Tuesday, June 30, 2015

O R O P :What is One Rank One Pension मामला पेचीदा है






                                                              






                                                                       मामला  पेचीदा  है 

                                         इस  पेंशन  पर
 
   लेबर  चौक  तेरा  ही  सहारा  दो  पल  रोटी के लिए 
 
- वेटेरन जवान  की  दुखी  आत्मा 








30 minutes: What is One Rank One Pension and why our soldiers truly deserve it


 
 
One Rank One Pension (OROP): Ex-servicemen begin hunger strike at Jantar mantar in Delhi
 
 
 
 
One rank, one pension: Modi promises to implement during his govt.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
BUT STILL WHY  OROP
&
 
IF  U  STILL HAVE  STAMINA
 
 
 
 
 
Saare Jahaan Se Mehnga 
 
NARENDER MODI
 KA
 OROP VAIDA
 
 
 
 
 
(  ONE HOUR &  FORTYSIX MINs))
 
 
The story is a hilarious and satirical take on Mehngai(inflation) through a middle class family from a small North Indian City. The family, crushed under the burden of inflation tries to deal with it through an ingenious idea, not realizing the problems they would get tangled into as a result of it. This film is a hillarious journey of this family battling issues culminating into a climax that brings tears into your eyes.
 
 
इस  पेंशन  पर
 
   लेबर  चौक  तेरा  ही  सहारा  दो  पल  रोटी के लिए 
 
- वेटेरन  की  दुखी  आत्मा 
 
 
  मामला  पेचीदा  है 
 
 

O R O P : OPS MAHASANGRAM SIXTEENTH DAY










                                   O R O P :
 OPS MAHASANGRAM  SIXTEENTH DAY


Indian Ex Servicemen Movement
 
   
   
 

 
   
Anil Kaul
June 30 at 7:35pm
 


Dear Sir/ Ma'am, The sixteenth day of the relay hunger strike. The fasting at Jantar Mantar continued today with volunteers from Punjab and Haryana. The strength at Jantar Mantar today was 230 with 46 officers present. 11 veterans including an officer conducted RHS.


PTROTEST MARCHES WERE CARRIED OUT AT ALL DISTRICTS OF kERALA by members of NEXCC a constituent of UFESM. Similar activities were reported from 60 cities across the country.



Reports of burning of PM 's effigy in Batala and blocking of roads in Agra have been received by UFESM. Besides this the raging anger is becoming palpable as more reports of contemplated action are trickling in.Though these methods of protest are outside the line of implementation of our struggle at the moment but for things to go out of hand would not take too long if the delay and prevarication on the announcement continues.It may be considered in pyrely military terms as "Early Indicators". 




UFESM has noted with concern the use of the term PBOR in various correspondence . This is not an acceptable abbreviation and will cease to be used forthwith. The correct description is JCO's & Other Ranks or JCO's & OR's. The accepted norm of address across the three services.
 




A mail received from an 80 year old veteran is reproduced below : -




" Dear Gp Capt Gandhi, Our agitation totally overshadowed by CONG and AAP agitation against Govt No media coverage, media gaged by govt. Dr Babu MP from Andhra says people join Armed Forces for free Booz and Mutton. Shameful statement by an elected member of parliament. What is our next step. I was there for conclave, rally on 14th and on Saturday to be with those on relay hunger strike, shall be with U all soon. I am closing on to 80 but will not hesitate to sit with my fellow veterans as and when U ask me to do so May God grant us success warm regards

                                                  - Gen Bhalla"
Col Anil Kaul, VrC Veteran
Media Advisor & Spokesman
UFESM












 

The Great Game Folio: Chinese Submarines

Source:
http://www.msn.com/en-in/news/national/the-great-game-folio-chinese-submarines/ar-AAcirzN
http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/the-great-game-folio-chinese-submarines/









   The Great Game Folio: Chinese Submarines
                                           By
                                 C. Raja Mohan   


Reports that the docking of a Chinese submarine at Karachi last month has surprised New Delhi are distressing. One would have thought Delhi would have anticipated the development after it sighted Chinese submarines in Sri Lanka’s waters last year. Despite the growing strategic importance of the Indian Ocean in China’s maritime strategy, Delhi’s defence bureaucracy seems to continue to wring its hands rather than act.

 
The Chinese navy first showed its flag in the Indian Ocean nearly three decades ago, when it began to make ship visits to Sri Lanka and Pakistan. Since then, the frequency and intensity of Chinese naval presence in the Indian Ocean has grown. The Chinese navy’s continuous anti-piracy operations in the Arabian Sea since the end of 2008 have showcased Beijing’s growing naval capabilities as well as the political will to operate in waters far from its shores. Defending China’s growing overseas interests has become a major priority for the PLA.
China has also begun to debate the challenges of acquiring military and naval bases in other countries, especially in the Indian Ocean. As part of its “going out” strategy, the PLA navy has begun to build strategic partnerships in the Indian Ocean, cultivate access arrangements with critically located countries, export ships and submarines, and intensify its defence diplomacy in the littoral.

 
Alarmists, Apologists
 
The idea of a Chinese network of naval facilities and bases in the Indian Ocean, or a “string of pearls”, is often invoked by those in Delhi who fear Beijing’s hostile intentions. Others taking a more benign view of China’s policies ridicule the idea.
Ignoring the alarmists and apologists, Delhi must take a more realistic view of China’s long-term role in the Indian Ocean. China has ambitions to become a great maritime power. It is building the capabilities and devising policies to become one. A rising China is bound to establish a sustainable naval presence in the Indian Ocean. The question is not whether, but when and how.

 
There is nothing illegal about China’s aspirations. Beijing is following the footsteps of all previous great powers — Portugal, the Netherlands, France, Britain and the US — that established a naval presence in the Indian Ocean over the last five centuries. One factor, however, constrains Chinese military presence in the Indian Ocean. It is the tyranny of geography. Long distances from China’s eastern seaboard make an effective presence in the Indian Ocean difficult for China without strong local partners. Although China is exploring special maritime relationships with many nations across the Indian Ocean, Pakistan remains the most likely place where its navy may drop anchor for the long term.

 
The stable all-weather partnership built up over the last many decades, Pakistan’s critical location in the Arabian Sea next to the Gulf, and Islamabad’s growing economic reliance on China, appear to have set the stage for an expansive naval partnership.


 
Delhi’s Ambivalence
 
India paid a high price for failing to anticipate the Sino-Pak nuclear nexus in the 1970s and 1980s. It is erring again by neglecting the potential for a maritime alliance between China and Pakistan that could severely constrain India’s freedom of action in the Indian Ocean.


 
A submarine that Pakistan bought from China. (AP photo)© Provided by Indian Express A submarine that Pakistan bought from China. (AP photo)



The problem is not China’s naval ambition, but the Indian Ministry of Defence’s reluctance to craft a vigorous response.

 
For his part, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has underlined the importance of working with other powers in strengthening India’s critical role in the Indian Ocean. But the defence ministry seems unable or unwilling to translate that vision into policy. ( Accumulation of BABU Pumpkins in MOD )

 
Consider, for example, its hesitation to hold trilateral and quadrilateral naval exercises in the Indian Ocean with its maritime partners — the US, Japan and Australia. While Beijing pays no heed to India’s concerns in pursuing its maritime interests, the MoD cites Chinese sensitivities to limit India’s naval engagement with America and Japan.

 ( Is MOD FOREIGN MINISTRY ANNEX)
 
One would think diplomacy is the MEA’s business and that the MoD’s is to strengthen Delhi’s naval partnerships, probe China’s maritime vulnerabilities and build on India’s geographic advantages in the littoral.

 
The NDA may have replaced the UPA in South Block, but strategic paralysis — the legacy of A.K. Antony’s eight long years as defence minister — seems to endure.


 
The writer is a distinguished fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, Delhi and a contributing editor for ‘The Indian Express’.


 
VIDEO: Chinese submarine sails through Indian waters on its way to Pakistan

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

False Equivalency in the “Indo-Pakistan” Dispute

Source:
 http://warontherocks.com/2015/06/false-equivalency-in-the-indo-pakistan-dispute/?singlepage=1











False Equivalency in the “Indo-Pakistan” Dispute

False Equivalency in the “Indo-Pakistan”                            Dispute

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Sunday, June 28, 2015

OROP : THE IDEA OF OROP





                       THE  IDEA  OF  OROP


   I  BELIEVE, IN THE  'SATTA BAZZAR' OF BOMBAY HEAVY BETTING IS ON WHETHER  'OROP' WILL BE IMPLEMENTED OR NOT BY HON'  FINANCE MINISTER.

HON'  MINISTER IS BEING CONSTRAINED BY BABUs NOT TO CONSIDER THE 'IDEA OF OROP'  EVEN ON THEIR DEAD BODIES

               THE REASON FOR PANIC IS.............

 DAUD IBRAHIM HAS PLEDGED Rs 8296/- Crore  AGAINST THE TOTAL REQUREMENT OF  Rs 8297/-  Crore PROVIDED   Sh JAITLEY PROVIDES Rs 'ONE CRORE'


 BABUs ARE INSISTING THAT JAITLEY SHOULD  NEGOTIATE AN AFFORDABLE AMOUNT LESSER THAN  Rs ONE CRORE.

IT IS BELIEVED MATTER HAS BEEN REFFERED TO THE PMO FOR ARBITRATION


 

O R O P :Important Caution to Military Veterans & Service HQ handling OROP with Babus








BABUS HAVE SUCEEDED IN FOOLING THE FM ABOUT OROP
                                  and
 IN TURN THE PRIME MINISTER

REPORT MY SIGNAL
28 Jun 2015
Dear Veterans,
Jai Hind.
 
The email below, from Lt Gen SK Bahri, will shock all the veterans.
 
I personally feel that the RM is giving Defence Services and the ESM maximum possible support; the obstructions are the Babus, The FM and miss guided by them The PM.
We should now think in terms of bringing the PM online by repeatedly reminding him of his pre-election and post election promises; he should sort out the FM and his Babus.
 
Please do not forget – one of the Defence Secretaries, more than a decade ago, had said “OROP over my dead body”. All Babus now think on the same line.
Babus will stoop down to any extent to fool misguide the FM and PM about OROP.
 
In service of Indian Armed Forces Veterans & Families
Chander Kamboj



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From: Satish Kumar Bahri [mailto:skbahri1@yahoo.com]
Sent: 28 June 2015 12:45
To: Manohar Parrikar
Cc: COAS Sectt; CNS; CAS; Mahalingam Venkataraman; Gen VK Singh
Subject: Fw: Important Caution to Military Veterans and Service HQ handling OROP with Government
 
Dear Mr Defence Minister,
 
Reference the trailing mail from Brig Mahalingam.
 
A few days ago a team, including me, from IESM met the FM due to the kind courtesy of Gen VK Singh. Col Rajyavardhan Rathore was also present. During this meeting the FM came up with the suggestion of a base pension for each rank and an additional amount for each year of service, in lieu of OROP. We asked him as to how and who will fix the base pensions, to which he said that the 7th CPC could do it. He also offered that he would accept a retd Lt Gen as a member in the CPC. We insisted that this should not be done, as firstly, pensions as per the Koshyari Committee be paid from 1/4/14 till the award of 7th CPC is announced. Thereafter, the salaries of the serving personnel may be fixed by the 7th CPC and consequently our pensions will follow as per rules. We would however, like that the 7th CPC restores the differential of pension as existing prior to 3rd CPC, which affects the largest number of ESM. The increase of civilian pensions without a corresponding increase in our pensions was patently unjustified and against all norms of justice.
 
Secondly, as the FM had offered to include an officer from the Services, I feel we should push for it even though it is late. The advantage would be that we could be warned by him of any underhand deals being done by the bureaucrats, to our disadvantage. We should also insist that we be not classified as shudras and be equated with the Class A services. You being the appointed guardian of the Defence Forces have a duty towards them, which you have been executing very well so far. So please continue.
 
Thirdly, the demand of CAPF is a red herring intended to muddy the waters, so that the government can put hurdles in resolving the issue of OROP.
 
With warm regards.
 
Satish Bahri
Lt Gen SK Bahri PVSM
A3/502 World Spa East
Sector 30/41
Gurgaon 122001
Tele 0124 4143180/181
Mob +91 981000 2800
 




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Important Caution to Military Veterans 
                  &
Service HQ handling OROP with Babus
 




 
Dear All,
 
"Military Pension" is a concept devised by the bureaucracy with some intent. The concept must be viewed with caution by the leaders of the Veteran’s community presently engaged with the Government on the issue of OROP.
As it seems, the nomenclature of the proposal suggests that the Government is likely to lay down a Pension Band like the present Pay Band. The point that is likely to be missed out is, equating the pension of the Veterans of the past with the pensions of soldiers retiring from service today with equivalent rank and service. As a result the Pension Band is likely to be much below the Pension applicable to personnel of the same rank and length of service retiring today.  The implication would be, even if the pension band, say for a Brigadier retiring with 25 years of service is Rs 2000 per month with an increase of Rs 25 for every 6 months increase in service, it would fit in with the definition of OROP. In other words, the Pension Bands may be delinked from Last Pay Drawn.
 
The bureaucracy may be banking on cashing on this interpretation to circumvent OROP. Once announced the Government will go whole hog to mislead the general public to claim that the Veteran’s demands have been fully met as the pension from then on would be same for persons of the same rank with same service irrespective of their date of retirement. .
It appears to me that instigated claims of CAPFs demanding OROP, the JCOs and OR getting less increase due to OROP etc. are being generated to create friction amongst ranks and files of the army as well as the Veteran’s community. It would also enable the Government to create a belief amongst the civil population that OROP indeed is a complicated process. On this very pretext of allegedly being able to examine the issue of OROP comprehensively to include CAPF and other Police Forces, the issue may be palmed off to 7th CPC. The larger aims and approach of the Government (read bureaucracy) explains the delay in implementing OROP.

If you study this carefully, it may be a sinister plan something similar to the 3rd CPC. This will reduce the pension of the present retirees delinked from their Last Pay Drawn. In the long run, the pensions of the Defence Community will be hit very hard.
 
The purpose of writing this mail is to caution those handling the issue including the Service HQ of the likely pit falls. Even after the Government makes the announcements, the experts from the Veteran’s community and the Service Headquarters need to study the letter carefully before claiming success or expressing happiness over the issue.
 
 
We should remember how the Rank Pay was skirted even after the Government letter was issued.
 
Incidentally, along with OROP, we need to insist that a rep from each service and the Veteran’s community need to be included in the committee working out the details of the scheme. It is time the Service HQ and the Veteran’s community also insists that similar representation is accepted in the 7th CPC before it is too late to mend things.
 
I sincerely hope and pray that my assessment is totally wrong and misconceived. I would be happy if the Government proves me wrong by implementing OROP, the way it was conceived and perceived.
 
Regards,
 
Brigadier V Mahalingam (Retired)