Dear Veterans,
1. Second
Hearing in HSC against the NGT Order to lift Dharanas from Jantar Mantar has
been fixed for 05 Mar 2018. Senior Advocate Prashant Bhushan is
representing the case. We are hopeful of some positive order from HSC.
2. Third
Hearing of our OROP Case in HSC has been tentatively fixed for 1st
week of Apr 2018. We have made Prayers for the Implementation of Actual
OROP and other related issues as under:-
3. Meeting of
Defence Veterans alongwith the serving senior
officers chaired by Dr. Subhash
Ramrao Bhamre Raksha Rajya Mantri (Minister of State for Defence) held on 16
Feb 2018 which was well attended. All Organisations gave out their
issues. I attended the meeting on behalf of IESM, and raised the
following issues.
(a)
Implementation of Actual One Rank One Pension (OROP).
(b)
Pensions of Defence Widows should be same as the ESM Pensions.
(c)
Pensions of Defence Reservists be enhanced to equivalent to pension of Sepoy.
(d)
Ensuring Second Career for the early Defence Retirees till the age of 60 years
through the Act of Parliament.
(e)
Improvements in Medical care Scheme ECHS. The medical procedures which
have been introduced in the Country be on ECHS Procedure list within, six
months of their being operational in India.
(f)
Dire need to have Veterans Hospitals on the line of other Democracies.
(g)
Need to enhance ECHS Budget to efficiently manage Super Specialty Care for the
Defence Personnel and their dependents.
(h)
Need to have Covenant Act of Defence Forces on the lines of UK & other
countries.
(j)
Need to expedite construction of Martyrs Memorial at India Gate. Long
delays have already been caused.
(k)
Need to enhance rates of Disability Pension for Defence Personnel.
4. We are planing to
hold a Maha Rally at Delhi in mid March or a week later to resume Relay Hunger
Strike across the Country. Date and time will be communicated
shortly. All ESM are requested to take part in Mahar Rally at
Delhi and resume Relay Hunger Strike with intensity at various
locations in the Country.
5. State Conveners and representatives
at various locations are requested to hold Meetings, Seminars, Rallies regularly in
the Country. Feedback may please be forwarded to IESM HQ at 543
Sector 23, Gurgaon -122017 (Haryana).
6. ESM residing in
NCR are requested to come to Jantar Mantar regularly, atleast once a
week to strengthen the Protest Movement. The Govt continues to deny
our due Justice. Not only we are being denied our dues, we are
continuously being Downgraded, Degraded, ill-treated and mistreated. Legal option
which has already been exercised, will take lot of time therefore we need to
continue our Protest Movement with strength and intensity.
7. Governing Body
Members responsible for various states are requested to constitute
committees as under:-
(a) Block
Level
- 3 members.
(b) District
- 5-7 members
(c) Big
Cities
- 5-7 members.
(d) State
Level
- 9-11 members.
8. Details of members of the
Committee be forwarded to IESM HQ for formalization. Membership Drive be
carried out as an ongoing campaign on war footing.
9. On 10th March 2018, we
will be completing 1000th Day of our continuous Agitation at Jantar
Mantar and at other locations across the Country. All Members of the
Defence Family residing in NCR and areas close by Delhi are requested to visit
Jantar Mantar from 1230PM to 4PM to commemorate 1000th Day of
Protest Movement. ESM at other locations are requested to assemble at
their respective locations, schedule to be decided by local conveners and
committees to commemorate 1000th Day to strengthen, our resolve to
get “Justice to Jawan”.
10. Another important issue is health Care of
ESM and members of their families. We are in touch with the ECHS HQ for
update and their assistance to resolve our problems and issues. Requests,
where Empanelled Hospitals deny admission in emergency situation are being
attended to on priority. We request that any such difficulty be brought
to our Notice. Col RP Chaturvedi, Mob No 9891279035 and email: rpchaturvedi@gmail.com
,is our Head ECHS. We have also asked the Govt to issue
instructions for all new medical procedures be brought on the
ECHS list within six months of their being operational in India.
Efforts are being made to improve the availability of medicines at ECHS
Clinics.
11. We are also keeping close liaison with Veterans
Directorate at Delhi Cantt. We have brought to their notice issues
concerning ESM & their dependents. Copies of our letters to MoD &
PMO are regularly being sent to the three Chiefs for their info and
action. We will continue to raise issues with Govt through requests,
representations, meetings etc.
12. We will shortly be starting our Scheme of “Measures
for the benefit of Armed Forces Veterans, War widows, their dependents and Veer
Naries”. Soldiers have given supreme, sacrifice for mother land but
their families have not got the recognition by the Government which they
deserved for the sacrifice given by their husbands. IESM has been
recognized in corporate sector as one of the pioneer organization which is spearheading
welfare measures for veterans, veernaries, their families and
citizen of India. Corporate houses have started contributing funds
reserved as Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) to IESM for the purpose.
Recently, one corporate has contributed Rs 25 lakhs and to
start with IESM has allotted another Rs 25 lakhs to make
corpus fund of Rs 50 lakhs for the purpose. We hope this fund
will increase every year. We plan to given scholarships to the children
of veernaries, veterans and their dependents at School, College and professional
level. We plan to given financial help to veernaries who wish to start
their own cottage industry and financial help to old age homes/orphanages out
of this fund. The scheme will be upgraded as we go along. Detailed
SOP is being issued separately.
13. Lastly, friends, we do need resources to
continue our Agitation, May I request all numbers of the Defence Fraternity to
contribute voluntarily for the cause. Efforts be also made to approach
corporates, organizations, individuals for their contribution for the cause.
Yours Sincerely,
Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd)
Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen & Chairman IESM
Mobile: 9312404269, Tel: 0124 4110570
Email: satbirsm@gmail.com