Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Kumar Mishra has said that the Union Government had constructed 28,000 houses for defence forces in the last nine years.

Inaugurating the special and composite group quarters for National Security Group near Chennai on Thursday, he said that the Indian Defence Forces Personnel not only serve the people of the country but also help bring peace and calm to many countries through their peacekeeping mission. The Minister informed that the Government had permitted them to get treatment in more than 20,000 private and government hospitals in the Country. He said that 39 lakh personnel have benefitted from the Ayushman Bharat Scheme.