Soldiers die for their country for the sake of a memorial that may be built after their death & not for PENSION or Pay
Most Army men leave their force by the age of 35 years of age(if they are alive) and take up agriculture or some other job where as police,para military service & railway personnel serve up to 60 years of age & retire gracefully. In all they get around 25 more increments & enjoy the benefit of THREE pay commissions during service: They get 8 crores more than an Army/airforce/nany jawan,till they attain the age of 70 years:;
The agitation to one rank one pay ,basically means ,all ex-servicemen basically get the SAME PENSION,according to rank & tenure of service : every year 60,000 personnel retire,that means 5,000 every month : Most of the retirees have their kith & kin in services & even if the retired personnel don't give out a call for serving personnel to agitate for obvious reasons, yet every one knows,what their fate will be,when they retire : The Naval Mutiny during the British Rule broke the back of Britain : The recent Assam Rifles mutiny is still fresh in mind.
The govt has recently announced a large package to Bihar(1.25 lakh crores) the OROP scheme li likely to cost only Rs 8,500 crores & the Govt is dragging its feet. The Jawans owing to the special nature of the duties,have less life expectancy & the pension Bill go down very steeply:
It is a shame that people have to sit for 60 days at Jantar Mantar without the Media Attention. Rahul Gandhi at least brought this to the Nations attention & today it is the Talking Point on all media channels.The Govt instead of Talks with Pakisthan & wasting crores of rupees on Biriyani & Hospitality should concentrate on this long out-standing issue,because talks or no talks Kashmir one FINE day will go to Pakisthan & the whole world is sympathetic to this issue ( Even in India if a REFERENDUM is held most people will vote for handing over this territory to Pakisthan) & even in India lot of people(Including Defence personnel) want Kashmir should be handed over to Pakisthan & live in Peace The defense of Siachin (godforsaken barren ice glacier) costs rs 2000 crores per year) The defense of J & K is an un bearable burden on the country : Pakisthan is able bear the huge expenditure,because of their highly successful foreign policy(Their Military Hardware,& military/civil foreign Aid,comes FREE) They have a very good neighbour CHINA,that can help them,financially,politically & Militarily : The govt should restore the 75% level (Pre 1973 position) to those who Retired during the period 1973-1995.(when pension was not 100 % inflation indexed) This will soothe the anger of FAUJIS. This will not create an untoward precedent for civilians:
The belated letter(to the President) of service chiefs,will not cut any ice with the Govt,b'coz he will simply forward the letter to the Govt & forget about it(The president has no powers & as C-In-C,he can only get free medical treatment from Military hospitals for self & family,& receive a salute on Republic Day) Even the speech he reads out on independence day & republic day must have prior approval of the Govt of the day
It is the service chiefs who FAILED the FAUJIS Only General Thimmaiah had guts to RESIGN(But he too withdrew it for reasons best known to himself & GOD).GOD SAVE THE JAWANS OF THIS COUNTRY
Most Army men leave their force by the age of 35 years of age(if they are alive) and take up agriculture or some other job where as police,para military service & railway personnel serve up to 60 years of age & retire gracefully. In all they get around 25 more increments & enjoy the benefit of THREE pay commissions during service: They get 8 crores more than an Army/airforce/nany jawan,till they attain the age of 70 years:;
The agitation to one rank one pay ,basically means ,all ex-servicemen basically get the SAME PENSION,according to rank & tenure of service : every year 60,000 personnel retire,that means 5,000 every month : Most of the retirees have their kith & kin in services & even if the retired personnel don't give out a call for serving personnel to agitate for obvious reasons, yet every one knows,what their fate will be,when they retire : The Naval Mutiny during the British Rule broke the back of Britain : The recent Assam Rifles mutiny is still fresh in mind.
The govt has recently announced a large package to Bihar(1.25 lakh crores) the OROP scheme li likely to cost only Rs 8,500 crores & the Govt is dragging its feet. The Jawans owing to the special nature of the duties,have less life expectancy & the pension Bill go down very steeply:
It is a shame that people have to sit for 60 days at Jantar Mantar without the Media Attention. Rahul Gandhi at least brought this to the Nations attention & today it is the Talking Point on all media channels.The Govt instead of Talks with Pakisthan & wasting crores of rupees on Biriyani & Hospitality should concentrate on this long out-standing issue,because talks or no talks Kashmir one FINE day will go to Pakisthan & the whole world is sympathetic to this issue ( Even in India if a REFERENDUM is held most people will vote for handing over this territory to Pakisthan) & even in India lot of people(Including Defence personnel) want Kashmir should be handed over to Pakisthan & live in Peace The defense of Siachin (godforsaken barren ice glacier) costs rs 2000 crores per year) The defense of J & K is an un bearable burden on the country : Pakisthan is able bear the huge expenditure,because of their highly successful foreign policy(Their Military Hardware,& military/civil foreign Aid,comes FREE) They have a very good neighbour CHINA,that can help them,financially,politically & Militarily : The govt should restore the 75% level (Pre 1973 position) to those who Retired during the period 1973-1995.(when pension was not 100 % inflation indexed) This will soothe the anger of FAUJIS. This will not create an untoward precedent for civilians:
The belated letter(to the President) of service chiefs,will not cut any ice with the Govt,b'coz he will simply forward the letter to the Govt & forget about it(The president has no powers & as C-In-C,he can only get free medical treatment from Military hospitals for self & family,& receive a salute on Republic Day) Even the speech he reads out on independence day & republic day must have prior approval of the Govt of the day
It is the service chiefs who FAILED the FAUJIS Only General Thimmaiah had guts to RESIGN(But he too withdrew it for reasons best known to himself & GOD).GOD SAVE THE JAWANS OF THIS COUNTRY
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