Himachal Governor Kalraj Mishra on Friday said the complaints related to pension of ex-servicemen should be resolved in a practical manner so that the moral of the soldiers remains high.
Speaking on the occasion of 170th Defence Pension Adalat at Paonta Sahib in Sirmour District, Mishra said that more than 31 lakh pensioners were drawing pension through various pension disbursing agencies across the country and around 85 thousand pensioners were being added to the pensioner's strength every year.
He said that the defence pension budget for the year 2019-2020 has been pegged at Rs 1,12,079.57 crores which accounts for 60 per cent of total pension budget of the government of India.
He said that ex-serviceman population in Himachal Pradesh was approx. 147,963, adding that Defence Pension Adalat was a good effort to reach out to the ex-servicemen, which was specifically aimed at resolving their pension related complaints near to their residences.
IDAS, CGDA Sanjiv Mittal said that the aim of the Defence Pension Adalat was to take the grievance redressal mechanism and the authorities associated with it, to the doorstep of the defence pensioners to resolve the pension related grievances on the spot and also to educate them about latest government orders. GoC Maj General Sanjeev Chaudhary said that it was an effective platform to resolve pension related problems of ex-servicemen besides giving information of welfare oriented schemes for ex-serviceman being implemented by the Government.
He lauded the efforts of controller General of Defence Account to organise Pension Adalats.ADG, AHQ, New Delhi Vibha Sood said that it was the best opportunity for Veer Nari to get resolved the grievances related to pension.