Thursday 12 January 2017
ARMED FORCES VETERANS' DAY : 14 JAN 17
1. 14 Jan has been designated as Armed Forces Veteran
s
'
Day.
2. As part of the first Tri-Services Veteran
s'
Day Celebration
s
, a Veteran
s'
Rally is being organised at Harbaksh Stadium, Delhi Cantt on 14 Jan 17 from 1000 h
onward.
3.
Hon'ble RM and
Service Chiefs
will be
present at the Rally to interact with the Veterans.
4.
At
the rally, a number of stalls on welfare aspects connected with job
placement, education facilities for wards of veterans, resettlement,
pension entitlement etc are being put up to attend to the queries of
veterans. A
n exclusive
stall f
or
Air Veterans
is being
put
up by DAV
, IAF BA, GIS
& AFA
. Additionally, there will be
a CSD counter.
A Medical Camp is also being
held as a part of the Rally.
5. High Tea has been arranged at 1110h.
6
.
Maximum participation from Air Veterans is solicited. The Association expects at least 100 Veteran O
fficers and 200
Veteran
Airmen/ NCs(E)
to turn up
at the Rally.
Veterans may call up on Mob No - 8376046001, 7291072722 and L/L No 011-25674146 to register their attendance at the Rally.
7
. Service Transport is being provided by Air Force to pick up Air Veterans from the following locations.
(a) Noida
- Transport being arranged by AF Stn Race Course : 011-23010231/7628 (Extn)
(b) Greater Noida
-
Transport being arranged by AF Stn Race Course
:
011-23010231/7628 (Extn)
(c) 54 ASP (Gurgaon)
: 0124-2345646/ 4414 (Extn)
(d) 7 BRD (Tughalakabad)
: 011
-26041519/ 9953592418 (Mobile)
(e)
28 Wing (AF Stn, Hindon)
: 0120-2656666/ 4415 (Extn)
(f) 12 BRD (Najafgarh) : 011-25318701
(
g
)
3 Wing (AF Stn, Palam)
: 011-25675162/25676364/ 8527850622 (Mobile)
(h) 56 ASP (Faridabad) : 0129-2473632/ 7065555618 (Mobile)
8
.
Air
Veterans desirous of availing the transport facility are advised to get
in touch with AFA Branches at NOIDA (Contact No.
0120-2542428/9811713280) and Gurgaon (Contact No.
0124-2219669/9312245684) beiseds the above units on the Telephone
Numbers listed against them to ascertain the exact time and location of
pick up/drop points. Additionally, the Army is positioning their
transport at 0630h at the following locations which could be availed by
Air Veterans.
(a) Gurgaon - Iffco Chowk, DSOI, Haldi Ram Toll Barrier & Devendra Vihar
(b) Faridabad - Zila Sainik Board Office, Sarita Vihar-Faridabad Fly Over
(c) Dwarka - Sector-10 Metro Station, AWHO, Dwarka
(d) NOIDA -
Arun
V
ihar,
Noida Golf
C
ourse,
Jalvayu
V
ihar &
Zila
S
ainik
B
oard
(e) New Delhi -
DSOI Dhaulakuan, ISBT Kashmiri Gate, New Delhi Rly Stn Paharganj
Sarai Kale khan/Nizamuddin Rly Stn & Rajiv Chowk Metro Stn
9. Request turn up in large numbers to be a part of the Rally and make it a grand success.
10. Good luck and a Happy New Year to all Air Veterans from AFA.
Friday 6 January 2017
PMO GRIEVANCE REPLY
| Registration Number | : | PMOPG/E/2016/0324624 |
| Name Of Complainant | : | MBC MENON |
| Date of Receipt | : | 02 Sep 2016 |
| Received by | : | Prime Ministers Office |
| Forwarded to | : | AG1 |
| Contact Address | : | room No. 104, B Wing, Sena Bhawan |
| New delhi | ||
| 110011 | ||
| Grievance Description | : | Ref: NFOESM/7th PAY/109/2016 Dated: 02/09/2016 Shri. Narendra Modi, Hon. Prime Minister of India Dear Sir, It has been brought to our notice by the print media that the implementation of 7th CPC benefits to soldiers are held up due to the objection raised by the three chiefs of Armed forces. The objections are reported to have been in respect of higher pay for officer’s equivalent to their counter parts in civil. Along with this they have also recommended for a little increase in Military service pay for JCO’S only leaving behind a large section of OR’s to reduce the outgo by which their demand can be accepted without any objection by the exchequer . This is nothing but a bargaining better pay for officers only using the entire soldiers as shield. The chiefs are officers who have taken pledge to look after the welfare of those who placed below them above their own interest. The hike in Military service pay for JCO’S only as reported to have been recommended by them is likely to cause discontent among the OR’S. We are not against officers getting higher pay equivalent to their counterparts in civil it is a legitimate demand but it should not be at the cost of poor soldiers by asking them to shut their mouth. We request your god office to study the case before taking a final decision on the recommendation of Chiefs enhance the Military service pay of entire OR’s JCO’s equivalent to Nursing officers who are less exposed to risk than soldiers who are very much exposed to danger to their life in battle field, living conditions in high altitude like Siachen, in fighting cross border terrorism in times of natural calamities Thanking you MBC MENON CHAIRMAN NATIONAL FEDERATION OF EX-SERVICEMEN E-MAIL: nfoesm@gmail.com CC to: Shri.Manohar Parikkar, Hon:Defence Minister of India |
| Current Status | : | CASE CLOSED |
| Your Feedback | : |
Poor
|
| Date of Action | : | 05 Jan 2017 |
| Details | : | The 7th Pay Commission, an expert body, after due examination recommended Military Service Pay (MSP) at different rates for Officers and PBORs, keeping in view the various factors. The Govt, after due examination, has accepted the recommendations of the 7th CPC, vide Resolution dated 5th September 2016. |
Wednesday 4 January 2017
Orop: 99% pensioners will get benefits by January-end, says Manohar Parrikar
New Delhi: Defence Minster Manohar Parrikar
on Tuesday said that around 20 lakh pensioners have been paid the
benefits of One Rank One Pension (Orop) so far, and more than 99 percent
of cases will be settled by January-end.
"So
far, we have already paid the benefits to more than 19,70,000
pensioners. Around 68,000 pension cases were in scrutiny in December.
The targeted time schedule was end of December and 13,000 cases are sent
to pension dispersing authority," Parrikar said at a press conference.
"With that I think almost 99 percent of the eligible cases will be settled probably by January. One percent is not being able to trace them, probably dead," the minister said.
Parrikar said he has "instructed all the agencies to go and find out such cases".
"Rs 6,300 crore has already been dispersed as arrears and the current payments are ongoing for the current period. Total back arrears will be around Rs 10,800 crore of which Rs 6,300 crore has been disbursed," he said.
Orop for retired armed forces personnel was announced on 5 September, 2015.
The scheme took 2013 as the base year to calculate pensions and date of implementation was 1 July, 2014. The period for review was kept at five years.
First Published On : Jan 3, 2017 20:59 IST
Manohar Parrikar. File photo. PTI
"With that I think almost 99 percent of the eligible cases will be settled probably by January. One percent is not being able to trace them, probably dead," the minister said.
Parrikar said he has "instructed all the agencies to go and find out such cases".
"Rs 6,300 crore has already been dispersed as arrears and the current payments are ongoing for the current period. Total back arrears will be around Rs 10,800 crore of which Rs 6,300 crore has been disbursed," he said.
Orop for retired armed forces personnel was announced on 5 September, 2015.
The scheme took 2013 as the base year to calculate pensions and date of implementation was 1 July, 2014. The period for review was kept at five years.
First Published On : Jan 3, 2017 20:59 IST
Tuesday 3 January 2017
In New Year, services await revised pay
Defence sources said that the government had in principle agreed to most of the core concerns expressed by the services.
As the New Year sets in, there is disgruntlement in the military as they are yet to receive their revised pay under the Seventh Pay Commission (SPC). This is because the issue is held up pending resolution of the core concerns raised by the services with respect to their civilian counterparts in the SPC recommendations.Defence sources said that the government had in principle agreed to most of the core concerns expressed by the services but stated that the issue being complicated it would take some more time.
“The issue is currently being discussed between the Defence and Finance ministries and the Prime Minister’s Office. A decision will be taken at the earliest,” a source observed.
Letter to PM, Parrikar
The three Chiefs had written to Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the discrepancies which were not cleared by the empowered committee appointed to look into the issue. “The finance wing of the Ministry sought the financial implication of these concerns from the services two weeks ago.” another source stated.Around the same time, the Lavasa committee, appointed to look into the issue of allowances under the SPC, held its 7th meeting. “The Defence Ministry has largely supported the concerns of the services,” the source added.
The services had on several occasions raised four core concernswhich they perceive reduce the status of the armed forces with respect to their civilian counterparts. These include Non Functional Upgrade (NFU), NFU pay fixation, Military Service Pay (MSP) and common pay matrix for civil and military.
Ahead of Diwali in November the
Government approved a one-time 10 per cent interim relief for military
personnel for a period of 10 months from January to October 2016 pending
resolution of the issue.
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