A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR EX-SERVICEMEN IN HYDERABAD

THE STATE GOVT. IS RECRUITING EX-SERVICEMEN AS SPOs IN HYDERABAD. ALL THE EX-SERVICEMEN WHO ARE INTERESTED TO SERVE IN HYDERABAD POLICE AS 'SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS' ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND SPECIAL RECRUITMENT DRIVE AT GOSHAMAHAL STADIUM ON 7.2.2011 AT 9 A.M. WITH ALL CERTIFICATES. THE DETAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

POST:  SPECIAL POLICE OFFICERS
QUALIFICATION:  7th  PASS & VALID EX-SERVICEMEN CERTIFICATE.
APPOINTMENT:  ONE YEAR ON CONTRACT BASIS, EXTENDABLE FURTHER.
SALARY:  Rs.7500/- CONSOLIDATED.

FOR FURTHER DETAILS CONTACT - ZILLA SAINIK WELFARE OFFICER RANGA REDDY OR HYDERABAD.

PRIME MINISTER'S SCHOLARSHIP FOR THE YEAR 2010-11

ALL THE EX-SERVICEMEN WHOSE CHILDREN ARE STUDYING IN PROFESSIONAL COURSES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIME MINISTER'S SCHOLARSHIP OF RS. 1250/-  FOR MALE CHILD AND RS.1500/- FOR FEMALE CHILD PER MONTH FOR TWO TO FIVE YEARS DEPENDING ON THE COURSE DURATION. THE LAST DATE FOR APPLYING FOR PM'S SCHOLARSHIP  IS 28.2.2011. ALL EX-SERVICEMEN ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE SAME. THE APPLICATION FORM CAN BE DOWNLOADED BY CLICKING HERE. OR DOWNLOAD THE SAME FROM http://mod.nic.in or http://www.apsainikwelfare.gov.in.

TELANGANA EX-SERVICEMEN ASSOCIATION MEETING

TELANGANA EX-SERVICEMEN ASSOCIATION IS CONDUCTING A MEETINMG AT TELANGANA BHAVAN JUBLEE HILLS ON 16.1.2011 AT 3.P.M. CHIEF GUEST WILL BE SRI. K.C.CHANDRA SEKHAR, PRESIDENT TRS. EX-SERVICEMEN FROM ALL THE DISTRICTS OF TELANGANA ARE REQUESTED TO ATTEND THE SAME AND MAKE IT A GREAT SUCCESS.

G.N.REDDY 

GENERAL SECRETARY

GET-TOGETHER OF EX-SERVICEMEN OF HYDERABAD EAST

MHRD finalizes scheme for interest subsidy for education loans June 24, 2010

New Delhi: The ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has finalized the modalities for the implementation of a new central scheme to provide full interest subsidy during the period of moratorium on educational loans for students belonging to economically weaker sections (with parental family income from all sources of less than Rs.4.5 lakh annually). The loans will be provided by scheduled banks under the Educational Loan Scheme of the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) for pursuing courses in professional or technical streams from recognized institutions in India. The modalities have been finalized in consultation with IBA. The scheme is effective for all IBA approved educational loans sanctioned in the form of eligible students' in respect of approval course of studies from the academic year 2009-10. "Under the scheme, proof of income is required to be certified by authorities to be designated by the state governments. Accordingly, the ministry has written to all Chief Secretaries of states and union territories to intimate the designated authority/authorities (at the district/sub-district/block etc. levels) to the District Level Consultative Committee (DLCC) so that banking authorities at the branch level where students would be approaching for availing the benefit of the scheme would be aware of the same," an official press release said. All scheduled member banks of the IBA have also been advised to take necessary action to adopt and implement the scheme so its benefits accrue to the eligible students. Canara Bank is the nodal bank, for the member banks of IBA, for claiming reimbursement of interests credited to student accounts. All eligible students who wish to avail of the benefits of the scheme are advised to approach the respective bank branch from where they availed of the education loan and complete the necessary formalities. These include obtaining the certification in respect of annual family income from the competent authority at the block, tehsil or district level, so that the individual student accounts can be credited with the interest due on the loan for the academic year 2009-10 onwards.

CWP No. 21573 of 2010 FILED IN PUNJAB & HARYANA COURT

Group 'X' SGTs technical tradesmen of Indian Air Force who retired prior to 10-10-1997 were not considered as Diploma Holders by the PCDA (P) vide their circular No. 430 dated 10-03-2010. PCDA (P) Allahabad created two table No.111 & 112. Table No. 111 for the pre-10-10-1997 group "X" SGTs & another table No. 112 for group "X" SGTs diploma holder post-10-10-1997 retirees illegally. Ex-SGT Raj Pal Malik filed the CWP No. 21573 of 2010 in the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court Chandigarh and the Hon'ble High Court was pleased to issue the notice for 16-12-2010.

NEW REVISED PENSION TABLES

44079521 New Pay Commission Letter

EXEMPTION FROM TOLL TAX TO EX-SERVICEMEN

MOST OF THE EX-SERVICEMEN ARE UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE EXEMPTED FROM TOLL TAX ON THE HIGHWAYS OF NHAI. ON THE REQUEST OF MOST OF THE EX-SERVICEMEN THE FOLLOWING EXEMPTION LETTER IS COPIED AND REPRODUCED FROM REPORT MY SIGNAL BLOG.

One Rank One Pension for ex-servicemen

One Rank One Pension for ex-servicemen The Parliamentary Standing committee on Defence has urged the government to reconsider the demand of “One Rank One Pension” for the ex-servicemen. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (15th LOK SABHA) on 1st and 7th Reports reiterated that the Government should consider the issue of ‘One Rank One Pension’ afresh. Since the issue of One Rank One Pension was not accepted in the past and more recently the Cabinet Secretary’s Committee set up to consider it also did not recommend the same, it has not been found feasible to accept the demand of One Rank One Pension. In the case of Original Application No. 15 and 45/2010 the Armed Forces Tribunal, Chandigarh had passed the order dated 3.3.2010 with directions to the respondents to take final decision in the matter. The said order was examined and speaking orders explaining the position were issued on 10.07.2010 to the petitioners. This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Shri MM Pallam Raju in a written reply to Shri Vilas Muttemwar and others in Lok Sabha today.

Immediate Separate Redressal Commission for Armed Forces : Supreme Court (Updated)

The Hon'ble Supreme Court today ordered the immediate constitution of a separate commission to examine the pay / pension anomalies and other grievances of the defence services. The functioning of the commission would be directly monitored by the Supreme Court. The Commission would comprise of Justice Kuldip Singh, Retired SC Judge as the Chairperson and would have as its members Justice SS Sodhi, General VP Malik, Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi and one person to be nominated by the Government of India. The Commission would independently look into the grievances of members of the defence services and the Government would have no say in the same. The Government of India, in its affidavit, had only consented to refer the rank pay issue to the proposed Commission and did not agree to any other term of reference. The Court disregarded the affidavit alongwith the stand of the Government and also ruled that the rank pay issue would NOT be referred to the Commission since the orders had already been passed by the Supreme Court. The Court also refused to recall or modify its earlier orders on the rank pay issue and instead referred the review application preferred by the UoI to the Chief Justice for directions that it be placed before some other Bench. A historic step indeed for the Armed Forces of India. The salient features for the said Commission, as laid down by the Supreme Court in its order, are as follows : (1) The Commission shall be called ‘Armed Forces Greivances Redressal Commission’ (2) The Commission shall look into all grievances forwarded to them in writing or email by serving and retired personnel. (3) Commission shall frame schemes for rehabilitation of soldiers who are discharged at young ages. (4) The term of the first Commission shall be two years, renewable at the option of the central govt. (5) The Commission shall be based at CHANDIGARH. Central Govt to provide adequate infrastructure for the same. (6) Last drawn pay and allowances of the members to be protected. (7) The Commission shall also recommend change of rules if in its opinion the same are defective or inadequate. (8) All civil and military authorities to extend full co-operation to the Commission. CLICK HERE for order Source: Indianmilitary.info

AIRMEN WITH DIPLOMA AND 10 YEARS ARE DEGREE HOLDERS. PUNJAB & HARYANA HIGH COURT

The Punjab & Haryana High Court has delivered a judgment in favour of all the Ex-Airmen retired with Diploma Certificate and have put up 10 years service in the appropriate field to be treated on par with Degree holders in that branch. For the order CLICK HERE.

DA ORDERS FOR PENSIONERS ISSUED

DA FOR PENSIONERS ORDERS HAVE BEEN ISSUED BY DOPT. CLICK HERE FOR COPY OF ORDER

DA/DR hike of 10% is Approved by Cabinet w.e.f.1.7.2010 to Employees and Pensioners

Release of additional instalment of dearness allowance to Central Government employees and dearness relief to Pensioners due from 1.7.2010 The Union Cabinet today decided to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.7.2010 representing an increase of 10% over the existing rate of 35% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission.

Govt implementing One-Rank One-Pension for ex-servicemen

Govt implementing One-Rank One-Pension for ex-servicemen Appealing to ex-servicemen not to take the extreme step of returning their gallantry awards, government today said it has started implementing recommendations of the high level panel on One-Rank One-Pension. However, Defence Minister A K Antony said in the Rajya Sabha that implementing the award in one go was difficult. "In one stretch, we will not be able to implement it but we are near that goal... it is a long process," he said. He said the government has implemented all recommendations of the committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary which went into the demands for One-Rank One-Pension. This would have a financial implication of Rs 2,200 crore and would help 12 lakh ex-servicemen, he said. Source: PTI

Grant of unequal pay in the same rank is a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution'

Highlighting the plight of ex-servicemen, especially wives of deceased personnel, several hundreds former soldiers and officers on Sunday collected medals and submitted a memorandum to the President seeking ‘One Rank, One Pension (OROP)'. Under the Chairmanship of Lt. Gen. (retd.) Raj Kadyan of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM), former soldiers and over 300 women assembled at Jantar Mantar here in support of the demand. “Some 6,000 medals have been collected to be returned to the President of India, the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, and we submitted a memorandum containing 1.25 lakh signatures in blood at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday,” IESM vice-chairman Major General (retd.) Satbir Singh told The Hindu. Plight of women Expressing anguish over the plight of wives of deceased jawans who have not got the benefits of an earlier raise given by the government, he asked how a woman can take care of the needs of a family with a pension of Rs.3,500. He said the IESM Chairman had sought personal audience from the President to meet a delegation on Sunday; but since that did not happen, it was decided to hand over the memorandum at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and not the boxes of medals. Gen. Satbir Singh said the ex-servicemen are also hurt that despite the recommendation by the Parliamentary Defence Standing Committee in May 2010, asking the government to consider afresh the OROP issue, nothing has been done. On the other hand, he said, reports suggest the government is considering raising further the salaries and allowances of Members of Parliament in the light of recommendations of a Joint Parliamentary Committee, all in a matter of few days. Congress MP from Punjab Pratap Singh Bajwa told The Hindu that he had raised the issue in the Lok Sabha last week stating that unequal pension exists even after the “so-called parity” in pension to Personnel Below Officers Rank. Inequality He said a soldier who retired before December 31, 2005, with parity in pension with effect from January 1, 2006 gets Rs.5,523 a month while a solider who retired after January 1, 2006 with same length of service gets Rs.8,700 a month. Citing the Babu Ram Dhiman versus Union of India case, he said the Chandigarh bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal ruled that the grant of unequal pay in the same rank was a violation of Article 14 of the Constitution and that the State cannot lay down different criteria for grant of pension for same rank of officers on the basis of the cut-off date of retirement. He urged the Defence Minister to reconsider the OROP issue and not compare them to civilian counterparts since their terms of service and risk the armed forces personnel face, in discharge of their duties with pride and honour, are different.