VIJAY  DIWAS

REMEMBER THOSE BRAVE HEARTS WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES TO BRING HONOUR TO OUR COUNTRY.

LONG LIVE THE INDIAN ARMED FORCES.

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DUE  DATE

Govt of India Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes under section 119 of the Income Tax Act 1961 vide note No. 225/157/2019/ITA-II dated 23^rd Jul 2019 have extended  the last date  of filing the IT Return for FY 2018-2019 to 31^st  Aug 2019.

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REMINDER

All members of RDOA are reminded that the last date of filing the IT Return for FY 2018-2019 is 31^st July 2019. Kindly ensure same is filed before the due date.

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ARMS/CORPS DAY Different Arms and Services celebrate their respective Corps days for different reasons.  Details of Corps days and the reason/ occasion leading to the same of a few Arms and Services are enumerated below: - S No Arms/ Corps Corps Day Occasion/Reason (a) Inf 27 Oct             Approx 5000 tribals sp by Pak Army invaded the Kashmir Valley on 22 Oct 1947 and subsequently, Maharaja Hari Singh signed the Instrument of Accession, thus making the state of J&K an integral part of India, after which the Indian Army launched an op to evict the invaders.  The entire campaign was predominantly Inf centric and its commencement on 27 Oct 1947 is commemorated as Inf Day.  The date (27 Oct 1947) also signifies landing of Indian tps at Srinagar air field. (b) Armd 01 May             Commemorates the mechanisation of the erstwhile Royal Indian Cavalry in 1938, when the SCINDIA HORSE became the first Indian Cavalry Regt to stable its horses and convert to the Chevrolet Armd Cars and Vickers Light Tank. (c) Arty 28 Sep             2.5-inch RML Gun assembled by detachment of 5 (Bombay) Mtn Bty.  Raised on 28 Sep 1827, the 5 (Bombay) Mtn Bty has enjoyed an uninterrupted existence and is now a subunit of 22 Fd Regt.  Its date of raising is celebrated by Regt of Arty as the Gunners Day. (d) Engrs 18 Nov             The origin of the Corps dates back to 1780 when the two reg pioneer coys were raised in the Madras Presidency Army.  Subsequently, the Gp of Madras, Bengal and Bombay Sappers were formed in their respective presidencies.  These Gps came together when the British Indian Army was formed after 1857 and were later merged on 18 Nov 1932 to form the Corps of Royal Indian Engrs. (e) Sig 15 Feb             Based on a notification issued as a Spl Army Order dated 03 Feb 1911, for the org of two sig coys, the Corps was formed on 15 Feb 1911, when the 31st and 32nd Div Sig Coys, the first Sig units, were raised at Fatehgarh. (f) Avn 01 Nov             In 1986, the “Air Observation Post” units were tfr from the Indian Air Force to the Indian Army on 01 Nov to form the Army Avn Branch.  (g) AMC 03 Apr             The Bengal Med Service was formed on 01 Jan 1764, the Madras Med Service in 1767 and the Bombay Med Service in 1779 for the three Presidency Army.         In due course of time, the three med services were combined into the “Indian Med Services” on 03 Apr 1886 under a Surgeon Gen to the Govt of India. (h) Ord 08 Apr             The Corps was raised with the creation of Board of Ord on 08 Apr 1775 for effective cont over mil expdr and systematic distr of ord eqpt and mil stores to the tps of the East India Company. (j) ASC 08 Dec             The Army Service Corps began its journey in 1760 as the Commissariat in the East India Company’s three Presidencies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay. (k) Int 01 Nov Corps raised initially in Pak (Murree) on 01 Nov 1942 and mov from Murree to Mhow in 1947.

NOTICE As per PCDA (Pension), Allahabad circular No.  C-196, C-197, C-198 CPPC of SBI Ahemdabad, Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank have shifted and their present addresses are as under:-      State Bank of India, CPPC, F-4, Siddharaj Zavod, Near Sargasan Chokdi S G Highway, Gandhinagar-382006.          The Chief Manager, Bank of Baroda (CPPC), Baroda Global Shared Services (BGSS) RLBO, 21st Floor, Gift One Tower Gift City, Gandhinagar Gujrat-382355 Phone No.---079-66734777,079-66734205,079-66734794 E-mail ID ---cppc.defence@bankofbaroda.com Centralised Pension Processing Centre,  No.29, K R Road Dwarakanath Bhavan,  STC Building, Basavanagudi,  Bangaluru-560004(Karnataka) Phone No.---080-26621625, 26625296 E-mail ID ---cppc@canarabank.com

CHANGE OF PARTICULARS In view of the forth coming AGM on 15th Sep 2019 and in order to update database, members are requested to kindly intimate the change of individual particulars, if any, like  postal address, email ID or contact numbers on our email rdoaindia@gmail.com. Kindly accord priority. President/Secretary, 9871351203,9212252627/9560084477

DEFENCE PENSION ADALAT

Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions) Allahabad will organise the 168th  Defence Pension Adalat at Ranchi (Jharkhand) on 25th July and 26th July 2019 for redressal of grievances of Defence pensioners including Defence Civilians drawing pension through PUBLIC SECTOR BANKS, TOs' and DPDOs in the State of Jharkhand and adjoining aeas.

Objective

Any Defence Pensioners including Family Pensioners / Defence Civilian Pensioners and their families having any specific grievances relating to sanction or disbursement of Defence pension are requested to submit their representation, in writing, in duplicate to : Pension Adalat Officer O/o Principal CDA (Pensions), Draupadi Ghat, Allahabad-211014,  A format of the representation is given on their website. Applicants are advised to apply as per the format through Web site, for easy processing of their applications.

   

    

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ANNUAL GENERAL BODY MEET- 2019

Annual General Body Meeting of “Retired Defence Officers’ Association”  will be held on 15^th Sep  2019 at 1100hrs, Venue: Silver Room, DSOI, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi-110010. House will assemble at 1100hrs, for  lack of quorum it will be adjourned for half an hour and reassemble at 1130 hrs to proceed with the agenda points.

AGENDA:-

1.   Welcome Address by the President

2.   Confirmation of minutes of the last AGM

3.   Presentation and passing of accounts for the FY 2018-2019

4.   Points from the Members

5.   Progress various cases

6.   Any other point with the permission of the Chair

7.   Vote of Thanks

Points  from members, if  any, may be sent by mail/email on office address/Email ID latest by 05^th  Sep 2019.  AGM will be followed by free health camp and contributory Lunch. Members are requested to kindly confirm attendance.

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