Khanduri asks ex-servicemen to play active role in development
PTI | 08:10 PM,Oct 30,2011
Dehra Dun, Oct 30 (PTI) Uttarakhand Chief Minister B C Khanduri today asked the ex-servicemen to play an active role in the development of the state as well as the country. At a function in Srinagar town in Pauri district, Khanduri said ex-servicemen can contribute to the country's development even after their retirement due to their disciplined lifestyle and spirit of sacrifice for the nation, an official release said. Uttarakhand provides highest annuity and one-time grant in the country to the gallantry award winners, he said, adding a representative on an honorarium of Rs 4,000 has been appointed in every block of the state to resolve the problems of the soldiers. The Chief Minister also gave financial assistance of Rs 30,000 and Rs 25,000 to two ex-servicemen's wives for the marriage of their daughters and Rs 5,000 each to 16 others. Commandant of Garhwal Rifles Regimental Centre Brigadier Sarad Chandra thanked the Chief Minister for giving 22 bighas of land and financial assistance of Rs 50 lakh for construction of Warrior Girls and Wives Hostel.
Play Role in Development: Khanduri to Ex-Servicemen
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thursday, January 7, 2010
IESL: Meeting with CM of Uttarakhand
ESM Delegation Brig PS Gurung Col VK Sharma MLA Sh Ganesh Joshi Lt Gen GS Negi Lt Gen OP Kaushik
Lt Gen OP Kaushik Lt col B M Thapa with Media
Lt Gen HB Kala Lt Gen OP Kaushik MLA Sh Ganesh Joshi MLAGOVT DEDICATED TO ENSURE THE WELL BEING OF SOLDIERS
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 13:24:08
CHIEF MINISTER UTTARAKHAND DR RAMESH POKHRIYAL “NISHANK” SAYS GOVT DEDICATED TO ENSURE WELL BEING OF SOLDIERS DURING THE MEETING HELD ON 04 JAN 10 AT BIJAPUR GUEST HOUSE WHICH WAS ORGANISED BY MLA SH GANESH JOSHI (ESM)
A meeting was held with Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttarakhand Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal on 04 Jan 10 at Bijapur guest house. The delegation of Ex Servicemen (ESM) lead by Lt Gen H B Kala and MLA Sh Ganesh Joshi(ESM) to discuss various welfare issues of Ex-Servicemen of State.
The veterans’ delegation consisted of Lt Gen G S Negi, Lt Gen O P Kaushik, Brig K G Behl, President Dehradun Ex-Services League, Brig N B S Bisht, Brig H C Singh, Lt Col V K Sharma, Lt Col H S Dalal, Lt Col B M Thapa, General Secretary Dehradun Ex-Services League, Capt K B Thapa and Capt A S Gosain .
Lt Gen H B Kala offered New Year’s greetings on behalf of all ESM and congratulated CM on achievements of State being declared one of the top 3 fastest developing state of the country.
The delegation appealed to CM for the following welfare issues:
a) War Memorial to be constructed in the State.
b) Establishment of Industrial Training Institute for providing training to the Ex-soldiers, their dependents and to the families of dead soldiers and serving soldiers.
c) Provision of more job opportunities and employment for ESM in disaster management, Ganga Bachao Abhiyan and in various other State organizations.
d) Appointment of Cabinet Minister with defence background similar to other states in the country. Such an appointment would take care of various welfare and development issues pertaining to ESM.
Chief Minister said that State ESM will be given their due respect, attention and cooperation as their contribution is limitless. Detailed news were published in Garhwal Post and Himanchal Times.
Lt Col B M Thapa, Retd
General Secretary
Ex- Services League
Friday, October 9, 2009
Understanding the Chinese mind
Dear Brig Harwant,
The article "understanding the Chinese mind" (click me) is an apt analyses of the Chinese mind and reflects continuity in Chinese civilisation's perspective and their continued sense for history. We lack this foundation totally because our perspectives are based on legacies handed over by outsiders. There is no Indian perspective on a continuum but rather 'safe keeping' of legacies handed over by the British which tend to lead to situational conflicts. Safe keepers do not always make the best perceivers. What we perceive as potential threat could thus have a cause elsewhere obscure to our perspective. Remember had Nehru not behaved as a British sergeant major, the Bandung Conference could have turned out to be differently. The fact is that the Chinese Revolution introduced muscle into the Chinese to re look at their geo strategic nuances just as the British did for theirs at the signing of the Shimla Agreement with their muscle behind them then Nehru however behaved simply as safe keeper for the once British Perspective without either the muscle to back this up or any will to engage in new situations. In fact why Chinese may appear as a potential threat in our thinking is simply because we have not reconciled to the idea that we cannot run a modern nation state on colonial precepts as we learn from second hand thinking, simply through bad book keeping at the foreign office, expect others to be doing the same. Have we ever wondered what our neighbours are thinking about the threat we pose? Say Sri Lanka?, Myanmar, even PAKISTAN? there is a need to be more open in our strategic assessments. We do not have one single friend around in our neighbourhood which is not a good image for a big country like ours! Are we pushing others creating a vacuum and China is filling it ! After all were we not to have sought JK ceasefire in 1948 may be we could have averted the 1962 War and border discomfort that may grow into a conflagration.
As for threat we do not have to point to China alone- our home front is getting better cultivated! Go to any remote village of a Uttarakhand (UK) and you will find nothing but disgust for those in Delhi who are now addressed as 'Indians' a word now coming into usage even in Yamuna Ravines and by ex soldier's! Villages are being vacated as farmers become bankrupt due to failing crops and diminishing returns, no irrigation, no schooling no facilities. Khanduri's roads in UK serve only the tourists and most money is pocketed by Non Garhwalis who operate businesses from Delhi etc. I have travelled across these villages where Sainiksangh is implementing various schemes and not surprised at the state of disaffection and despair- corruption is so rampant and open in Uttarakhand. Speaking to a professor of Srinagar University (UK) and listening to his concerns when I pointed out that farmers are abandoning their land in the North the Chinese will have no trouble in extending a claim line- the professor was blunt that Chinese would at least clear up corruption and bring some order and revive the dead farmer! It time we start examining our own failings seriously.
thank you,
Vice President
Maj Gen APS Chauhan (Retd)
Sainiksangh
The article "understanding the Chinese mind" (click me) is an apt analyses of the Chinese mind and reflects continuity in Chinese civilisation's perspective and their continued sense for history. We lack this foundation totally because our perspectives are based on legacies handed over by outsiders. There is no Indian perspective on a continuum but rather 'safe keeping' of legacies handed over by the British which tend to lead to situational conflicts. Safe keepers do not always make the best perceivers. What we perceive as potential threat could thus have a cause elsewhere obscure to our perspective. Remember had Nehru not behaved as a British sergeant major, the Bandung Conference could have turned out to be differently. The fact is that the Chinese Revolution introduced muscle into the Chinese to re look at their geo strategic nuances just as the British did for theirs at the signing of the Shimla Agreement with their muscle behind them then Nehru however behaved simply as safe keeper for the once British Perspective without either the muscle to back this up or any will to engage in new situations. In fact why Chinese may appear as a potential threat in our thinking is simply because we have not reconciled to the idea that we cannot run a modern nation state on colonial precepts as we learn from second hand thinking, simply through bad book keeping at the foreign office, expect others to be doing the same. Have we ever wondered what our neighbours are thinking about the threat we pose? Say Sri Lanka?, Myanmar, even PAKISTAN? there is a need to be more open in our strategic assessments. We do not have one single friend around in our neighbourhood which is not a good image for a big country like ours! Are we pushing others creating a vacuum and China is filling it ! After all were we not to have sought JK ceasefire in 1948 may be we could have averted the 1962 War and border discomfort that may grow into a conflagration.
As for threat we do not have to point to China alone- our home front is getting better cultivated! Go to any remote village of a Uttarakhand (UK) and you will find nothing but disgust for those in Delhi who are now addressed as 'Indians' a word now coming into usage even in Yamuna Ravines and by ex soldier's! Villages are being vacated as farmers become bankrupt due to failing crops and diminishing returns, no irrigation, no schooling no facilities. Khanduri's roads in UK serve only the tourists and most money is pocketed by Non Garhwalis who operate businesses from Delhi etc. I have travelled across these villages where Sainiksangh is implementing various schemes and not surprised at the state of disaffection and despair- corruption is so rampant and open in Uttarakhand. Speaking to a professor of Srinagar University (UK) and listening to his concerns when I pointed out that farmers are abandoning their land in the North the Chinese will have no trouble in extending a claim line- the professor was blunt that Chinese would at least clear up corruption and bring some order and revive the dead farmer! It time we start examining our own failings seriously.
thank you,
Vice President
Maj Gen APS Chauhan (Retd)
Sainiksangh
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