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eeee-NEWS LETTER FROM DESA DESK

1. In continuation of Indian Navy's ongoing efforts to reach out to the

retired Naval community and in order to further strengthen t

retired community publishing

by DESA. It is proposed that the News Letter will be published quarterly

from now on.

2. In the age of Internet and e

creating its own blog and a dedicated website for Veterans.

understood that our Veterans are busy in

and are not able monitor the various steps

Indian Navy and Government of India for their welfare.

therefore been made to compile

the benefit of the Veterans.

3. I will also take this opportunity to inform

2012 as “Year of the Ex-S

activities during the course of year and details of the same is placed in

the News Letter.

4. We are open for valuable suggestion

ourselves further.

NEWS LETTER – 01/2012FROM DESA DESK

In continuation of Indian Navy's ongoing efforts to reach out to the

and in order to further strengthen the bond with

publishing of “eeee-News Letter” has been It is proposed that the News Letter will be published quarterly

In the age of Internet and e-mail, DESA had taken a leap forward by

own blog and a dedicated website for Veterans.

understood that our Veterans are busy in pursuing the Second Career

monitor the various steps/initiatives undertaken by

Indian Navy and Government of India for their welfare. An attempt

therefore been made to compile all the information and promulgate

the Veterans.

l also take this opportunity to inform that Navy has declared

Serviceman”. Indian Navy has planned many

during the course of year and details of the same is placed in

We are open for valuable suggestions of the Veterans to improve

(MVS Kumar)

Commodore

PDESA

01/2012

In continuation of Indian Navy's ongoing efforts to reach out to the

he bond with

News Letter” has been under taken

It is proposed that the News Letter will be published quarterly

DESA had taken a leap forward by

own blog and a dedicated website for Veterans. It is

the Second Career

undertaken by

An attempt, has

and promulgate for

has declared

planned many

during the course of year and details of the same is placed in

of the Veterans to improve

(MVS Kumar)

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“YEAR OF THE EX-SERVICEMAN-2012”

NAVY CARES FOR ITS VETERANS

YEAR OF THE EX-SERVICEMAN

1. 2012 is being commemorated as the “Year of the Ex-Serviceman” to pay

tribute to our veterans, honour them and express Navy’s gratitude for their

sacrifices which have been instrumental in the progress and prestige of Indian

Navy.

2. Activities that are being undertaken this year are as follows:-

(a) Conduct of Pension Adalats.

(b) Conduct of ESM Melas.

(c) Conduct of Naval Veterans’ Day at Commands and major Naval

Stations.

(d) Enhance the representation of veterans for Navy Day functions,

Family Day at Sea and Seminars / Workshops at Naval Stations.

(e) Conduct of Job Fairs for better ‘Second Innings’ prospects.

(f) Establish new Veteran Sailors’ Forum (VSF) and Navy Foundation

(NF) Charters.

(g) Enrolment of entitled non-ECHS members.

(j) Vigorous liaison with State Governments to maximize benefits to

widows and pensioners.

3. CRSOs will be interacting with Naval ESM and widows at Zila Sainik

Boards or suitable Naval Units having sizeable number of veterans in the area.

Towards this all states / districts under the responsibility of various CRSOs,

RSUs and RCUs will be visited by his team / IHQ MoD Rep(s). The tentative

schedule till 31 Apr 12 is placed at Appendix ‘A` :-

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Appendix ‘A`

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF VISIT FOR REACHING OUT TO ESM AND WIDOWS “YEAR OF THE EX-SERVICEMAN-2012”

Sl.No DATE AREA OF VISIT COORDINATING CRSO/RSU

1. 03 Mar 12 Ernakulam CRSO(South)

2. Mar 12 North & South Goa CRSO (West)

3. Mar 12 Jaipur CRSO (North II)

4. Mar 12 Udaipur CRSO (North II)

5. Mar12 Srikakulam RSU Circars

6. Mar 12 Rajnandgaon RSU Satavahna

7. Mar 12 Cuttack RSU Chilka

8. Mar 12 Sangli RCU Trata

9. Mar 12 Jalgaon RCU Tunir

10. Mar 12 Bhandara RCU MO(MB)

11. Mar 12 Pune CRSO (West)

12. 25 Mar 12 Ahmedabad CRSO (West)

13. 27 Mar 12 Jaipur CRSO (North II)

14. 15 Mar 12 Dehradun / US Nagar CRSO (North II)

15. 27 Mar 12 Lansdowne CRSO (North II)

16. Mar 12 Car Nicobar CRSO (A&N)

17. Mar 12 Bengaluru (Rural) RSU Kadamba

18. Apr 12 Little Andaman CRSO (A&N)

19. Apr 12 Dharwar RSU Kadamba

20. 09 Apr 12 Raipur CRSO (North II)

21. Apr12 Kakinada RSU Circars

22. Apr 12 Satara CRSO (West)

23. Apr 12 Jashpur RSU Satavahna

24. Apr 12 Denkanai RSU Chilka

25. Apr 12 Margao RSU Gomantak

26. Apr 12 Ratnagiri CRSO (West)

27. 24 Apr 12 Bengaluru CRSO (West)

28. 26 Apr 12 Bhubaneshwar RSU Chilka

29. Apr 12 Solapur RCU Trata

30. Apr 12 Dhule RCU Tunir

31. Apr 12 Wardha RSU Kunjali

32. Apr 12 Chandrapur RCU MO(MB)

33. 24 Apr 12 Indore CRSO (North II)

34. 21 Apr 12 Thiruvananthapuram CRSO (South)

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NAVY FOUNDATION

4. Navy Foundation AGM was held at Chennai on 04 Oct 11. Various

issues regarding ESM including pension issues and ECHS were discussed

during the AGM. CNS also presented grants to various charters on this

occasion. Veterans Reunion Lunch for retired officers was held on 12 Feb 12

at NOM Varuna lawns at New Delhi. The Silver Jubilee Edition of Quarter Deck

– 2012 magazine was released by the Chief of the Naval Staff on this

occasion.

5. During the ‘Year of the Ex-Serviceman’, it is planned to open NF charters

at Lucknow, Jaipur and Bhopal.

WIDOWS’ HOSTEL

6. The process of building of Widows’ Hostel at Vasant Kunj, New Delhi has

started. The Architect for the project has been finalised and the formulation of

concept design is in progress. Half acre of land was acquired by Indian Navy

early last year for the purpose of construction of hostel for widows of Naval

Personnel. The construction of hostel is likely to be completed by middle of

next near. The construction of the widows’ hostel is expected to solve the

issues of accommodation of needy widows at Delhi.

VETERAN SAILORS’ FORUM

7. With a view to espouse the cause of retired sailors, widows & NOKs and

also to promote awareness about Indian Navy in the country, a Veteran

Sailors’ Forum (VSF) was set up on 10 Apr 08 at Delhi. The same has been

Registered under Societies Registration Act XXI 1860 vide Registration No.

S/62103/2008 on 05 May 08. VSF is secular & non political. The cardinal

objectives are as follows:-

(a) To provide focused attention to ex-sailors/widows/dependents of

veteran

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sailors on welfare related issues, namely, children’s education, post

retirement benefits, rehabilitation, vocational training/courses, entitlements

from Central and State Govt etc.

(b) To assist in resettlement and provide assistance to the needy and

help them in their ventures for charitable, social and philanthropic causes.

(c) To provide an interface with IHQ/MOD(N), viz, DESA, INBA, NWWA,

DGR, CABS, NPO etc towards availing various benefits earmarked for ex-

servicemen under various schemes promulgated from time to time.

(d) To provide a platform for sharing/dissemination of information related

to opportunities/difficulties faced by the ex-sailors and widows/NOKs.

(e) Furtherance of Naval image in the civil world through measures such

as highlighting values of honesty & integrity to the nation, projecting

achievements of the naval community to the society etc.

8. Veteran Sailors Forum presently has four Command Charters (Delhi,

Mumbai, Vizag & Kochi), 09 Regional Charters (Dehradun, Jabalpur, Chilka,

Kolkata, Chennai, Goa, Karwar, Porbandar, & Ezimala), four Associate

Charters (Pune, Vijaywada, Hyderabad & Quilon). It is proposed to open more

Associate Charter during this year.

9. With proactive approach by enrolling retiring sailors at CABS,

membership of VSF has taken a major stride and it has increased from 3,200

to 6,200 3rd AGM to 4th AGM.

10. 4th Governing Council Meeting (GCM)/Annual General Meeting (AGM) of

VSF was held in Kochi on 10 Mar 12. The meeting was chaired by President

VSF ie CPS and attended by a number of officials from IHQ/Commands.

Approximately 200 Veterans also attended the meet. Minutes of Meeting are

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being prepared and will be hosted on VSF website .

11. Veteran Sailors' Forum has its own dedicated website. The URL and features of the website are appended below :-

www.vsf-desa.com

(a) An interactive directory of ex-sailors, in which records can be updated/searched and edited (presently a data on approx 35,000 is hosted and growing).

(b) All the information regarding VSF, its Charters, Office bearers, Memorandum of Association, Rules & Regulations etc.

(c) Details of Welfare schemes to ESM by Central Government, State Government, Indian Navy and other agencies.

(d) All declassified policy letters related to ECHS, Canteen, Pension and other welfare activities.

(e) All job related vacancies received by this office.

(f) Details of AGM/GCM of VSF and its Charter which includes pictures, minutes and status of action agenda points.

(g) Provision of posting online query/grievances

(h) Link to other important naval websites/websites useful to ESM.

12. The website being regularly updated and suggestions regarding further improvement are welcome.

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INDIAN NAVAL PLACEMENT AGENCY

13. The Indian Naval Placement Agency (INPA) was officially set up on 28

Feb 06 under the aegis of Directorate of Ex-servicemen Affairs. The Indian

Naval Placement Agency is the nodal agency of Indian Navy that handles the

second career options for the experienced retired / retiring naval personnel,

their dependents and widows in the corporate world. The Placement Agency

has its own website www.inpa.net.in and its own email id:

[email protected]

14. Procedure to Register Online on INPA Website. - www.inpa.net.in

(a) Type URL www.inpa.net.in

(b) Go to home page

(c) Click Candidate to login

(d) Candidate login page appears

(e) Press New User to register on INPA

(f) Fill up details to create login, User ID and Password

(g) After submitting it generates Temporary ID and intimate on your

email

(h) Submit than Text page appears, click continue to INPA registration

form

(j) Wait for second registration form to appear

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(k) Fill up the registration form. For multiple selection, press “CTRL”

button and select from list. Candidates are advised to choose maximum

(five) option for Job Preference and Place of Preference.

(l) Submit after filling up the form

(m) Thank you page appears. Please upload your resume and

photographs.

15. Registration Charges.

Registration charges/Annual Subscriptions are as follows: -

(a) Officers & their dependents - Rs. 150/-

(b) Sailors & their dependents - Rs. 100/-

(c) Widows of naval personnel – Nil

(d) “Demand Draft” / “At Par Cheque” for the payment of registration

charges is to be prepared in favour of – “INDIAN NAVAL

PLACEMENT AGENCY” payable at NEW DELHI.

Note - Local candidate may also deposit cash as registration charges and

obtain cash receipt from INPA. (CANDIDATES ARE ADVISED NOT TO SEND

CASH IN ENVELOPES)

Contact details: Telefax: 011-24121687, Mobile No. - +91-9560352121 / +91-9560362121 Email – [email protected]

Requisite Documents:

(i) One copy Resume (with colour photographs)

(ii) Copy of PPO (for retired personnel) / NOC (for retiring personnel)

(iii) Demand Draft / At Par Cheque / Cash (for local submission only)

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Job Fairs

16. In order to further the aim of providing suitably employment to

retiring/retired naval personnel including widow/dependents. This

agency has commenced the conduct of the job events varying platform

is being provided to all employers/candidates to suitable address their

HR related issues. Job fair of 2011 was conducted during Nov 2011 at

New Delhi. First job fair of 2012 was conducted during Jan 12 in

Mumbai and two more job events will be conducted in Visakhapatnam

and Kochi.

NAVAL REGIMENTAL SYSTEM (NRS)

17. Within one year of institutionalisation, NRS has been able to provide

proactive and protracted support to a substantial number of naval widows /

NOKs by reaching out to them. The opportunities that are available due to the

ongoing year long activities of “The Year of the Ex-Serviceman” is being

utilised to provide further impetus to the NRS initiative of taking up full

responsibility of naval widows / NOKs. Towards that Regimental State Units

(RSUs) and their staff under the supervision of respective CRSOs have

commenced visiting each ZSWO / ZSB to interact with Widows and ESM.

During the interactions they are undertaking the following:-

(a) Updation of data banks of ESM and widows.

(b) Sensitisation of ESMs / widows regarding their legitimate privileges

and dues.

(c) Ensuring that every widow has a Canteen Card, ECHS

Membership and is in receipt of correct family pension.

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18. The updated Directory of NRS is placed below :-

NRS DIRECTORY

SL No

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

CRSO NAME & ADDRESS

CONTACT Nos E-MAIL ID

1. DELHI, NCR, HARYANA, HP, J&K & PUNJAB

CRSO (NORTH I)

Capt JK Chaudhary

011-24121429 / 24121430 8130558888 / 9868174466(M)

[email protected]

2. MP, RAJASTHAN, UP & UK

CRSO (NORTH II)

Cdr B S Jakhar 011-24121429/ 24121430 9650693980(M)

[email protected]

3. AP,CHHATTISGARH, ODISHA, TAMIL NADU & PUDUCHERRY

CRSO (EAST)

Cdr Kanchan Mukherjee

0891-2812314 0891-2515834(FAX) 9493799765(M)

[email protected]

4. BIHAR, JHARKHAND, WB & NE STATES

CRSO (NER)

Cdr Naveen Razdan

033-22314964/ 22420430 033-22420205 (FAX) 9051208008 (M)

[email protected]

5. DADAR & NAGAR HAVELI & DIU, GOA, GUJARAT, KARNATAKA & MAHARASHTRA

CRSO (WEST)

Cdr RK Bharadwaj

022-22665239 9969607296 (M) 022-22698393(FAX)

[email protected]

6. KERALA & LAKSHADWEEP

CRSO (SOUTH)

Cdr HS Girn 0484-2667398 / 2667398 9446062574(M)

[email protected]

7. A&N ISLAND & KARDIP

CRSO (A&N)

Cdr LS Negi 03192-232829 (FAX) 03192-248294/ 248333, 9531856044(M)

[email protected]

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PROJECT “SANGAM” 19. The Project “Suvigya” has been observed to be unsuccessful with a number of software problems and is only partially useful. To address the issue of corrigendum PPOs, the Services took up the matter with the Government and after extensive deliberations, the Ministry of Finance has now directed PCDA (Pension), Allahabad and CGDA to commence issuing of PPOs under “Project Sangam” wef 16 Aug 11. The revised PPOs will be first issued to post 96 retirees and subsequently to pre-96 retirees of Army. It has been confirmed that it will be done for all three services and CGDA will issue directives to PCDA (Navy) with reference to Naval pensioners.

CENTRALISED PENSIONARY GRIEVANCES AND MONITORING SYSTEM, (CPENGRAMS)

20. Notwithstanding above, MoD has recently launched CENTRALISED PENSIONARY GRIEVANCES AND MONITORING SYSTEM, CPENGRAMS wef 05 Sep 11 which is an internet based programme. With the help of this, a pensioner can lodge a grievance online which will be redressed expeditiously by the concerned Service Headquarters.

EMPLOYEES CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH SCHEME

(ECHS)

1. Membership & Budget. ECHS was started on 01 Apr 2003 based on felt need of a large population of ex-servicemen across the country. This scheme modeled on the lines of CGHS provided comprehensive medical cover to the members for all known diseases. The popularity of the scheme can be gauged from the fact that at present ECHS membership has now crossed 12 Lakh (approx 50 thousand from Navy) with a total of over 38 Lakh (approx 2 lakh from Navy) beneficiaries. Smart cards have been issued to the members to establish irrefutable proof of the identity through biometrics. ECHS budget in this financial year has almost crossed the Rs 1000 crores landmark showing the Government’s commitment towards our veterans.

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2. Expansion of ECHS. ECHS is now nine years old. The experience of last nine years helped in taking several initiatives in polyclinics and review of procedures for smooth functioning of the entire system in an integrated seamless manner. Government has sanctioned additional 199 polyclinics, in addition to existing 227 polyclinics. With additional 199 polyclinics on the anvil, ECHS will take health care services nearer to the doorsteps of our veterans. Of these 199 polyclinics, Navy will manage nine polyclinics at East Delhi (Preet Vihar), Navi Mumbai (COD Kandivali), Vasco-da-Gama(Goa), Srikakulam(AP), Ramanathapuram(TN), Puri(Odisha), Angul(Odisha), Dhenkanal(Odisha), Thodapuzha / Painavu (Kerala) and Moovattupuzha(Kerala). 3. Additional Polyclinics in Delhi / NCR. Presently, there are six Polyclinics functioning in the NCR, viz. Delhi Cantt, Lodhi Road, Noida, Gurgoan, Faridabad and Ghaziabad(Hindon). In addition to these six polyclinics, Govt has accorded sanction for six more polyclinics in the NCR under the expansion of ECHS network. These new polyclinics will be functioning at Shakurbasti, Timarpur, Khanpur, East Delhi / Preet Vhar(Navy), Greater Noida, Gurgoan (Sohna Road). 4. ECHS Membership to Nepal Domiciled Gorkhas (NDG). (a) The proposal to extend the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme facilities to Nepal Domiciled Ex-Servicemen has been approved by the Government. However, the NDG veterans will have to visit polyclinics and empanelled hospitals located in India to avail the Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme benefits. The scheme is optional for NDGs. (b) A case for opening polyclinics and empanelling hospitals in Nepal is under consideration at MoD. 5. Revised ECHS Subscription w.e.f. 01 Jun 2009.

Grade Pay at the Time of Retirement

New Rates

1800, 1900, 2000, 2400 & 2800 15,000

3400, 4200 27,000

4600, 4800, 5400, 6100 & 6600 39,000

7600 and above 60,000

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6. Augmentation of Manpower in ECHS Polyclinics. The present manpower in ECHS polyclinics is pegged to GoI letter dated 30 Dec 2002. In the light of experience of nine yrs or so coupled with sick report of 95 lakhs per annum approximately, a case has been taken up to augment the ECHS manpower which will result in delivering of quality medical care to veterans at ECHS polyclinics. The proposed manpower will bring in additional Medical Officers, Specialists, Medical and Paramedical staff. The deficiency of categories like Pharmacists, Physiotherapists, X-Ray Technicians, Clerks etc would also be made up in this augmentation. 7. Pharmacy Operations. To overcome the problem of non availability of medicines at polyclinics, ECHS is pursuing the case for outsourcing of entire pharmacy operations wherein the availability of medicines would be ensured round the clock. 8. Enhancement of Pay of ECHS Staff. Pay of ECHS contractual staff was raised in year 2009. Central org ECHS has now taken up a case with MoD to further revise the contractual pay for the polyclinic staff in line with CGHS contractual staff. 9. New Empanelment Procedure. Govt. has modified the process/procedure for empanelment of hospitals for ECHS. The new procedure stipulates that assessment of hospitals/healthcare facilities & labs for empanelment would be undertaken by NABH (National Accreditation Board of Hospital). NABH is a constituent of QCI (Quality Council of India) monitoring the quality of health care establishments in the country. The new procedure is expected to cut down the time taken for empanelment considerably. 10. 32 KB ECHS Smart Card. Old 16 KB smart card has been upgraded to 32 KB with good quality photographs and additional memory to meet the needs of the beneficiaries. Card is usable at all the polyclinics after its activation at parent polyclinic. This will provide flexibility and choice to each beneficiary to carry their ECHS membership card to different places separately. New card facilitates recording of complete medical history in the card. With introduction of ‘one-card-per-beneficiary’, the change of parent polyclinic can be done separately for each member. 11. White Card. To facilitate the disabled ECHS beneficiaries, a special 32 KB ECHS white card has been introduced. This card will allow disabled veterans to earn their due recognition in ECHS environment.

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‘PRIORITY’ will be printed on reverse of the card for all polyclinics to ensure faster treatment and medicine issue to our disabled veterans. In addition this white card will also have all advantages of General ECHS beneficiary card. 12. Cessation of Temporary Attachment Procedure (TAC). Provision of TAC was initiated to facilitate provisioning and issue of drug/medicines and consumables by a polyclinic to outstation ECHS beneficiaries. Patients relocating to a new station on temporary basis were given TAC for facilitating issue of medicines for a prescribed duration. Consequent to feedback from the environment, the entire procedure of TAC was examined and it was decided to abolish the procedure of temporary attachments. Hereafter, ECHS beneficiaries may receive treatment / referral from any ECHS polyclinic on production of ECHS smart card. 13. Helpline. A 24X7 helpline to resolve entire gamut of issues which can concern an ECHS member on health care will be addressed through this helpline. Queries pertaining to membership, empanelled hospitals and facilities in empanelled hospitals can be made by dialing 080 – 4300 4300 and toll free 1800-103-8666 and SMS No. +919714794300. 14. ECHS Website. www.indianarmy.nic.in/arechs.htm. E-mail ID (Ctl Org). [email protected] [email protected] E-mail ID(Navy). [email protected] Contact Tele Nos. MDECHS : 011 – 2568 4846 Dir ECHS(N) : 011 – 24101319 Address. ECHS Office, IHQ of MoD (Navy), 6th Floor, Chanakya Bhawan Chanakyapuri, New Delhi – 100 021

IMPORTANT WEBSITES

(a) www.vsf-desa.com This is a website which provides details about

VSF & DESA. Interactive directory of all retired Naval Sailors is hosted on this

website. In addition news related to Canteen, ECHS, Pension, Policies, welfare

Schemes by GoI, MoD, States is also hosted. Separate web pages of all VSF

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Charters, DESA, INPA, DPA, INBA, NRS will be provided on VSF Web site.

Overall the motive behind this website is to provide one stop solution to ex-

sailors.

(b) www.irfc-nausena.nic.in This Website is maintained by the information

resource and facilities centre at IHQ, MOD(Navy). Information regarding VSF is

hosted in retired section. You may also visit web pages of DESA, DPA, VI

CPC, INPA, CABS and other links important to serving and retired personals.

(c) www.indiannavy.nic.in This is the official website of Indian Navy. It

provides vision document of Indian Navy. It provides links to home pages of

Naval Dockyard, INBA, NGIS, DNA, Dte of fleet maintenance, DME etc.

(d) www.dgrindia.com This website is maintained by the Director General

Resettlement and contains valuable information regarding resettlement

opportunity, employment assistance provided to ESM, various Forms and

News updates from the Kendriya Sainik Board(KSB).

(e) www.mod.nic.in This is official website of Ministry of Defence. Provides

all MoD/GoI orders/circulars and publications which are useful to ESM for eg

‘Sainik Samachar’.

(f) www.persmin.nic.in The Website of Ministry of Personnel, Public

Grievances and Pensions.

(g) www.pcdapension.nic.in The Website of the Principal Controller of

Defence Accounts (Pensions),Drupadi Ghat, Allahadad. E-mail id of PDCA is

also mentioned below, personnel can directly send e-mail to CDA regarding

their grievances.

(h) www.pdcanavy.nic.in This site provides information regarding latest

orders/circulars of pensioners. They can be contacted for pending claims

regarding revision of pension and TA/DA claims etc. E-mail id of CDA (Navy) is

mentioned below.

(j) www.inpa.co.in Indian Naval Placement Agency site provides job

assistance to all ex-naval personnel including widows. This site provides job

information to all ESM including those who are not the members of INPA.

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(k) www.npsnavy.com This is official site of naval public school. You can

visit this site for career option, counseling, admission, board of governors etc.

The e-mail id is mentioned below.

(l) www.csdindia.com All important information in respect to Canteen

Stores Department like revised monetary limits, authority letter regarding

purchase of car by PBOR, CSD bulletin, AFD item list depot wise are available

on this site. E-mail is of CSD is mentioned below.

(m) www.nausena-bharti.nic.in This site provides detailed information about

various entries in Navy, recruitment criteria, eligibility and contact information

of DMPR for Officers and Sailors entries.

(n) www.armedforces.nic.in This site provides information regarding tri-

services organisations.

(p) www.indianarmy.nic.in/echs The webpage of Ex-servicemen

Contributory Scheme in hosted on official website of Indian Army. This site

provides information about ECHS policy letter, list of polyclinics, FAQ, guide

lines for ECHS members.

(q) www.afnhb.org Official website of Air Force Naval Housing Board. It

provides details of AFNHS schemes, demand survey, updated reports on

housing projects.

(r) www.pensionersportal.gov.in This site provides important information

about pensions.

(s) https://naypay.gov.in This is Website of the Naval Pay Office. After

logging in you can communicate with Naval Pay Office and find all

forms/information related to pay, perks and other entitlements.

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(t) www.pensionportal.gov.in Information related to Grievances of

Pensioners is hosted on this website. CPENGRAMS (Centralised Pensionary

Grievances Redressal And Monitoring System) is also hosted on this site.

E-MAIL IDS

(I) DNPF [email protected]

(II) DPA (Samadhan) [email protected]

[email protected]

(III) DESA [email protected]

(IV) CABS Pension Desk [email protected]

(V) VSF Delhi [email protected]

(VI) ECHS [email protected]

(VII) CSD [email protected]

(VIII) NPS [email protected]

[email protected]

(IX) CDA(Navy) [email protected]

(X) CABS, Release Centre [email protected]

(XI) INPA [email protected]

(XII) BPC [email protected]

(XIII) CGDA [email protected]

(XIV) WNC Pay office [email protected]

(XV) KSB [email protected]

(XVI) AFNHB [email protected]

(XVII) NWWA [email protected]

(XVIII) KSB for Policy matter [email protected]

(XIX) KSB for welfare issues [email protected]

(XX) KSB for JD Coord [email protected]

(XXI) KSB [email protected]

(XXII) VSF Mumbai [email protected]

(XXIII) VSF Vizag [email protected]

(XXIV) VSF Kochi [email protected]

(XXV) PM Scholarship [email protected]

[email protected]

(XXVI) CABS, SO (GB) [email protected]

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Published by Directorate of Ex-servicemen Affairs Integrated Headquarters Ministry of Defence (Navy) 6th Floor, Chanakya Bhavan, Chanakyapuri New Delhi – 110 021

Disclaimer. The details provided in this document are for information purpose only,

DIRECTORATE OF ESM AFFAIRS (DESA)

TELE NO. 011-24121068,24102305

FAX 011- 26880943

E-MAIL ID [email protected], [email protected]

RELEASE CENTRE (CABS)

TELE NO. 022-25075449/50

FAX 022-25564823

E-MAIL ID [email protected]

PENSION SECTION (CABS)

TELE NO 022-25075455, 1800-220-560 (Toll Free)

FAX 022-25075653

E-MAIL ID [email protected]

INBA (INDIAN NAVAL BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION)

TELE NO 011- 23011527, 23010346

FAX 011- 23013656

E-MAIL ID [email protected]

ECHS

TELE NO 011-25684946

HELP LINE NO 080-43004300

TOLL FREE 18001038666

E-MAIL ID [email protected], [email protected]