Revised CSD AFD Entitlement Criteria for Car, Bike, Scooter, and Electronic Items in 2023

The Canteen Stores Department (CSD) has recently updated the eligibility criteria for the AFD-1 items available in the CSD AFD online portal for personnel of the Armed Forces, Ex-Servicemen, and Civilian employees and officers. The criteria for 2023 for purchasing a car, bike, scooter, AC, WM, Fridge, TV, and other AFD-1 items through the official portal of CSD AFD are given below.

According to the CSD AFD Online Portal New Car Policy 2023, serving and retired Armed Forces personnel, as well as their widows, are eligible to purchase one car while in service, and a second car following retirement. Personnel must have a minimum of five years of service, and there must be at least an eight-year gap between the two cars. According to the pay matrix level, customers are eligible to acquire a car up to the cost of 8 lakhs, 10 lakhs, and 20 lakhs excluding taxes. Furthermore, those same customers may purchase an electric car within the cost range of 15 lakhs and 25 lakhs, in line with their pay level. The detailed report of CSD AFD online portal new eligibility conditions are given below;

Armed Forces Personnel (Serving and Retired) & Widows (As Applicable)

• Pay levels 1 to 5
• 8 lakhs excluding taxes (for electric vehicles cost limit is Rs.13 lakhs excluding taxes)
• First car while in service and the second car after retirement. first car after min five years of service.
• The gap between the purchase of two cars is eight years.
• For widows, if the late husband had purchased a car each while in service and after retirement then the widow will not be eligible to buy a car.
• In case the late husband had purchased only one car while in service, then widow can buy one car through CSD after a gap of eight years from the date of the last purchase.

Armed Forces Personnel (Serving and Retired) & Widows (As Applicable)

• Pay levels 6 to 9
• 10 lakhs excluding taxes (for electric vehicles cost limit is rs.15 lakhs excluding taxes)
• First car as an or, second car on promotion as JCO and third car after retirement.
• First car after min five years of service.
• The gap between the purchase of two cars is eight years.
• For widows, if the last husband had purchased a car each while in service as well as after retirement then the widow will not be eligible to buy a car.
• In case the late husband had purchased car (s) only while in service, then widow can buy one car through CSD after a gap of eight years from the date of the last purchase.

Armed Forces Personnel (Serving and Retired) & Widows (As Applicable)

• Pay Level 10-18
• 20 Lakhs Excluding Taxes (For Electric Vehicles Cost Limit Is Rs.25 Lakhs Excluding Taxes
• Once In Eight Years

Serving And Retired Civilian Officers (Paid Out Of Defence Estimates)

• In Pay Level 11 To 18 (Including Family Pensioners)
• 20 Lakhs Excluding Taxes (For Electric Vehicles Cost Limit Is Rs.25 Lakhs Excluding Tax
• Once In Eight Years

Eligibility criteria for other AFD-1 items (viz) Two Wheelers, AC, Fridge, Washing Machine, Laptops, Desktops etc. The following category of canteen smartcard holders are authorized for other AFD-1 items:

• Armed forces personnel (serving & retired) – pay level 1 to 18.
• Defence civilian employees (serving & retired) – pay level 1 to 18.
• Defence civilian family pensioners – pay level 1 to 18
• The gap between the purchase of the same item, a two-wheeler to be of minimum four years from the date of the last purchase
• At a time only one type of AFD-1 item can be purchased within the above specified time gap.