) In the case of death of an unmarried GDS, unmarried brother or sister (unmarried/widow/divorced/judicially separated) wholly dependent on the GDS at the time of his/her death.

(e) Widowed daughter-in-law of the deceased GDS, provided she gives an undertaking that she is not availing the same benefit from her own parenthood,

(f) Widowed daughter of the GDS, provided she gives an undertaking that she is not availing the same benefit from her husband’s parenthood.

Note: A widow/divorced daughter or sister engaged on compassionate grounds will be allowed to continue in engagement even after re-marriage.