Subhechcha Ganguly 
A few days after their son was awarded the second-highest peacetime gallantry award in India, the posthumous Kirti Chakra, Captain Anshuman Singh’s parents have demanded changes to the Indian Army’s “next of kin” (NOK) policy, which provides financial support to surviving family members in the event of an army personnel’s death.The late army officer’s parents, Ravi Pratap Singh and Manju Singh, made an appeal to TV9 Bharatvarsh, stating that they would like the NOK regulations “revisited” because their daughter-in-law, Smriti Singh, received the majority of the benefits following Anshuman’s death but no longer resides with them.”The standards established for NOK are incorrect. I have discussed this with Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Defence, as well. The wife of Anshuman no longer resides with us.their union was merely
Therefore, we desire that NOK’s definition be altered. The martyr’s wife ought to remain with his family, who are now heavily dependent on him, it should be resolved, he said. Manju Singh, on the other hand, stated that they are requesting policy modifications because they do not want other parents to “struggle.”The names of a person’s parents or guardians—that is, their closest relatives—are listed when they enlist in the army. Nevertheless, the spouse takes the place of his parents in the NOK record when the cadet or officer marries.
