ECHS: BIOMETRIC AUTHENTICATION PROCEDURE: VIEWS

Mail received from MD ECHS on the proposed Biometric Authentication Procedure is appended for views/ suggestions of members/officers so that  comprehensive feedback of veterans can be sent to MD ECHS.

Also mail recd from MD ECHS dated 28 Aug 13 is added at the end for info of all about 'Status Quo'.

VERIFICATION OF ECHS MEMBERSHIP

 

1.         It has been observed that a number of ECHS Membership Cards are of ECHS members, who have expired / are not entitled to ECHS Benefits any more continue to be in use. There is thus a possibility of misuse of such cards.  In order to obviate the same and to ensure that data integrity of the ECHS Beneficiary database is maintained, the under mentioned policy on ECHS Smart Cards activation / de-activation is proposed to be implemented :-

           

2.	Ser No	Category of ECHS Member	New Policy	Remarks
	(a)	ESM / Family Pensioner/ White Card Holder	ESM / Family Pensioner to present themselves at a Polyclinic for biometric verification every year.	Card to be de-activated in case biometric verification not done upto two years.
	(b)	Parents of ESM	ESM / Family Pensioner to present themselves at a Polyclinic for biometric verification every year.	Card to be de-activated in case biometric verification not done upto two years.
	(c)	Spouse of ESM	Spouse to present themselves at a Polyclinic for biometric verification every year.	Card to be de-activated in case biometric verification not done upto two years.
	(d)	Son of ESM / Family Pensioner	Card to be     de-activated at 25 yrs of age	In case the son is dependent after 25 yrs, ESM / Family Pensioner to submit Affidavit for Dependency of son at Parent Polyclinic. Polyclinic to upload documents for verification and approval by Regional Centre.  Card to be  re-activated for one Year on receipt of approval letter from Regional Centre to M/s SITL.
	(e)	Daughter of ESM / Family Pensioner	Card to be     de-activated at 25 yrs of age	ESM / Family Pensioner to submit Affidavit for Dependency of Daughter at Parent Polyclinic. Polyclinic to upload documents for verification and approval by Regional Centre. Card to be  re-activated on approval letter from Regional Centre to M/s SITL. Card to be  re-activated for one Year on receipt of approval letter from Regional Centre to M/s SITL.
	(f)	Dependent Sister of ESM / Family Pensioner	Card to be de-activated every year	ESM / Family Pensioner to submit Affidavit for Dependency of Sister at Parent Polyclinic. Polyclinic to upload documents for verification and approval by Regional Centre. Card to be  re-activated on approval letter from Regional Centre to M/s SITL. Card to be  re-activated for one Year on receipt of approval letter from Regional Centre to M/s SITL.
	(g)	Dependent Minor Brother of ESM /Family Pensioner	Card to be     de-activated at 25 years of age	-

 

3.         The policy will be made effective from 01 Oct 2013 after vide publicity to all ECHS Beneficiaries. The first de-activation will be undertaken wef 01 Oct 2014 thereby allowing adequate period of one year for ECHS Members to submit necessary proof or biometric verification at ECHS Polyclinics.

You are requested to please give your suggestions / comments on the aspects as given above on emai ID diritechs-mod@nic.in   . It is essential to ensure that only authorised persons only get the benefits of ECHS.

 

From: mdechs@yahoo.com
Subject: Re: [indianveterans] Re: Proposal for VERIFICATION OF ECHS MEMBERSHIP 

No orders are being issued to de-activate ECHS smart cards even if they are not used or verified for a few years. It is only after obtaining a comprehensive feedback from our esteemed veterans and after taking into account their sensitivities that a decision will be taken on how to de-activate cards of beneficiaries who are not entitled to ECHS benefits any more, such as sons above 25 years of age, daughters who get married or are employed and are above 25 years of age etc.

 Status quo will be maintained till such time.

Warm regards,

Maj Gen J George
MD ECHS 

 

 

 

 

 

Updates as on 20 Aug 13

1.IV CPC rank pay case 'Contempt Petition' has already been filed on 31 July 13. When listed for hearing will be put on the blog for info of all.

2. Minimum guaranteed pension as per GOI letter  payable with effect from 24 Sept 12. HSC upheld the judgment of the Delhi High Court that the payment should be from 01/01/2006. GOI yet to issue notification to that effect.

3. Broad banding  of disability pension in the case of Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi has been rescheduled for another day. Next date of hearing will be intimated in due course. RDOA is party to the case.

4. Major's pension case, filed by Cdr Avatar Singh & Ors, for payment of minimum guaranteed pension  wef 1/1/2006 has been rescheduled by 4 weeks from 12 Aug 13 in HSC. RDOA has filed application of intervention in the case.

5. In a recent judgment given by the HSC where in it has been stated that persons with 20 % disability or more due to NANA (Neither Attributable Nor Aggravated)  due to service conditions are also eligible for disability pension. RDOA will be initiating the case on behalf of all affected veterans. Affected officers are requested to become members of RDOA if not already done.



  

For Members/Officers from Bangalore

It is intimated that Col BK Sharma, President RDOA, would be in Bangalore from evening of 20th Aug 13 to evening of 22nd Aug 13 and would be staying in RSI Bangalore on MG Rd.

Officers desirous of meeting him can contact him on his mobile no given on the BlogSpot.

Secy RDOA

Veterans drag MoD to Supreme Court over rank pay

By JUGAL R. PUROHIT

PUBLISHED: 21:04 GMT, 8 August 2013 | UPDATED: 21:04 GMT, 8 August 2013

 
 
 

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Annoyed by delays in the implementation of the 2012 Supreme Court order in the rank pay case, the Retired Defence Officers Association (RDOA) has dragged top babus of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to the apex court. 

The association filed a contempt petition in the court last week over non-payment of dues such as pay and pension, and hearing in the case is awaited. 

Those named in the contempt petition include Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) and former Defence Secretary Shashi Kant Sharma, Financial Advisor (Defence) Priti Mohanty, former Controller General of Defence Accounts Arunava Dutt and R.S. Gujral, secretary in the finance ministry's Department of Expenditure. 

The court case is an embarrassment for present Defence Secretary A.K. Antony (left) and CAG Shashi Kant Sharma (right)

A copy of the 49-page petition has been accessed by this correspondent. The primary grouse, as mentioned by the RDOA, pertains to the "willful and deliberate disobedience and violation of the order dated 4.9.12 passed by this Hon'ble Court". It further seeks "exemplary punishment to contemners for deliberate and intentional non-compliance". 

The rank pay case was initiated by Major A.K. Dhanapalan when he approached the Kerala High Court in 1998 praying that as per the Government of India resolution, 'rank pay' was admissible to army officers in addition to their integrated scales. 

Since this was taking place since January 1, 1986, i.e date of implementation of the fourth pay commission, the court allowed him re-fixation of his pay from that day. 

Subsequently, the MoD lost all appeals filed before the high court and the SC. Group Captain Karan Singh Bhati, advocate for the petitioners, said: "The court had given them more time than what they sought to rectify this injustice. That lapsed on May 31, 2013, and the MoD did not even bother replying to our legal notice on contempt. Thus we had no option." 

He added: "What is most unfortunate is that the people supposed to ensure that the armed forces are administered well are the ones failing and thus facing contempt." 

Using the RTI Act, the RDOA had also sought details from the MoD. In response, the ministry stated that as on June 14, 2013, only 31,718 officers from a pool of 45,485 were paid in part, leaving out 13,767 despite the date for paying all was May 31, 2013.

"We've been forced. From meeting the defence minister to writing letters but the MoD was simply stonewalling us," said RDOA president Lt. Col. B.K. Sharma. 

On July 26, Kargil Diwas, Defence Minister A.K. Antony had stated: "We are aware of the sensitivity of our men. This issue of rank pay has been referred to the attorney general for his advice."

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