On 01 Jul 19, IESM
delegation met Honourable RM Sh Rajnath Singh. Following members were part of
delegation.
1. Maj Gen Satbir Singh
SM, Chairman IESM
2. Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM,
Vice Chairman IESM
3. Wg Cdr Vinod Nebb Vr C
& bar
4. Col RD Sharma
5. Cdr SS Ahuja Gen Sec
IESM
6. Hony Lt K Pandey jt
SEC IESM
7. Mrs Sudesh Goyat
The meeting started at 1615. Gen Satbir Singh congratulated RM for victory in elections by BJP and his
taking charge of a very important Ministry. The delegation appreciated the good
work done by the Govt in last 5 yrs and wished that India will grow in all
fields under this Govt.
Gen Satbir Singh then explained
that IESM delegation had met him on 6 Sep 2013 at his residence in which he had
promised full OROP. Shri Rajnath Singhji was BJP party President in 2013.
He further
explained that NDA Govt had approved OROP in 2014 but it had some anomalies.
These have not been rectified so for and IESM delegation has come to meet RM
with lot of expectation that Sh Rajnath Singhji as RM would definitely correct these
anomalies.
Gp Capt VK Gandhi then
explained that because of fixing basic pensions of past pensioners at mean of
pensions of 2013 has resulted in past soldiers getting less pension of around
Rs 4500/less than a soldier retiring in 2019 and a widow is getting around Rs
2500/less. And secondly 5 year
equalisation has resulted in many disadvantages to past pensioners. These are
(a) Past pensioners will
get less pension for five years.
(b) Past pensioners have
not been given full reward of 7 CPC as pension of past pensioners pension as on
2013 has been multiplied with 2.57 to arrive at pension post 7 CPC whereas
pension of past pensioners should have been updated to 31 Dec 2015 before multiplying
with 2.57. This has resulted in financial loss to all ranks.
(b) Advantage of removal
33 yr rule has not been passed to past pensioners.
(c) Equalisation after
five yrs will again result in basic of past pensioners being fixed at mean of
2018. Resulting in loss to them.
(d) Col & Brig tank
officers were not given advantage of 2.67 multiplication factor which was given
to present pensioners. This was denied on the ground that it will be given in
next equalisation that is 2019.
Gp Capt Gandhi further
explained that Past pensioners are not demanding yearly increments as is being
propagated by some officials.
IESM is only requesting for bridging the gap
between past pensioners and present pensioners. Past pensioners will be ever
thankful to NDA Govt if their pensions are fixed at par with pensioners who are
retiring today.
Gp Capt Gandhi requested
that next date for hearing in HSC for our petition is 06 Aug and hoped that RM
will find solutions to the anomalies for OROP.
Gen Satbir Singh volunteered
that IESM will be ready to take back 22000 medals deposited with the President of
India as a mark of protest on assurance of RM that our anomalies would be
rectified.
Wg Cdr Vinod Nebb
explained that he had met Honourable PM Sh Narendra Modiji in a function and
had requested for war memorial for Armed Forces and for declaration of 16 Dec
as victory day for INDIA. He thanked the Govt for the magnificent war memorial
at India Gate and requested that 16 Dec be declared as victory day in
India.
Mrs Sudesh Goyat explained
following problems of widows:
1. There is a gap of
almost six months for widows to start getting their pension on demise of their
husband (pensioner). Provisional Pension should start immediately and can be
adjusted later but should not take more than three months.
2. Widow of a deceased
serving soldier be given a service quarter till completion of service tenure of
her husband.
3. DESW and DAV must have
women members with authority who can listen to problems of widows and provide
swift solutions.
Gp Capt Gandhi then
requested that unnecessary controversy has been created by Govt to discontinue
IT exemption for superannuated soldiers on disability pension.
RM explained
that this is instruction has been issued by Min of Fin and not by MoD. However he will
look into it.
Honourable RM heard patiently
all the issues and wanted to understand the complications.
He assured the
delegation that he will do everything to raise the morale of Armed Forces.
He
assured that he will have replies to all problems and will confirm action taken
in our next meeting.
ESM delegation thanked RM
and expressed that we have come to him with lot of hope that he would
definitely remove anomalies on OROP.
Date for next meeting
would be fixed soon.
Regards
Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM
Vice Chairman IESM
1 July 2019
(Source : Via e-mail from BB Ghai Veteran)
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