Section 42
Ex-servicemen and Agniveers
The Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) sponsors ex-servicemen for fuel outlets, coal transport and security agencies, and many loan schemes treat ex-servicemen as a special category. Start with your Zila Sainik Board.
- Share of LPG distributorships, petrol/diesel outlets and kerosene dealerships reserved for the Defence Personnel category · 2026
- 8%
- CGTMSE guarantee cover for loans to Agniveers (and women) · 2026
- 90%
Schemes and loans for you
- 8% quota for oil product agencies (DGR eligibility certificate)ActiveWar widows, war-disabled and other eligible defence families get priority for LPG distributorships, petrol/diesel outlets and Kisan Seva Kendras. DGR issues the eligibility certificate; the oil company selects.Official page ↗
- Regular LPG distributorship — DGR eligibility certificateActiveFor eligible defence families applying when an oil company advertises a location reserved for defence personnel.Official page ↗
- Company Owned Company Operated (COCO) fuel outletsActiveDGR sponsors retired officers to run oil-company-owned petrol pumps on a contract of one to three years.Official page ↗
- DGR-empanelled security agency schemeActiveEx-servicemen officers run security agencies empanelled with DGR, which government offices, PSUs and banks can hire.Official page ↗
- PMEGP — special-category subsidyActiveEx-servicemen count as special category under PMEGP: a higher subsidy and only 5% own money on a new unit.Subsidy 25% (urban) or 35% (rural) of project cost; projects up to ₹50 lakh (manufacturing) / ₹20 lakh (service)Details →Official page ↗
- CGTMSE credit guarantee — AgniveersActiveCollateral-free loans for micro and small units with a higher guarantee for Agniveers.90% guarantee cover; loans up to ₹10 croreDetails →Official page ↗
- Maharashtra CMEGP — special categoryActiveMaharashtra's employment-generation subsidy counts ex-servicemen as a special category with a higher subsidy.Projects up to ₹1 crore (manufacturing) / ₹50 lakh (service)Details →Official page ↗
- ESM Coal Loading and Transportation SchemeUnclearRetired officers form a company to load and transport coal for Coal India subsidiaries under a DGR sponsorship. Check with DGR whether new sponsorships are being made.Official page ↗
Business ideas that suit you
- Private Security Agencyfrom ₹28 lakh
- Electronic Gate Security Alarm Assemblyfrom ₹3.7 lakh
- Home Security System Assemblyfrom ₹21.9 lakh
- Drone Servicing and Repair Centrefrom ₹23.4 lakh
- Gym / Health & Fitness Centrefrom ₹39.7 lakh
- Dairy Farm (Cows / Buffaloes)from ₹1.9 lakh
- Fish Farming (Carp Pond)from ₹4 lakh
- Provision Store (Grocery / Kirana)from ₹47.2 lakh
Sources (8)
- Issue of Eligibility Certificate for Allotment of Oil Product Agencies under 8% Quota Scheme · 2026
- CGTMSE — extent of guarantee cover (women entrepreneurs and Agniveers 90%) · 2026
- Issue of Eligibility Certificate for Allotment of regular LPG distributorship · 2026
- Management of Company Owned Company Operated (COCO) Outlets · 2026
- Ex-Servicemen (ESM) Coal Loading and Transportation Scheme · 2026
- Security Agency Scheme · 2026
- PMEGP continued over the 15th Finance Commission cycle (special-category subsidy 25% urban / 35% rural) · 2022
- CMEGP modification GR dated 21 May 2025 · 2025