KANNUR: The All India Central Para-Military Forces Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association will hold a general body meeting on Sunday at the A R Camp Auditorium here to pressure the central government to look into their grievances.
Office bearers of the association said at a press meet here on Friday that injustice was being meted out to nearly 11 lakh paramilitary men in service and seven lakh ex-servicemen and their families.
These men are serving in difficult regions fighting anti-nationals and extremist forces, but the soldiers in CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB and Assam Rifles were being discriminated against, not being given benefits on par with other defence forces, they alleged.
These forces come under the home ministry, but when it comes to salary and other benefits, they get a step-motherly treatment from the government, they said, adding that unlike defence personnel, paramilitary personnel and the members of their families don't get any medical benefits.
They are demanding that they too be given salary and pension benefits on par with men of other defence services. The one-rank-one-pension scheme should be implemented for them as well, the office bearers said. Following their persistent demand, the Centre has now provided them some facilities, including the provision to get essential goods through the central police canteen.
And the Kerala government has added its bit by abolishing the value added tax (VAT) for goods bought from these canteens, they said.The Central Para-Military Forces Ex-Servicemen Welfare Association has alleged that the government is ignoring the demands of the paramilitary forces like CRPF, BSF, ITBP, SSB, Assam Rifles though they work in the difficult regions fighting the anti-nationals and extremist forces.
While addressing a press conference here on Friday, the association office bearers said the government is doing injustice to the nearly 11 lakh people now working in these forces and also seven lakh ex-servicemen and their families.
Though these forces, which are under the Home Ministry, guard the nation from the intruders as well as the militant forces, when it comes to the salary and other benefits, they get a step-motherly attitude from the government, alleged the association.
They demanded the paramilitary force personnel should also get salary and pension benefits at par with that of other defence forces, and also the one rank one pension scheme should be implemented for them as well.
Also, the association said that unlike the defence personnel, those who work in these forces or their family members don't get any medical benefits.
They said, following their persistent demand the government has now given some facilities including the provision to get essential goods through the central police canteen and also, the Kerala government has abolished the value added tax (VAT) for the articles distributed via these canteens.
The association will hold a general body meeting on November 27 at the A R Camp Auditorium to press the central government to look into their demands, said the office bearers. Source: http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-26/kochi/30444664_1_defence-personnel-office-bearers-defence-forces
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