An open mail to Lt Gen. Kadiyan and Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh from Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd. President ,IESL Pb & Chd.

Dear Veterans (Gen. Kadiyan anSatbir Singh ji),
Regards.
Sir Is it not too late to mail such sentiments now?

IESM: Let our Pension Demands reflect aspirations starting from a Sepoy upwards Dear Colleagues,
There has been a spate of emails from ESM offering various interpretations of OROP and suggestions on what should be the way forward. We are grateful to all those who have taken time and effort to provide these inputs. These will be valuable in formulating/ refining our plans. One does get disconcerted to note that quite a few emails are officer-centric. While every ESMs interests are important, we must not lose sight of the fact that an overwhelming majority of our community are Sepoys, NCOs and JCOs and they must remain the focus of our efforts.
Best regards,Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSMChairman IESM October 01, 2009
IESM: Chief Secretary tosses "OROP" out of his court
Dear Friends,
The Govt has not yet issued orders even in the case of JCOs and ORs for whom pensions were to be enhanced to remove old anomalies. Our Jawan who retired before 1996 continues to draw Rs 3500 pm as pension. We had requested the President of India for a meeting which is still awaited. You are already aware that the Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary instead of exploring the new avenues to address the OROP issue, simply quoted reasons given by various committees held earlier which had rejected the OROP to once again reject it. They intentionally made no mention of the committees and court rulings which favoured grant of OROP. If this was to be the pre drawn conclusion of the outcome of the committee, then was the Government action a mere eye wash or was it to mislead the parliament and the patriotic defence personnel.
Yours Sincerely, Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, SM Vice Chairman Indian ESM Movement