Tribune News Service

Jammu, July 12

Brig (retd) Harcharan Singh, Director, Rajya Sainik Board, today called on vice-president of the Rajya Sainik Board, Lt Gen DS Hooda, Northern Command chief.Brig Harcharan Singh briefed the Northern Command chief on various activities of the Rajya Sainik Board.The director has already carried out visits to various districts of the state and held meetings with various functionaries of state government and senior Army officials. The director also met the defence pension dispersing officers (DPDO) and discussed issues related to pension of veterans and war widows.The director informed the Northern Command chief that a “one-window” clearance had been established by the DGP (J&K) to address the grievances of ex-servicemen and the same was functioning to the utmost satisfaction of all. The director thanked the Northern Command chief for the assistance rendered by various Army units/formations to support zila sainik welfare officers in the smooth functioning, application of the “Suvigya” package and help for “Jeevan Praman”.The Northern Command chief appreciated the close liaison of all agencies while working for the welfare of ex-servicemen and their wards and widows. The director said software was being developed to help computerise the data bank of ex-servicemen.The Northern Command chief assured the assistance from the Army for reaching out to ex-servicemen in remote areas for speedy execution of the computerisation process of data bank of veterans and war widows.The director briefed the Northern Command chief on priority of work on checking of correctness of pension being drawn by the veterans. The Ex-servicemen Cell website of the Army Headquarters would also be made use of to contact and progress cases online with the PCDA, Record Offices, etc.