GREETINGS
RDOA WISHES ALL MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES
“VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR
2024”.
President/Secretary,
9871351203,9212252627/9953862585
RETIRED DEFENCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (REGD) President:Col BK Sharma:+91-9871351203,+91-9212252627 Secretary : Col RK Tripathi:+91-9953862585 Website.http://sites.google.com/site/rdoaindia. For membership see under link 'Updates' Email:rdoaindia@gmail.com
GAZETTED HOLIDAYS-2024
Month and
Date
Name Day
26 January Republic Day Friday
25
March Holi Monday
29
March Good Friday
Friday
09
or 10 April Eid-Ul-Fitr Tue or Wed
17
April Rama Navami Wednesday
21
April Mahavir Jayanti Sunday
23
May Buddha Purnima Thursday
16
or 17 Jun Eid-ul-Adha/Ramzan Sun or Mon
17
July Muharram/Ashura Wednesday
15
August Independence Day Thursday
26
August Janmashtami Monday
15
or 16 September Eid-E-Milad Sun or Mon
02
October Gandhi Jayanti Wednesday
12
October Dussehra Saturday
31
October Diwali Thursday
11
November Guru Nanak Jayanti Friday
25
December Christmas Wednesday
CHANGE OF
PARTICULARS
President/Secretary,
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RETIRED DEFENCE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION (RDOA)
MINUTES
OF THE EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL BODY MEETING HELD ON 15th OCT 2023 AT DSOI DHAULA KUAN, NEW DELHI –
110010 AT 1130 HRS
1.
3rd Extraordinary General Body Meeting (EGM) of the Retired
Defence Officers’ Association (RDOA) was held on 15th Oct 2023 at 1130 hrs at DSOI Dhaula Kuan, New
Delhi – 110010. House assembled at 1100 hrs, because of lack of quorum it was
adjourned for half an hour and reassembled at 1130 hrs. The meeting was
attended by 17 officers and one lady.
AGENDA
POINT NO. 1
Welcome
Address by the President RDOA: Lt Col
BK Sharma (Retd)
2.
President welcomed all the members to the 3rd EGM. He stated that the last AGM was held on 05th
Mar 2023 and the minutes were posted on
18th Mar 2023 on our blog for the
information of members. This EGM
is being conducted to pass the accounts for the FY 2022-2023. He informed the house the state of membership as on date.
3.
President said with profound grief that 02 members (known cases) left for heavenly abode since last AGM. Condolence letters on
behalf of all members were sent to the spouse
along with the Ready Reckoner (Action to be taken by family/NOK in case of demise of Pensioner) &
draft letters to various offices/authorities.
4.
He further informed that Retired Defence
Officers Association is registered with Registrar of Societies under societies
Registration Act 1860 and its registration No is 57557 of 2007. RDOA is acting
as an agency to resolve issues/matters pertaining to retired defence officers
and widows with Govt/ Other authorities. Our association is not affiliated to
any political party. The president further wished all members ,”HAPPY EME CORPS
DAY” and HAPPY NAVRATRA"
5.
The president once again
introduced the present members of the MC, RDOA and shared his Mobile number,
9871351203 & 9212252627 and that of secretary, Col R K Tripathi (Retd) 9953862585. The president urged
the members to seek any clarification/query from him or other members of the
MC.
6.
He thanked
Lt Col PS Rana for voluntary
Contribution of Rs. 13,000/= towards
RDOA’s corpus fund.
7.
He said that only important
and authentic information is put on association’s blog “rdoaindia.blogspot.com” which is updated regularly. He requested
all members to see the blog regularly and also motivate other officers to join
RDOA to strengthen RDOA’s objectives.
8.
He also informed that we post the important and
authentic information on our blog. Our blog is "rdoaindia.blogspot.com". We request you to see the blog
regularly and motivate other officers known to you to join RDOA to strengthen
its objectives. Only one member has joined us sine the last meeting.
9.
He further informed that not even a single paisa
has been expended by any of the office bearers on transport, telephones,
internet and secretarial support from association’s fund. We trust that in the
years to come the unstinted support of its committed membership will enable the
RDOA will grow from strength to strength. The President further thanked all
members for their whole hearted support.
10. President then handed over to Col Rajendra Kumar Tripathi, Secretary, RDOA to proceeded
with the remaining agenda points.
AGENDA POINT NO. 2
Confirmation of Minutes of the AGM
held on 05th Mar 2023.
11. The salient points of the AGM held on 05th Mar 2023 were read out to the members by Secretary Col Rajendra Kumar Tripathi. There being no observation, the minutes were passed duly proposed by Col AC Sharma (M No. 1669) and seconded by Lt Col Ravinder Kumar (M. No. 1598).
AGENDA POINT NO. 3
Presentation and Passing of Accounts
for FY 2022-2023.
12. President presented the Accounts for the FY 2022-2023. He further briefed the members on the state of A/c, various incomes/expenditure during the financial years. He also informed the house the details of FDRs and members state as on date. There being no further query/observations the Accounts were passed duly proposed by Col Jaidev Sharma (M No. 1368) and seconded by Col Ravinder Singh Tokas (M No. 2462).
AGENDA POINT NO. 4
Points from Members
13. Col. DR Semwal vice President raised the point that the RDOA should file a case before AFT/High Court Chandigarh through Major Navdeep Singh, Advocate, challenging the new policy of the Government regarding disability assessment by medical board.
14. The President pointed out that if at all we have to file a case against this policy, we have to file it in AFT/'Delhi High Court and not at Chandigarh as there would be no jurisdiction of Punjab and Haryana High Court to deal with this issue. The matter will be deliberated considering all the aspects of the case.
.
Any other Point with the Permission
of the Chair
Briefing by Dental Officer
15. Major (Dr) DS Ahuja, Dental Officer had kindly accepted the
request of the President RDOA and gave a
very interested talk on dental care He suggested the following important
points:-
(a) Brush two times a day, after breakfast and before going to bed
(b) Eat more of salads in this age rather than
cooked foods
(c) No hard foods munching in this age, always eat
soft foods and try
to break hard foods into
small fragments before eating.
(d) Never keep any sharp /broken tooth pieces in
mouth many a times
they lead to oral cancer.
(e) If you wear a denture, daily clean them before
bedtime and never
wear them in sleep.
(f) If u
have got implants, daily clean them with their special brushes
to enhance
their life
(g) Get missing teeth replaced to maintain the
health of adjacent teeth
16. Members thanked him for a very
important talk. President told the members present in the meeting his plans of
opening a clinic at Mansrower Garden exclusively for Armed Forces personnel and
veterans where no consultation fee/treatment charges would be taken. His
present Clinic address is:-
PERFECT SMILE
FA-29, Shop No. 2, Opp Rattan Dairy, Mansarover Garden, New
Delhi-110015. Appointment Tele +918130192112, Emergency No. +919891113811
17. Col
R S Tokas- It is seen that at
present, FDRs in bank are made for a
period of one year only, it is suggested
that couple of FDRs be made for a longer duration for which rate of interest is more.
Decision- This aspect will be examined/deliberated and
implemented as and when FD matures in future.
18. There were no further points from the
members.
AGENDA POINT NO. 6
Vote of Thanks
19. Meeting was closed at 1330 hrs with a
vote of thanks proposed by Col Rajiv Kakra (M. No. 1314 ) and seconded by Col
Hardeep Sodhi (M. No. 3734 ).
20. Meeting was followed by interactive
session & lunch.
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PRESIDENT/ SECRETERY, RDOA
DEARNESS
ALLOWANCE/RELIEF
The Union
Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has approved to release
an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to Central Government
employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 01.07.2023 representing
an increase of 4% over the existing rate of 42% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to
compensate against price rise.
President/Secretary,
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DA HIKE
Another 4 per cent DA hike is expected to be announced soon and it will be applicable from July 2023. If the DA hike is announced this month, it will lead to enhanced monthly salaries for central government employees from November, along with arrears for the period from July to October.
President/Secretary,
EXTRAORDINARY GENERAL BODY MEET- 2023
Extraordinary General Body Meeting of “Retired Defence Officers’
Association” will be held
on 15th Oct 2023
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.
President/Secretary,
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Address Email Mobile/Land
line Deputy
Directorate General Manpower Planning, AG's
Branch IHQ of MoD (Army), West
Block III, RK Puram, New
Delhi-110066. And
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SPARSH PPO
SPARSH is System for Pension
Administration (RAKSHA).
SPARSH PPO No. is 12 digits number. First three digits indicate the
Service and category. Details of the same is enumerated below:-
101 Army Officers
102 Army Officers AMC, RVC, MNS, ADC & TA
201 to 250 Army PBOR (Various Records Offices)
301 Navy Officers, 401 Navy PBOR,
501 Air Force Officers, 601 Air Force PBOR
402 Defence Civilian Officers
701 IDAS Officers
801 Defence CiviliansPBOR
4th to 7th digits indicates Year of Retirement of the Pensioner
8th to 12th digits
means running Serial Number of PPO
President/Secretary,
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