The Cabinet has approved leave encashment up to 180 days for those Defence personnel who died or were invalidated out of service between 30th December 1991 and 29th November 1999 with less than 15 years of service.<br/><br/>The decision will benefit the families of 9777 Officers and other personnel of Defence Services. This period is very significant as a large number of causalities took place during the Operation Vijay in Kargil conflict and in counter insurgency operations in Jammu Kashmir and North East during the period.