INDIAN AIR FORCE BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION

Air HQ NPFs

Ans. Family Assistance Scheme (FAS) is a Flagship scheme of IAFBA. All AF personnel are members of the scheme and contribute towards it while being in service of the IAF. IAFBA through FAS provides monthly financial support at stipulated rates to the bereaved families of the serving and retired AF personnel (members) on demise for 15 years (for death in service) or 08 years (for death after retirement). The payment is made quarterly in installments of three months payment at a time.

Ans. The rates of contribution towards the three versions of FAS i.e. FAS-97, FAS-09 and FAS-20 were different and accordingly, the payment of rehab grant is made on the basis of the membership of AF personnel to which they have contributed. Since AF personnel have contributed in the past at lower rates the rates of rehab grant payable in the previous versions are proportionately lower.

Ans. The eligibility criteria for FAS-97 is as given below:-
Rates

• FAS-97 is applicable to death on or after 01 Apr 1997. An Individual should be a member of FAS since prior to Apr 1997, the membership was optional.
• All Death in Service (DIS) are eligible for payment of rehab grant under FAS-97.
• The minimum service required for payment of rehab grant under FAS-97 is 20 years except for Medically boarded personnel who are covered under FAS-97 irrespective of the length of their service in Air Force.
• All AF personnel who are not covered under FAS-97 due to minimum service criterion are paid with onetime lump sum grant at the below mentioned rates provided they are pensioners.

Ans. FAS-09 is a revision of FAS-09 with improved terms and conditions and rates.
Eligibility Criteria

• All Death in Service cases are covered under FAS
• Medically boarded out personal covered under FAS with no restriction of service
• Minimum 10 years of service required for Death after Retirement cases. In case service is less than 10 years, one time lumpsum grant is admissible as per the following rules:

Ans. FAS-20 is upgradation of Family Assistance Scheme with enhanced contribution and rates of rehab grant. The terms and conditions of payment are mostly same as FAS-09.
Eligibility Criteria

• All Death in Service cases are covered under FAS
• Medically boarded out personal covered under FAS with no restriction of service
• Minimum 10 years of service required for Death after Retirement cases. In case service is less than 10 years, one time lumpsum grant is admissible as per the following rules:



Rates of one time lumpsum Grant FAS-20
S No	Category	Rates (service > 5 and less than 10 years)	Ratesbr> (service less than 5 years)
(a)	Officers	Rs.60,000	Rs.30,000
(b)	Airmen / NCs(E)	Rs.40,000	Rs.20,000


Rates


Rates of FAS-20
Category	Death in Service (Payment for 15 years	Death after Retirement (Payment for 08 years
Officers	Rs.10,000/-pm	Rs.8,000/-pm
Airmen / NCs(E)	Rs.8,000/-pm	Rs.6,000/-pm

Ans.Ans. Application from widow along with death certificate is to be forwarded to DAV.

Ans. Yes, the NoK needs to keep IAFBA updated with requisite details in case there occurs a change. This would enable faster communication and timely release of FAS rehab grant.

Ans. IAFBA Grant for Daughter’s marriage is paid to support the marriage of the daughter of the deceased AF personnel. An amount of Rs.1 lakh is paid for Death in service cases and Rs.50,000/- is paid for death after retirement cases. No minimum years of service is required for death in service and 20 years of service is required for death after retirement cases to avail this grant.

Ans. Request letter along with copy of PPO for family pension and a Copy of Marriage Certificate is required to be forwarded to IAFBA for processing the payment.

Ans. IAFBA grant for purchase of the Trade Instrument for self employment i.e. Laptop, Sewing Machine etc is paid to the spouse of the deceased. The spouse is to forward a request letter for payment of grant duly attaching the original bill of the equipment from GST activated firm for payment of grant.

Ans. Under this scheme, onetime lump sum grant from IAFBA is paid to the cases wherein the rendered service by the IAF member does not meet the required periodicity. The payment procedure is same as for the rehab grant Family Assistance Scheme.