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Ex-servicemen appraised on Army welfare measures
Air Veterans Rally was conducted by the Air Force Association (AP & Telangana), at Air Force Station recently. Air Commodore Suresh Badyal was the chief guest at the event. All issues concerning Air Force veterans and families in matters of pension, health scheme,
Air Veterans Rally was conducted by the Air Force Association (AP & Telangana), at Air Force Station recently. Air Commodore Suresh Badyal was the chief guest at the event. All issues concerning Air Force veterans and families in matters of pension, health scheme, registration and issue of ex-servicemen identity cards were addressed with spot assistance from officials from Air Headquarters, ECHS Regional Centre, Hyderabad.
The rally was attended by over 1,100 Air Force veterans and families including defence pension disbursing officers of the city, representatives of Directorate of Sainik Welfare and Central Pension Processing Cells of SBI, Canara Bank and Syndicate Bank. Kiran Browne, wife of Norway Ambassador and S Ganguly, chief, L&T Corporate HR, accompanied by his wife were special invitees.
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President of AFA TJ Reddy in his inaugural address explained the initiatives being taken by the branch from to time to ensure that authorised benefits and pensions reach the beneficiaries with least delay. He exhorted the members to take necessary actions required of them while in good health and sound mind so that the families do not have to face difficulties later. The event also noted the release of ‘Information Update : Dec 2014’, an annual feature of the branch for dissemination of relevant up-to-date information, compiled by the president and released by the chief guest, Air Commodore Suresh Badyal.
Suresh applauded the services rendered by the association and promised to extend required assistance to the cause of retired fraternity, reminding that someday all Air warriors would become Air veterans. Air Commodore Rajan Sood, principal director, Directorate of Air Veterans, gave an audio visual presentation detailing the efforts of Air HQ in addressing various veterans’ issues.
Retd Colonel Ramesh Kumar appraised the gathering about various measures being taken to improve the welfare of all retired personnel and families. “There were 1 lakh ex-servicemen in united AP. Post the bifurcation of the State, there are about 40,000 ex-servicemen in Telangana, many of whom haven’t registered their names with the Sainik Welfare Department.
Ex-servicemen stand to gain many benefits and concessions provided by the State government, including 2 per cent reservation in Group II B and IV posts in government but unfortunately there is not much awareness on this regard. We will be conducting awareness programmes for the personnel shortly.” Two octogenarians AVM EG Salins, VM and Flt Lt MS Narayanan were felicitated with AFA momentous on the occasion.
