Govt amends Ex-Servicemen Rules to include Military Nursing Service, extending re-employment and reservation benefits

• DoPT notified an amendment to the Ex-servicemen (Re-employment in Central Civil Services and Posts) Rules, 1979, formally extending Ex-Servicemen (ESM) status to officers of the Military Nursing Service (MNS).
• Brings MNS — an all-women commissioned service of the Armed Forces — at par with Army/Navy/Air Force veterans for reservation and re-employment benefits in central civil posts.
• Relevant for UPSC under GS-II (Governance, welfare of vulnerable sections, women) and GS-III (internal security / armed forces personnel policy).