Department of Sainik Welfare

The Rajya Sainik Board, Goa was constituted in June 1967 as a Cell and located in the Secretariat under the Administrative control of the Home Department (Gen)
The welfare of the Ex-servicemen and their dependents is the joint responsibility of the Centre and the State/UTs, majority of the problems have to be resolved only by the States/UTs. To assist the State Governments in this regard there are 32 Rajya Sainik Boards in the Country. Like the Kendriya Sainik Board at the Centre, the Rajya/Zilla Sainik Boards are advisory bodies in respect of policy formulation with regard to resettlement and welfare of Ex-Servicemen/widows residing in the State,Zillas.