Now Veterans ( JCOs. and below ) have reason to rejoice: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Dear veterans,
Find below the reply given by Hon,ble Prime Minister
to the BJP leader Sh L.K. Advani in response to his
remarks on ONE RANK ONE PENSION.
It is neddless to mention here that the delay in releasing
the notification in respect of Modified Parity in Pension
for JCOs and below, in the concerned deptt., was
certainly at the behest of some big brothers , still having
their sway in MoD. They never supportedthis clause of CoS
report for self interest as they were not included in this
knowing well that they have already got the benefit of
improved Pension ( 10-10-1997 ) back in year 1998.

Now the Prime Minister has cleared every doubt
about Modified Parity in Pension for JCOs and
below.

Veterans may, please, note that those big brothers only
are now opposing the abolution of Sahayiks in Army
which govt. has decided to implement on the advice of
Stress Management Committee.

Manmohan gives it back to Advani.
Aditi Tandon-Tribune News Service.
New Delhi, March 5. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh
today gave it back to BJP leader LK Advani who had,
day before yesterday, accused the UPA of failing on
various counts, including the foreign policy front.
Today, it was Manmohan Singh’s turn to counter
attack,and he did so well, mentioning Advani four
times in his long speech.

The first reference to the BJP leader came incontext of
farmers’ suicides. While Advani had accusedthe
government of putting money into the hands of banks
instead of farmers’ in the name of debt waiver, the PM
rejected the argument, saying the UPA had been very
sensitive to the issue and had done everything possible to
solve the agrarian crisis.“It had been said that the loan
waiver scheme has not helped farmers and it helped only
banks. Nothing can be farther from the truth. It is
surprising that we forget that nearly Rs 70,000 crore that
was recoverable from farmers was not recovered,” he said.

The PM further countered Advani on the latter’s accusation
that the UPA had not implemented one-rank,
one-pension scheme. The committee formed for the
purpose never recommended onerank one pension. It
asked to enhance the pensionary benefits of personnel
below officer rank and commissioned officers. This was
accepted,” said the PM, adding that
out of the seven recommendations
of the committee.........five have been
implemented and two will,soon,
be implemented.

The most important clarifications the PM gave to Advani
today pertained to the latter’s demand to recall India’s
black money stored in foreign banks and the accusation
that the government was acting under US pressure. On
the black money front, the PM said 20 countries and
jurisdictions had been prioritised for entering into
agreements regarding exchange of information and
assistance in collection of taxes.