India, Feb. 10 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Government has notified the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services & Posts) Amendment Rules 2026, under Article 309 of the Constitution. The key change revises Rule 2(c)(i) to clearly include the personnel who have served in any rank, whether combatant or non-combatant, in the Regular Army, Navy or Air Force, as well as the Military Nursing Service (MNS) of the Indian Union within the definition framework for ex-servicemen re-employment in the Central Civil Services.

The move removes earlier ambiguity whether MNS officers, who are commissioned officers, were entitled to the same re-employment benefits as other veterans. The amendment formally recognises th...