A Civil Military liaison Conference (CMlC) Punjab-2016 was held here on Wednesday at Punjab Bhawan to discuss various issues related to Army and state government.
A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said that the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal was scheduled to preside over this meeting as per past convention but due to inclement weather his chopper could not take off from Amritsar. Thus, he directed the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home, Jagpal Singh Sandhu to take this meeting, in which Chief of Staff, Western Command I.S. Ghuman represented the Army.
Taking part in the deliberations, ACS Home assured that the state government would strictly adhere to the policy of giving reservation to the ex-servicemen in all categories and the Defence Services Welfare—the nodal department has been mandated to ensure its strict implementation.
The ACS Home also apprised that the state government would provide land for running Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS) polyclinics at Non-military stations, where the land was available and in case of those stations where the land was not readily available, the government would facilitate the Army authorities to acquire land for the said purpose.