Apropos to the ‘debate of the week’ section of November 22, 2015, in which residents had sent their views on ‘one-rank one-pension’ issue. I believe it was arbitrary, deserved more analysis, and had scope for improvement. First, it lacked a holistic approach to the subject and concentrated on promulgating opinions of mainly one segment of the defence services, or civilians, and thus, ignoring the viewpoints of the other two segments, the veterans and the affected. Of total 27 opinions, Army’s share being 14, civilians’ share (having no direct implication or impact whatsoever, except for academic interests) as 11, Air Force’s share being only two and Navy’s share as zero, the entire debate appeared strange. An approach involving wider opinions from all segments would have been more appropriate.
GROUP CAPTAIN SK GOSWAMI (RETD), Panchkula