94 TH INDIAN AIR FORCE DAY 08-10-2026

Dear All Air Force Veterans, and their Families and Children,  

We the EXWEL TRUST  Trustees from Tirunelveli- dist, Tamil Nadu,

' WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY  94 THE AIR FORCE DAY. "08-10-2026

SUBMISSION OF LIFE CERTIFICATE

 Dear veteran brothers ,

The Time for submission of LIFE CERTIFICATE HAS BEGUN.

Those who have completed 80yrs of age can submit Life certificate from  01-10-2026

 on wards .upto 30-11-2026

They can submit by Digital / Jeevan Pramaan / MLC  methods or to the bank concerned.

Below 80 yrs of age  are to submit  from 01-11-2026.

Our learned veterans are requested to pass on this message to other veterans and families.

DEFENCE SALARY ACCOUNT IN SBI ATM WITHDRAWAL REGARDING

 

GREAT ACHIEVEMENT FOR OUR WELFARE TRUST AND ASSOCIATION

                                 GREAT CHIEVMENT FOR OUR ESM WELFARE TRUST AND ASSOCIATION

   

         SMT. ROSARY VADIVU  W/O LATE SGT.V.ANTONYSAMY  at our Association

One Sgt. V.Antony samy  (   258898 K)  ,  Ach/ GD   Date of enrolment: 12-07-1963                          and was discharged on:  31-07-1984    He  was married to   Rosary vadivu   and  POR action taken.

There was  Joint Notification – Endorsement of Family pension, 

After discharge, he was  drawing his pension vide  AF/S/C/ 6240/1984..  He died on 20-05-2020

on a Road accident..

PDA was Canara Bank, PPO and other service records of the veteran  were untraceable . Though  DAV INITIALLY   intimated that there is JOINT NOTIFICATION for family pension, later on  intimated  that  those records were destroyed.    The widow  approached us for a help in this regard.   We took up the case with  Bank and  DAV  for getting her family pension.  DAV raised  so many queries, we replied to all.

After having correspondence for about 5 years,  the DAV and  Sparsh authorities  generated  PPO

VIDE  601198403991  and intimation received on 29-09-2026.- 

On receipt of this information, we called the widow for submission of  LIFE CERTIFICATE.

The widow, visited our Association office and submitted life certificate on 30-09-2026.  

The widow was very happy with our action and expressed her gratitude for our help.

She will be getting arrears  from 21-05-2020

Our   ESM Trust and Association  are very much satisfied  with this result  and achievement.

 

 

ENHANCED RATE OF da FOR INDIAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS PENSIONERS

 .Central govt.  has enhanced the Rate of Dearness Relief by 5%   to   CENTRAL FREEDOM FIGHTERS AND FAMILIES   with effect from 01-07-2025.

  the present Rate  : 48%    Now increased by 3%  and hence   from 1-7-2024 will be  51 %.

                                                                            PENSIONERS                        DEPENDENTS

bASI PENSION................................................    26000.00                              13000.00

DA   AT      56%..............................................      14560.00                               7280.00      

                                ..Total pension..................... 40560.00                             20280.00    

The  affected  freedom fighters may check up their latest  pension credit . If the DR is not revised, approach the bank   and get it revised;

Authrity:  GOI Ministry of Home:  F.NO:   42/02/2024-  P&PW(D) 

ENHANCEMENT OF DR RATE FOR CPF EX-GRATIA PENSIONER. BY 9%

 

DEAR VETERANS, 

The Dearness relief  for Ex-Gratia pensioners  is enhanced by 9%   w.e.f  01-01-2026..

The order is released   on 22-5-2026 .

FOR PENSIONERS                                          FOR FAMILY PENSIONERS.

BASIC  ;            750.00                                                        645.00:

DP..................    375.00                                                         323.00

Total  BP..........1125.00                                                       968.00

DR 483 %......  5434.00                                   475 %         4598.00

Total pen...../   6559.00                                                       5566.00

The affected Ex-Gratia pensioners  may approach  their banks for getting the  enhanced rate of  dearness Relief  w.e.f  01-01-2026

AUTHORITY  :  GOI- DOPPW  No:  42/02/2024-P &PW (D)E 9475    dated  22-05-2026

TOTAL SERVICE IN DSC FOR PENSION - TWO SERVICES MERGED.

Dear Veteran brothers,

Let us know  about the DSC service, Qualifying service and pension with merger of previous service

The maximum period of qualifying service for calculating a full service pension for Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) like a Sepoy in the Indian Army and Defence Security Corps (DSC) is 28 years (under pre-2006/OROP guidelines, full pension was mapped up to 33 years, but current standard reckonable maximum for full/optimal percentage calculation for JCO/OR is attained at 28+ years for 100% full pension without further scaling). [1]

Key Pension & Service Periods for Sepoys in DSC:

Minimum Qualifying Service (Standalone DSC): 15 years of actual service rendered in the DSC is required to earn a separate/second service pension, independent of your regular former Army service. [1]

Condonation of Shortfall: Under Army Pension Regulations (Rule 125 / Rule 44), a shortfall of up to 1 year (12 months) in qualifying service can be condoned by competent authorities, meaning a Sepoy can qualify for the second pension with effectively 14 years (or 13 years and 9 months with rounding) of actual DSC service. [1, 2]

Option of Combined Service: Instead of a second separate pension, a soldier can opt to count/merge their former regular military service with their DSC service to treat it as one continuous stretch, though opting for a separate second pension after 15 years in DSC is standard and legally upheld. [1]

Maximum Cap / Full Pension: Longer service yields proportional increments up to the maximum ceiling cap, where 28 years of total reckonable service provides the maximum full-rate service element computation for PBOR. [1]

Territorial Army service  (TA)also can be counted towards DSC total service if you opt to forfeit previous pension benefits and merge the past service with DSC service.