NEW YEAR GREETINGS- 2015.

   DEAR VETERAN BROTHERS,
 OUR EXWEL TRUST IS WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS
   NEW YEAR -2015.

ONE RANK ONE PENSION- NEWS.

Wednesday, December 31, 2014

AN AGGIEVED VETERAN ADDRESSED.

Veteran A.Rathina raj expressing his sincere thanks to our Liaison Officer Sgt.S.kanthiah.

The below mentioned veteran received a CORR PPO under Project Sangam Scheme.

Name: A.John rathina Raj   (623767  )   Rank: Sigman.  Gp-D    QS: 15 yrs,

His date of birth  15-2-1947,  Joined in Army at the age of 15 yrs- Boys service- 2 yrs.

He was sanctioned pension  for QS of 15 yrs first and then  another 2 yrs added for boys service and the pension was revised for 17 yrs.

PPO.No; S/ 52472/1979   PDA: IOB Tirunelveli-Dist Branch. TN. He was getting pension for 17 yrs. Of service.

Now as pewer the latest Corr PPO, his QS is reduced to 15 yrs and the pension for 15 yrs.

The PDA has reduced the pension and informed his about the  recovery-  the excess amount paid.

The worried veteran  reported this happening to us.

We, immediately contacted  the PDA and the their CPPC and told them not to recover any amount without verifying the records and CDA cir 163.  We also informed this incident to Army Veterans Cell at New Delhi and our IESM.  They , in turn  advised the  Chairman of the bank and CPPC not to proceed further without going through the Cir 163.

The CPPC now  informed us over phone that they have now verified the previous PPOs and confirmed that  his QS is 17 yrs , Hence, no recovery will be made and the reduction in pension will be reversed .

 We informed this news  to the veteran and the Aggrieved veteran was so happy  and sincerely trhanked  us for this timely valuable help, thus relieving his mental agony.

Our Trust is also happy in Addressing  the grievances of an innocent veteran.

Dear veteran brothers, please help such veterans  who receives a wrong PPO in your areas.

ENCOURAGING GOOD NEWS FROM DEFENCE MINISTER.

Panaji: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Friday said that 'one-rank one-pension' policy would be implemented in the defence forces before the next budget."One-man one-pension policy will be implemented. We are right now working on its detailing," Parrikar said.The implementation has lot of financial implications which are being worked out, he said."It has lot of financial implications. Details would be available only once we work it out," Parrikar said.'One-rank, one-pension' policy means soldiers of the same rank and same length of service get the same pension irrespective of their retirement date. Parrikar said the announcement to implement the policy was made in the last budget."Now we will have to implement it. I have kept a target that it will be implemented before the next budget. My effort is to ensure that it should be implemented as soon as possible. My target is that it should not wait for the next budget," he said.

 Source:  Zeenews.india ,com

ONE HONY.CAPTAIN GUIDED.

Hony.Capt. Jaya Rama Krishnan With our Liaison Officer Sgt.S.kanthiah.

The below mentioned Hony.Captain called on us and wanted to confirm whether  he is

Getting correct Rate of pension.

Name: M.Jaya Rama Krishnan  Rank: Hony.Capt( Sub.Maj)  No; JC 129008k

PDA: SBI, Kovilpatti , Tuticorin-Dist, Tamil nadu.

  On verifying the available papers, we confirmed  that he is being paid correct rate of basic pension  w.e.f 24-9-2012.

We also noticed that his Commuted Value of pension is not Restored.

We guided him to give an written application for Restoration of Commuted value  from November 2013.

The Capt. Was happy and  thanked us and appreciated our services to Ex-Servicemen community .

FAREWELL TO DR.SORNAM OF ECHS POLY CLINIC-TIRUNELVELI

 Dr.Sornam being honoured by Hony.Flt.Lt.M.Packia Natarajan

     All our Trust Members Sgt.S.Kanthiah, Sgt.R.Chellappa , Sgt.C.Muthu Krishnan  and Hony.Flt.Lt.M.Packia Natarajan  with Dr..Sornam

 Our Trust members  with Dr.Sornam and Col.victor  O I/c Poly clinic in the center


Dr.Sornam of our ECHS clinic was given a warm send off by our Exwel Trust Members on his retirement at Polyclinic , Tirunelveli, Tamil Nadu.
 He was one of the Doctors at our ECHS for the last 9 years and was very kind in dealing with and treating the veteran Patients.
 He was liked by one and all for his parental approach to the patients .

 On his retirement , we, the Exwel Trust members honoured him with shawl and a gift and wished him a very happy, peaceful and pleasant Retired life.
 Dr.Sornam thanked us for this gesture and appreciated our Trust members for the help and co-operation extended to ECHS in Enrolling members and other activities in the functioning of the Clinic from the inception i.e from 1-4-2004.
 Col.Victor, the Officer In charge Poly clinic also wished him for a happy retired Life.

GREETINGS-2014

Dear  Christian Veteran brothers,,

We wish you all a VERY  HAPPY CHRISTMAS .

YET ANOTHER VETERAN HELPED FOR JOINT NOTIFICATION.

Reservist  Subbiah Iyyanu with our Liaison Officer Sgt.S.kanthiah at our Trust Office.

The below mentioned  veteran, a Reservist came to our Trust office for verification of correctness of his pension. He was discharged in the year 1981.

Mame: Subbiah Iyyanu       Rank: Sep (Reservist)   6601034     QS: 12 yrs 3 months.

He was sanctioned with Reservist pensionon completion of the reserved period.

He is being paid the Reservist pension of Rs.3500/ - OK

On going through the available papers with him, we noticed that there was no Joint Notification..

On explaining the importance of Joint Notification, we prepared the Appendix and Annexure for

Endorsement of Family pension and forwarded to his Record office  ASC ( MT ).

After a period of 5 months, he has received the  PPO for JOINT NOTIFICATION vide S/CORR/ 4255/2014.

The veteran was very happy and thanked us for the help extended by our Trust in this Regard.

Our Trust also happy in helping the Veteran for Joint Notification.

ENCOURAGING NEWS - ONE INDIA NEWS. OROP

One rank one pension: Good news on its way Read : One India News

For many ex-servicemen the wait has been a long one. Their demand and fight for One Rank One Pension will become a reality soon. Sources tell OneIndia that the defence ministry is working over time to ensure that the same is implemented in quick time. Manohar Parrikar, the defence minister of India was recently quoted as saying that the announcement of its implementation would be made in 4 to 8 weeks.

Significance of OROP 

It is an equal demand for pensions. If an officer has retired last year and there is an increase in the pensions the following year owing to enhancements by the pay commissions then it is implemented only prospectively. Basically if an officer has retired in 1990 in the current scenario he is not entitled for an enhanced pension if the same is implemented during the later years.

The argument has been that the pension for officers of the same rank should remain the same at all times. This the ex servicemen had demanded as the costs of living was going up and the hike in pensions should benefit all and not just those who have recently retired.

Red tape 

The government has time and again assured the ex servicemen that the OROP will be implemented. It was promised during the elections and even the Prime Minister had said that he was blessed to be the one implementing it. 

However there are certain teething issues that the government is facing on this front. Several ex servicemen say that they have done the rounds of various offices several times. However there has never been any clear response. They also have stated several times that the government or the political class needs to step on the gas pedal to push this issue through.

Budgetary allocation 

Government sources say that the finance minister had already allocated Rs 1000 crore for the OROP. This itself is an indication that the government is committed to the cause. We agree there have been delays but work is on in full throttle now to dismantle all those bureaucratic hassles which had slowed down the process. 

The government says that unlike the previous regime we will not just make announcements and then forget about it. There are 24 lakh pensioners and all of it has to be taken into consideration.

There was also a bit of a delay as when the government took over it had appointed one man to handle both defence and finance. However now with the new defence minister taking charge this issue is being exclusively looked into. All bureaucratic hassles have been wiped out and an exclusive team is working on it, sources in the ministry informed.

Source : Ex-servicemen Welfare blog.