Anthony calls for Prompt Pension Dispersal to Two Million ESM

Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has urged the Defence Accounts Department to render prompt and efficient pensionary services to over 2 million ex-servicemen and their dependents. Addressing the Annual Day Celebrations of Defence Accounts Department in New Delhi today, Shri Antony said that during the last couple of years the Government has introduced several measures towards the welfare of Defence Pensioners.

He said the Defence Accounts Department (DAD) has to ensure that the benefits introduced for the Defence Pensioners from time to time by the Government are delivered to the intended beneficiaries promptly, efficiently and in the right measure. The Defence Minister said the Department must continue to exhibit high degree of responsiveness to redress the grievances of its valued customers and ensure that a complaint redressal apparatus is fully functional for providing optimal satisfaction to them.
Antony calls for Prompt Pension Dispersal to Two Million Ex-Servicemen

Comment: I sent an email through the CDA website: CDA Pension to confirm my latest Pension as on record. I got a snail mail after 10 days giving me the extract of PPO of 1996 the year of my retirement with following details:
1. total pension emoluments as on date: Rs 7386
2. commutation: Rs 3175
3. residual pension: Rs 4211
4. DP wef 01 Apr 2004= Rs 3693
5. DA @ 47% wef 01 Jan 2008= 47% x (7386+3693)= Rs 5207
6. Total Pension= 4211+3693+5207=Rs 13111 (as received in banks). This tallied with the bank statement. ESM in doubt about about pension emoluments should similarly verify if full entitlements are being credited in the bank account.
The CDA Pensions Complaint and Redressal system is fully operational. Has the CDA Pensions the power to implement the court rulings? The MOD needs to implement the court rulings of ESM promptly with minimal gestation period, as the pensioners are at great pains combating the vicious cycle of bureaucratic hurdles single- handedly, then winning court battles but finally face defeat at the hands of bureaucracy! What an irony for the guardians of the nation!