DEGRADATION OF ARMED FORCES : COME CHRISTMAS SANTA TO GIFT #OROP !! (r)

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            SANTA TO GIFT #OROP 
                           TO 
     VETERANS THIS CHRISTMAS
                            BY
        LT COL NOEL ELLIS (RETD)

31  OCT  2017


Yesterday was the blackest day in my life when because of the Green Tribunal many of us who adorned the Olive Greens, Whites and Blues for the best part of our lives were evicted, manhandled and transported in the shabbiest manner from Jantar-Mantar.
They did not spare even the ladies who lost their husbands in service of the nation.
Well, in garb of the Supreme Court orders, where only “your honour” work, the police did the most dishonourable thing. They had no choice but to obey orders, so be it.


Law is equal for everyone, isn’t it? So, in the same breadth had OROP been given the way it was envisaged and passed in the parliament, as it is given to other Government services, there was no reason for the veterans’ to sit for more than 860 days and demand parity, as if we are beggars.

 Be that as it may, there are two ways of doing things; one is the gentlemanly way which has been exhibited by the veterans’ community till date. 

The other way can now be something how the Jat agitation or the Gujjar agitation was done.

We have always given our services in “Aid to Civil Authorities” whenever the need was felt by the nation and when the civil administration had completely failed. 


Do we need to prove that you guys have been failures time and again as far as running administration is concerned during time of crises? 


I am sure the community which already has OROP needs to justify why they deserve it and why ex-servicemen have been deprived of the same for so long .This nation is constantly facing external and internal enemies. We understand what the government must be going through to sort out issues internationally and regionally. That is why we are agitating peacefully. We have borne the brunt of external aggression and internal disorders by laying down our lives in service of the nation with no questions asked. 

Here you treat us so dismally. Though we do not adorn the uniform anymore, we are capable to fight for our rights in a different manner. Will it be acceptable? 

The government is pushing us to the wall and time now is ripening for retaliation. Hope the time never comes! If the Government can speak to terrorist organisations, what wrong have the veterans done We have till now been fighting for the Izzat & dignity which is due to us. 

Now why should we hesitate to fight for our well deserved money also? We should get our dues or be capable to extract the same any which way. If the government gives it upfront, we have no issues, if it doesn’t then be warned that we have the acumen to do things differently. Say, if we disrupt Delhi for the same number of days as this agitation, there will be utter chaos in one day only. If need be let there be bloodshed on Vijay Chowk. Let the President who passes by it every Republic Day and there after enjoys beating the retreat ceremony at the same place should feel jolted to sit on the blood of veterans who always bore true allegiance to the Tri-colour. Let him also realise that it is time for him to intervene, as we the veterans have no choice left but to look up to the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces for his personal indulgence now.

 Spending time on holidays with jawans is appreciable Mr PM.

 Madam RM, I had requested you to at least go and meet these veterans once. Had you done it, this stage would have never come.

I wish it happens that instead Generals you put civilians as the commanders. Can the Chief downwards till Brigade Commanders be civilians? 

Chose your best Mr PM, let us see then how the integrity of the country is maintained. I know my argument is preposterous but I am convinced that we will be given OROP within two days. Let us see equal sacrifices from all those who are bent upon to block our right. In the true spirit of the uniformed  community, I think the Prime Minster should be contacted to give veterans an audience and explain to us the reasons for delay in implementation and why the deviation from what was promised in parliament. Let the RM be in attendance which I think can be arranged.

Christmas is coming, so one national holiday should be spent with the veterans. Hope PM becomes Santa Clause for us.

The Presidents’ bodyguards could be requested to loan a buggy and some horses instead of the sleigh and the reindeer. Let him come dashing through the Delhi fog, on a one horse open sleigh and wish us Merry Christmas and grant us the correct and well deserved OROP.

 Will he? I wonder!!!!!!

                                             !!!! JAI HIND

DEGRADATION OF ARMED FORCE : FOR PERSONAL ATTENTION OF HON PRIME MINISTER MR MODI-Wondering What Keeps Soldiers Going?

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   S N Prasad‏ @snpds  27 Oct 2016

   Indian Armed Forces humiliated again! #OROP #7CPC #NFU #DisabilityPension & nw #RestoreAFsStatus Wondering what keeps soldiers going?Read on

Wondering What Keeps Soldiers Going?

DEGRADATION OF ARMED FORCES - MR MODI DO YOU HAVE IN YOU THAN SCRAP :" NFU " (r)

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In a very simple language of a rustic citizen of indian society it is imbibed that any income gained without working for it (in hindustani) is "HAARAM KA KAMAI" Even a beggar struggles hard to make a few paisas where as those who have granted "NFU" for themselves stand on a lower pedestal than even a beggar. The future of my country is doomed with such beggars around the seat of governance. 

Armed forces dont need such disgraceful & shameful source of income.

                                                                                                                         _VASUNDHRA

  DEFENCE

Denied to Military—NFU must be scrapped

                                    By

  

C. Uday Bhaskar

November 04, 2017

Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with an army officer in Mumbai | PTI

 The simmering discontent within the armed forces about a rank-equivalence template that downgraded the military vis-a-vis the civilian officials of the Armed Forces Head Quarters (AFHQ) cadre, based on a Ministry of Defence letter of October 2016, is now likely to receive the personal attention of Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. It is understood that a new committee is being constituted to review the whole tangle so that ‘false equivalences’ are not created.

This is a welcome step and will hopefully bring closure to an issue that has its genesis in the ill-advised NFU (non functional up-gradation) principle introduced by the 6th Pay Commission in 2006 under UPA I. It is the considered view of this analyst that this one decision has significantly lowered the efficiency index of the Indian state, which to begin with was below the median, particularly at the lower levels of 

the great Indian octopus of civilian officials 

who resent being referred to as civil

                           ‘servants.’

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{ If these BABUs dont  like to be called BABUs or SERVANTS t

                     than  NO HARM terming them as

                               "TANKHAIYAs" 

                                                                         -Vasundhra }

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The AFHQ which has an authorised strength of 3235 personnel (as of 2016) is deemed to be a group B service in the Indian civil services labyrinth and are the equivalent of the permanent bureaucratic edifice of the defence ministry. Their primary function is to provide secretarial, file-maintenance and housekeeping assistance to the ministry. They remain within the AFHQ, mostly in Delhi, at the mid and junior level of the organisation , while the senior levels of the ministry are staffed by the IAS officers and those on deputation from other Class A / allied services.

The officers of the armed forces of India are in a neither fish nor fowl category and are commissioned officers appointed by the President of India, who is the Supreme Commander. 

In August 1947, prior to independence the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian armed forces was second in the hierarchy of the colonial state, next to the Viceroy. And it was logical that in a free India, the military had to be placed lower down the hierarchy and subordinate to the political leadership represented by the legislature.

The first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru had deep reservations about the military as an institution and favored the civilian bureaucracy. At the time, in a sleight of hand, the erstwhile ICS cadre was allowed to retain its primacy and financial emoluments (which were generous to fault) and those of the Indian armed forces officer cadre were drastically cut.

The sub-text was that the military had to be 

shown its subordinate place.

Over the decades, the order of precedence (the pecking order of the Indian state) saw the military being downgraded in relation to all the other organs of state including the police.

 Subsequently, successive pay commissions have increased the pay and pension benefits to the civilian part of the government and the NFU is the latest such benefit. This has been resolutely denied to the armed forces. Thus every civilian officer of the 49 all India civil service organizations will automatically receive the befit of a higher pay band, irrespective of performance and vacancies. Consequently they will retire at a scale that allows a much higher percentage of pension benefits than the average military officer. Furthermore, most military officers retire around age 54 - 56, depending on rank, while every civilian can go on till age 60.

As a result of these pay commission provisions and NFU decisions, some very anomalous situations have arisen that affect the operational index of the Indian fauj. For instance, there have been reports that civilian officers in the MES (military engineering service) and BRO (border roads organization ) who now receive a higher pay than their erstwhile superiors in uniform have sought a review of the organisational ladder. 

This is the anomaly that has now surfaced in the AFHQ, whose senior cadres, quite predictably have sought their piece of the NFU-equivalence cake. Thus the October 2016 letter of the MoD lowered a two-star officer of the army, a Major General to that of a principal director (PD) in the AFHQ; whereas in the past the civilian parity for this rank was deemed to be that of a Joint Secretary (JS). Extending this down the rank structure, a Brigadier (one star) with about 25 years of service will, in the new scheme be equated with a director who may have 14 years of service in the group B category. 

It is understood that some civilian officers in the MoD have also begun to use signage on their official cars to reflect their new ranks!

To better illustrate this anomalous situation, an officer currently in the MoD explained this as follows.

 “In the highly rank and seniority conscious 

ministry, we have a situation where a JS from 

the IAS is seen as being functionally equivalent

 to a Major General. The AFHQ PD wants to be 

on parwith the Major General. But there is no 

way that the JS will accept the PD as being on  

par– functional or otherwise. So why impose this 

false equivalence on the fauji ?”

                 The Modi government—

       if it has the spine that it claims to have

                 _ must re-visit the NFU 

                 and scrap it once & for all.

 Many of the related problems such as that of 

the AFHQ equivalence will automatically be

 dissolved. Minister Sitharaman has a complex

 challenge on her hands and one hopes that it 

will be addressed with the empathy and 

perspicacity it warrants. Her predecessors 

chose to kick the can down the road.

DEGRADATION OF ARMED FORCES : MEDIA MONKEY DANCE ON NATIONAL TV - "BANDAR KE HATH MEI PISTOL "

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             OROP  IS SOLDIER'S  RIGHT 
                                       &
            NOT AN ELECTION TIME GIFT
                                   
WATCH  ARNAB GOSWAMI  DOING MONKEY DANCE 
ON THE REPUBLIC TV PLATFORM

IESM/UFESM (JM) at Jantar mantar..

Happenings of 30 Oct 2017

 ..BRUTE FORCE USED BY DELHI POLICE>>???

Dear Veterans

It is very easy to read the NGT order from only one angle. NGT order also said that expressing the voice of dissent in democracy is fundamental right of every citizen. Veterans are also citizen of India. NGT also ordered govt to find a suitable place for expressing their grievances in a democratic manner. It is duty of every veteran to ask Govt why an alternate suitable location was not created by the Government.

If GOI is always challenging AFT order, given in favor of veterans, in higher courts, why was this order was not challenged by the Govt in Supreme court?

Does the Govt think that BJP will remain in power for next 100 years? Once in opposition where will the BJP conduct their rallies and dharnas? 

The same Delhi Police with beat their workers with canes and water cannons!!!!!!!!!! 

Alas the politicians are so short sighted.

IESM wrote to PM and CM of Delhi to give us the alternate place which has the facilities for agitation which is approachable and have clean toilets, shades, water and free of charge place. We did not receive any reply from Govt.

 IESM also requested to Police that give us a place and we would move peacefully at new location without any protest. There was no reply from either Govt and Police. However police told us that they have represented to Govt that it is mandatory to provide a suitable alternate location for protest in democracy moreover there are some agitators against whom it is difficult to take eviction action (Police had a fresh wound of action taken on peaceful agitators on 14 Aug 2015) and hence were reluctant to take any action.

Despite all these discussions, letters and promises 30 Oct 2017 morning police suddenly arrives with cranes and demolishes the tents and evicts peaceful agitators. It is point to be noted that Mrs Sudesh arrives at JM for participating in RHS very early in morning. She was there when eviction started and hence she resisted along-with others. We are proud of the iron lady. We only shot video of use of force against her but that does not mean that other veterans did not resist. 15 members including three women of IESM from JM were detained for entire day in police station without any charges.

 Any detention is not authorized in democracy without any charges. very very unfortunate and this needs support of entire veteran family even if few do not agree with approach of IESM.

This is time to show solidarity with veterans who are fighting for status for veteran family. Even if some veterans may have different opinion on the issue but they do not represent a large majority. Criticizing JM and action of GB of IESM will give chance to beat agitation with force by the Govt. Please understand that Govt is feeling heat of agitation because they have not given full OROP as promised by PM.

Even PM has accepted this on 19 Oct 2017 in Gurez while spending Diwali with soldiers. Do we need any more proof that full OROP has not been granted.

Veterans are free to have their own views on the method of agitation but that does not give them the right to pull down the brave veterans who are protesting. It is agreed that you may not agree with the approach of protesting veterans but similarly these protesting veterans also have right to disagree with some veterans who oppose agitation.

Notwithstanding all the discussion I request to all veterans that while we may have difference of opinion on the issue, we have duty to ensure that we do not pull down each other in public. On behalf of IESM I as vice Chairman of IESM assure the veteran family that IESM will not speak even one derogatory word against any veteran and any organisation. 

Can I request the same treatment from my fellow veterans.

One last word to all my veteran friends if you do not agree with the approach of IESM, please suggest new approach or action plan, come forward and lead it.

Regards

Gp Capt VK Gandhi VSM

                 OROP is our right.

 Dilution in OROP will NOT be accepted