PENSION MELA AT MADURAI

PENSION MELA AT MADURAI ON 18, 19 OF FEB 2013

Following the nationwide demand of the ex-servicemen and their families for One Rank One Pension, a great awareness has been created among the pensioners to find out whether they are being paid the correct rate of pension or not by various banks.

There is a general feeling among the Defence pensioners that the Banks are not helpful in getting the correct pension and arrears in time.  After the formation of CPPC, the situation has become worse in some banks.

After observing the difficulties faced by the Defence pensioners, the GOC of Area HQ at Chennai conducted a number of meeting with the Bankers with the help of Col.A and arranged pension Melas in important cities in Tamil nadu to solve the problems.

Acccordingly the Ex-servicemen Help Line Centre at Fort St. George, Chennai conducted a number of pension Melas at Tirunelveli, Kovilpatti, Thuthukudi, Madurai, Sivagangai, Theni in the recent months and done excellent service to the pensioners.  Pension short payments were detected at the Melas and immediate action was taken to restore the correct pension with the help of the Bankers present at the Mela.

The State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Indian Bank deputed their officers at the Mela to solve the problems on the spot.  The pension melas are very helpful to the pensioners to know their entitlement.

The Ex-servicemen helpline centre is very much helpful to the veterans.  The pension Mela team, consisting of Working staff from MRC Wellington, MEG, Bangalore and of course the Exwel Trust from Tirunelveli, Banks staff and the staff of ESM helpline centre

Hon.Capt.David, Hav.Sundaram, Hav.Ganesan and the Zilla Sainik Officers of Madurai, Thuthukudi, Sivagangai, Theni and the Ex-servicemen Associations at Kovilpatti etc. have done excellent work  in the mela.

SPECIAL THANKS TO SBI DY.MANAGER MR.G.PARTHIBAN OF

SBI CPPC, CHENNAI AND

MR.ARIVARASU 

PENSION CONSULTANT OF SBI CPPC CHENNAI

FOR THEIR VALUABLE GUIDANCE TO THE PENSIONERS AT THE MELA. 

Here are some of the photos taken at the mela.

Dy.Manager SBI Parthiban, Mr.Arivarasu and Sgt.S.Kandiah at the Mela.

Sub.Jagdish of MRC Wellington verifying a veterans records.

Hav.Ganesan in working out family pension in Suvigya software.

Use of Suvigya is helping to get correct pension.

Smt.Ramalakshmi, Zilla Sainik Welfare Officer  Madurai with a widow at the mela.

 

 Note: It is time that the ESM Help line Centre should develop a software of its own with the latest tables of revised pension w.e.f. 24.09.2012 and use at the Melas.

It is not known as to when the Suvigya will be updated.