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AERWA News Letter 2016
AERWA NAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION
Recognized by
Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare
Regd. No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5
Regd. No.
Office: 501 Emerald Heights, 32 Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai
Volume 17 - Issue No.
Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be th
Rs 5/- Single Copy-Complimentary to AERWA members
ANNUAL DAY SPECIAL
Dr. A K Ganguly Birth Centenary, An Appeal 1
Guest Article : Dr. A. M Samuel 1
Annual Day Report 3
Status of Court Cases 6
Update on 7th
CPC, DAE/DRDO/ISRO News 6
AERWA News: 6
Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day
Greetings
7-8
Welcome New Members, Donors’ List, Obituary 9
AERWA Balance Sheet etc. 10
Know AERWA MC Members ( 2016-2018) 11
Important Tel Nos, AICPI Table, Announcements,
Appeals and Notices
12
Dear Member,
Warm greetings from the AERWA News Letter.
This News Letter brings you the proceedings of the
Annual day function that was organized on May 28,
2016. As in the preceding years, it was a one day
programme; the pre lunch session being devoted to
Annual Day Celebrations comprising various talks of
interest to the members. There was overwhelming
response for the programme. The post lunch session
was devoted to the 19th
Annual General Body
Meeting.
Indian Women Scientist Association has been
carrying out some very useful work in trying to
establish assistance to the needy senior citizens. An
article on ‘Aging and Quality of Life’ by Dr. A M
Samuel appears as a guest article.
Wish you a good reading.
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समारोह पर आप
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1 Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
NEWS LETTER of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION
No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5-9-97 Soc. Regn. Act 1860
F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950
Office: 501 Emerald Heights, 32 Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai-400071
Web site: https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/
e-mail AERWA: aerwa12@gmail.com (Affiliated to Bharat Pensioners Samaj, Delhi)
Issue No.4 July August 2016 (12 Pages)
Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be those of AERWA
R.N.I.REGN.NO. MAH/ENG/2000/706
ANNUAL DAY SPECIAL
APPEAL:
The year 2018 will be the birth centenary of Dr. A
K Ganguly, the doyen of Health Physics discipline
in India, who laid a broad scientific foundation of
the discipline in the country. An effort is being
undertaken to bring out an A K Ganguly Birth
Centenary Volume comprising important articles
on the subject and also memories arising out of
the interactions of many people associated with
him. Memoirs of those who had the occasion to
get benefited by his presence are hereby invited.
The contributory notes and articles may be sent
to Dr. M.R.Iyer by email iyermr2007@gmail.com
Aims and Objectives of AERWA-highlights
1) To continue the emotional integration of all
retired scientific, engineering, technical and
administrative staff members of the Department
of Atomic Energy.
2) To represent to the concerned authorities
updated social security needs of the retirees and
family pensioners.
3) To strengthen the hands of existing recognized
apex bodies of similar associations of retirees of
other governmental organizations.
4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and
expertise available among members for the
welfare of general public through social service
using the association as a platform.
Guest Article: Ageing and the Quality of Life
Quality of life of an individual depends on health. It
also often depends on health care and should be
assessed by the health care practitioners (HCPs) in
holistic manner. Unfortunately, it is not always
possible for the HCPs to do so and may be
underemphasized on number of occasions.
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Quality of life depends on many factors related to
well being of body as well as mind, viz. absence of
distressing physical symptoms, emotional well-
being, functional status, quality of close
interpersonal relationships, participation in and
enjoyment of social activities, satisfaction with
medical and financial aspects of treatments etc. to
name a few. The other important factors include
the nature and quality of close relationships,
cultural influences, religion, personal values, and
previous experiences with health care.
To be fair, assessing patients’ perspectives on
quality of life may be difficult because such an
assessment is not always taught or emphasized
sufficiently in traditional medical education. Quality
of life is subjective, so decision models cannot be
applied to individual patients. Assessing the
patient’s perspectives on quality of life takes time
because it requires thoughtful conversation
between patient and health care practitioner and it
is not always possible due to the poor doctor to
patient ratio in our country.
The old tradition of joint families or
multigenerational systems took care of the physical
and psychological needs of the elderly. It was the
duty of the children to look after parents in their
old age. But in present trends joint families and
live-in elder children is uncommon and in an
increasing number, the senior citizens are required
to live alone resulting in empty nest syndromes as
the children and their family more often live away
from parents. With the advancing age, loneliness
and insecurity in the metropolitan cities, an assisted
living of the senior citizens is increasingly being felt
as a necessity.
An elderly person is said to be leading physically
independent life if he can carry out the following
eight activities without any help, viz. use the toilet,
eat, dress, bathe, groom, get in and out of bed, get
in and out of a chair and walk without assistance.
Similarly, if shopping, cooking, laundry, travel,
answer phones and handle finances can be
accomplished by him/her without any help; the
person can live safely on his/her own.
Where this independence is compromised due to
specific illnesses or advanced age, living under a
caretaker’s attention can become necessity. While
family and spouses is the best choice in India, time
has come to assess the alternatives for assisted
living in gated communities for feasibility.
Old age Institution is a common form of assistance
to the elderly as it absolves the responsibility of the
family and the physicians quickly and easily.
However, it is found to be an unsatisfactory method
of care, except in special cases and those who are
severely handicapped physically, as 1) All privacy,
control, autonomy and independence of an
individual are gone; 2) they develop a feeling of
incarceration and militarization of activities which
can cause stress and depression leading to a
disadvantage rather than help to the elders; 3)
Boredom, loneliness and helplessness once set in,
in the inmates, it loses all the benefits, if any, of the
old age homes. Institutionalization of an old person
should be discouraged and only considered as a last
resort. Some alternatives which have been
considered and in operation in India and other
countries are as follows:
Retirement communities: These have facilities for
independent living, assisted living and nursing
home wings. Presently such retired peoples
communities are advertised and operational in
India. However they are usually constructed in a
distant place, isolated and are expensive. They tend
to lead to a closed community with little exposure
to the outside world. These facilities make one feel
as a Home away from home. The feeling of loss of
independence .autonomy and dignity should be
abrogated and quality of life should be a priority.
They usually have mix of independent and
institutionalized living. It is necessary that
supporting peoples’ capabilities is given a priority.
Walking, personal hygiene, diet control and
medications should be encouraged under
supervision. Entertainment, games, classes, outings
should form an important part of life in these
homes.
Day Care Centers
This facility makes available a place for
socialization, learning new skills and entertainment
for some hours during the daytime with supervision
from trained attendants.
Hospice Services are meant for comfort care of a
terminal ill in special facilities. Priorities of
terminally ill is avoiding suffering, strengthening
relationships with family, being mentally alert, not
being a burden on others and achieving a sense of
life being complete.
Assisted Living: However, living in one’s own house,
with an assured availability of someone to help
them when needed, should make the old age life
most convenient and satisfying to the senior
citizens.
Objectives
• Living with dignity
• Living as one wants and wishes with assistance
• Social contacts and participation in activities--
multigenerational.
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Currently senior care providers in the Independent
and active senior living space, often hire human
resources and persons from an untrained
background with no experience in handling elders.
There is a crying need for trained geriatric
physicians in the contributory health scheme and
the special care needed for the elderly that is
different from the general care required in the
younger generation. There is an urgent need to set
up stand alone and focused training
A proposal is being muted by AERWA and Indian
Women Scientists’ Association (IWSA), two
important associations of DAE employees to enable
the retirees of DAE to help, assist and advise the
members with the objective of living a fruitful,
happy and comfortable end of life scenario.
Needs
• Trained nursing assistants. A training course for
semiskilled attendants is being conducted by
IWSA. The added assistance in the training can be
drawn from BARC hospital for hands on
experience. (These will not be professional
nurses but will be given adequate training and
knowledge to understand what is special for care
of the elderly).
• Central agency/bureau for help ---- Directory of
old age homes, retirement colonies, available
nursing assistants, and other needs will be
undertaken by AERWA and IWSA,
• Mobile clinics for geriatric care.
• Local general practitioner on panel for home
visits where dispensaries are far and the doctors
from dispensaries do not make home visits.
• Geriatric clinics and training of doctors at BARC
Hospital
Assisted living in one’s own home:
The senior citizen may need to be monitored for BP,
blood sugar, looking after assisted feeding, looking
after indwelling catheters, monitoring diet,
medications and identifying simple signs and
symptoms which will need a doctor’s advice and
monitoring orthopedic conditions.
Make available semiskilled persons for a fulltime or
part time basis to the senior citizen. The attendant
is to be exclusively for the benefit of the senior
citizen and not meant for routine housework.
Assist the senior citizen for shopping, bank work,
and other outdoor activities either alone or
accompanying the elder.
The semi skilled staff will be trained by IWSA and if
needs be by TISS . A recognized certification or
license should be given after the training period.
Assisted living in retirement communities.
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The trained staff can assist those who have opted
to live in retirement homes. These retirement
homes will benefit from available trained staff and
can seek our help.
Assisted living in nursing homes or old age homes.
Here again the trained staff can be drawn from the
reservoir of IWSA and TISS.
A data bank of reasonably priced and decent
nursing homes and old age homes can be made
available to the retirees who may need this
information. It may be necessary to inspect the
facilities first and not rely on advertisements. My
experience is that there is a big gap between the
facilities advertised and actual working of the old
age homes.
Planning and execution:
AERWA can send out a questionnaire to assess the
needs for assisted living and the degree of help
needed.
A proposal at a general body meeting of IWSA
members and AERWA members should be made to
members for their inputs.
A committee formed by IWSA and AERWA can meet
regularly and decide on the plan of action.
A proposal should be made to BARC and Hospital
for their assistance in giving practical training to the
trainees.
A joint project between AERWA and IWSA should
be made to DAE and BARC for financial assistance.
Dr.A.M.Samuel, Ex-Director
Biomedical Group .BARC, is also
President Indian Women
Scientists’ Association.
Dr. Samuel further writes: “As a senior citizen and
understanding the needs of my colleagues I want to
help in improving their quality of life. With the
members of AERWA, IWSA, DAE and BARC, I would
like to try and establish facilities for the retired staff
of DAE so that they can lead a life of dignity and
comfort.”
AERWA News: AERWA Celebrates 19
th Annual Day:
The Annual Day meet was held on 28th May, 2016
at AERB Hall, Anushakti Nagar. Dr R B. Grover, Homi
Bhabha Chair Professor, was the chief guest and the
function was attended by more than 160 members.
At the outset, all members stood up for national
anthem. It was followed by a two minute silence,
observed in the memory of AERWA members who
left for heavenly abode since last AERWA get
together. Dr. M A Samuel, who had inaugurated
AERWA 19 years ago, was specially felicitated by
AERWA. It was indeed a very heartening moment
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for AERWA. The welcome address was delivered by
President, Shri R.C. Pant while the entire
programme was anchored by Vice President, Dr V.
K. Manchanda.
In his keynote address, Dr. Grover discussed about
the wide range of technologies developed by India
since 1974 that led to a dialogue between India and
the USA as well as other countries. He stated that
this resulted in to a Joint Statement between India
and the USA on July 18, 2005, leading to opening up
of international civil nuclear trade enabling India to
import uranium. He further explained the
separation plan formulated by India, the India-
Specific Safeguards Agreement negotiated with the
IAEA and the waiver to its conditions governing
international nuclear trade granted by the NSG in
2008 and said that it has enabled India to import
uranium and has led to an increase in capacity
factors of operating power plants. Considering
increased availability of uranium, India is planning
to build several new PHWRs and Dr. Grover
provided details including sites chosen for this
purpose. Considering availability of uranium and
technological strength of India, nuclear installed
capacity is poised to grow.
Dr. Anjali Kulkarni, Head, Medical Unit, BARC
delivered a highly informative and educative talk
on “Management of hypertension, diabetes and
heart disease”. She said, “Health is strongly
influenced by factors like lifestyle, food, exercises,
etc and muscle strengthening has a positive effect
on health”. She added, regular exercises can reduce
age-related bone loss and improve performance of
heart, lungs and brain and bones. Uncontrolled
diabetes and blood pressure can lead to deleterious
effects on every part of the body if not looked after
well at the right time.
Management of diabetes and other lifestyle related
diseases can best be described under following
steps.
Diet in the management of most of diseases is a
combination of art and science of diet (Aharshastra)
and cooking science (Pak kala shastra ).
Depending on person’s ideal body weight and
calorie requirement diet can be tailor-made.
Exercise is an important aspect of health
management.
Healthy food habits and physically active life can
keep the diseases away. Risk factors like obesity,
smoking and tobacco chewing are definitely
modifiable risk factors which can be totally avoided.
Proper time management and positive attitude also
helps to keep one healthy and happy
In his talk on ‘Quality of life of Senior Citizens’, Dr. R
K Kapoor, highlighted the need of an appropriate
action plan and monitoring thereof by senior
citizens. He emphasized that a senior citizen should
follow a routine in his activities, work today for a
better tomorrow, maintaining an attitude of staying
alert and above all, develop the Pollyanna attitude.
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Dr. Surekha Zingde, Vice President IWSA, in her
talk, mentioned an urgent need for assistance in
routine activities as well as to fill the void of family
support for the senior citizens. She informed that in
2014, IWSA had conducted a course for
Rugnasahayaks (Nurse Aids) who were trained to
provide physical assistance for routine activities, as
well as companionship for our elders with the help
of ACTREC, BARC Hospital, IWSA and MGM
Hospital, Vashi. Dr. Zingde further outlined the
mode of action for conducting the course again, as
well as providing support for our senior citizens in a
variety of ways and sought support from members
of AERWA for this program.
Minutes of the 19
th Annual General Body Meeting
(AGM) of AERWA held on May 28, 2016.
The 19th
AGM of AERWA started at 2:00 PM at AERB
Hall, Anushakti Nagar. About 90 members were
present at the meeting. Shri R C Pant, President
AERWA chaired the meeting.
Agenda 1: Minutes of the 18th
AGM held on May
30, 2015 have been published in AERWA’s July-Aug
2015 News Letter (NL) and copies distributed at the
AGM, were taken as read and confirmed. Proposed
by: Dr D. Bhattacharya; Seconded by: Dr. R K
Nigam; Approved unanimously
Agenda 2: The Secretary’s Annual Report for the
year ended on 31/3/16 was published in the May-
June 2016 NL. Secretary, Dr B M Misra mentioned
the salient points of the Report. The same was
taken as read and accepted unanimously. Proposed
by: Dr. A N Nakra; Seconded by: Shri R K Khattar.
Agenda 3: The Treasurer, Dr Veena Sagar presented
audited AERWA a/c for the year 2015-16 (circulated
to members). Shri R C Rastogi enquired about filing
income-tax returns as it is mandatory for
Association. It was agreed that the Auditor would
be consulted on this issue. The audited statement
of accounts and the balance sheet of AERWA as on
31st
March 2016 were approved thereafter.
Proposed by: Dr D.D.Sood; Seconded by: Dr J.K.
Singh; Approved unanimously.
Agenda 4: Treasurer Dr Veena Sagar presented the
tentative budget for 2016-17, copies of which were
circulated among the members. Dr A K Suri
mentioned that the opening balance and closing
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balance show a deficit budget. Treasurer clarified
that opening balance also include S-21 and S-29
funds. It was suggested by Dr Suri to keep them
separately. The tentative budget was then
approved. Proposed by: Dr A K Suri; Seconded by:
Shri V K Kansal; Approved unanimously.
Agenda 5: The managing committee proposed that
M/s B.Shankar& Co. CA be appointed as AERWA’s
external auditors for the year 2016-17 with
remuneration of Rs.1000/- plus applicable taxes. It
was mentioned that income tax return filing by him
will cost additional expenses. Proposed by: Shri
Kanwar Raj; Seconded by: Dr Keshav Chander;
Approved unanimously.
Agenda 6: The details of I/E of DOP&PW A/c were
circulated and presented by the Treasurer and were
approved. Proposed by: Shri R C Rastogi; Seconded
by: Shri V K Kansal; Approved unanimously.
Agenda7: The election officer Dr Keshav Chander
announced the names of 13 MC members elected
unopposed.The list is given on page 11.
Agenda 8: Following Misc. items were discussed:
(i) President Shri R C Pant appreciated the support
of members to AERWA and requested them to
come forward and give generous donation for
societal causes to be undertaken by AERWA
(ii) Dr. V K Manchanda , Vice President, AERWA
briefed about the good progress on collection of
old spectacle frames from members and others
for donation to the needy persons through a
charitable institution to be identified later.
(iii) Dr.S P Garg mentioned about DAE requesting
AERWA’s help to trace the contact details of 367
pensioners whose pensions are yet to be
revised wef 1.1.2006. He has coordinated
painstaking efforts for this cause by contacting
banks to get their addresses and contacting the
pensioners with the help of few volunteers. 48
pensioners’ details were communicated to DAE
for follow up action. Dr. Garg also replied to
few queries on implementation of 7th
CPC by the
Govt. and said that information will be
published in News Letter as and when received.
(iv) Dr. M P Chougaonkar briefed about DOP&PW
repeated requests to AERWA for informing their
members for seeding their Aadhar card with
their pension paying banks and register for
Jeevan Pramaan for getting Digital Life
Certificate. He also requested members to
inform AERWA if they come to know about sad
demise of known ones giving exact details for
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publication in Obituary column of AERWA News
Letter.
(v) Dr. J K Singh suggested that use of social media
for help of pensioners staying in different nodes
in and around Mumbai.
(vi) Shri P B Desai quoted a HSC judgment that
excess pension amount paid erroneously
cannot be recovered. However it was pointed
out that many banks get an acknowledgement
from pensioners for recovery in case of excess
payment.
(vii) Secretary, Dr Misra briefed about Govt. issuing
orders on revised pension and delinking of pro
rata reduction for pre-2006 retirees after HSC
judgments. However, recently DAE has
appealed against CAT judgments in higher
courts on special pay and 2 increments cases.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair
election officer and all members who attended the
meeting.
Status of court cases- June, 2016
1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of service
for pre-2006 retirees: DPPW has now issued an
dated April 6, 2016 delinking pro-rata reduction of
pension for pre-2006 retirees having >20yrs < 33 yrs
of service. There are 1690 cases in BARC which are
being processed.
2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary
benefits: DAE has issued an OM dated 25 Feb.
2016 asking all the Units to go for appeal in higher
courts against various CAT judgments on 2
increments. AEPWF has filed an OA at CAT, Delhi
with nearly 1000 applicants which includes few
hundred from DAE units.
3. Increase in Pension in lieu of special pay for
retirees in H+ grade: Contempt petition
CP/712/2015 on OA/3789/2013 for pre-2006 H+
case was listed for hearing on Jan. 7, 2016. On this
day, the respondents have submitted an Affidavit
informing that they are advised to file SLP at HSC.
Next date was25.4.2016.It is now adjourned to
September 29, 2016.
Contempt petition CP/797/2015on OA 1003/2014
of post 2010 H+ pensioners came for hearing on
1.2.2016. The Govt. advocate informed that they
have already filed a SLP at HSC and wanted the
contempt case adjourned sine die. It is now
postponed to September 29, 2016.
Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on special
pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was
allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE has
filed a Miscellaneous Application against this order.
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publication in Obituary column of AERWA News
Dr. J K Singh suggested that use of social media
for help of pensioners staying in different nodes
Shri P B Desai quoted a HSC judgment that
xcess pension amount paid erroneously
cannot be recovered. However it was pointed
an acknowledgement
for recovery in case of excess
Secretary, Dr Misra briefed about Govt. issuing
and delinking of pro-
2006 retirees after HSC
E has
ments in higher
courts on special pay and 2 increments cases.
The meeting ended with vote of thanks to the chair,
and all members who attended the
Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of service
an OM
rata reduction of
>20yrs < 33 yrs
There are 1690 cases in BARC which are
Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary
DAE has issued an OM dated 25 Feb.
2016 asking all the Units to go for appeal in higher
ments on 2
AEPWF has filed an OA at CAT, Delhi
applicants which includes few
special pay for
Contempt petition
2006 H+
case was listed for hearing on Jan. 7, 2016. On this
day, the respondents have submitted an Affidavit
informing that they are advised to file SLP at HSC.
Next date was25.4.2016.It is now adjourned to
mpt petition CP/797/2015on OA 1003/2014
of post 2010 H+ pensioners came for hearing on
1.2.2016. The Govt. advocate informed that they
have already filed a SLP at HSC and wanted the
contempt case adjourned sine die. It is now
OA/261/2011 for pension on special
by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was
allowed by CAT Mumbai on Nov.6, 2015. DAE has
against this order.
DAE has filed the SLPs at Supreme Court in both
pre-2006 and post 2006 cases. For pre-2006 case
SLP CC no is 3452/2016 and for post 2006 SLP CC
number is 3017/2016.Caveats were filed in the HSC
in both H+ cases. Notices were received in Feb 2016
for both cases. Copies of SLPs have been delivered
only on April 23, 2016. The SLP/3452 was listed on
2.5. 2016 and the petitioners were asked to give
caveat or receipt proof.
4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA
3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for full
parity with post 2006 retirees and in any case their
pension not less than post 2006 S-24, S-27 retirees,
came for hearing on Nov. 19, 2015 at PBCAT. It was
adjourned to 5th April and now further adjourned
to 18th
August, 2016.
5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT
Mumbai was fixed for 14.12.2015 but it could not
be taken up on this day and the next date of
hearing was 26.2 2016. Now postponed to April 21,
2016.It is now adjourned to June 30, 2016.
Update on 7CPC
On the issue of the view by Department of Pension
and Ministry of Defence that the first option
recommended by the 7th CPC to bring about
the parity with the past pensioners is unfeasible
and impracticable due to the non-availability of the
requisite records. AERWA has written to the
Hon’ble Cabinet Secretary & Chairman Empowered
Committee on 7th CPC that the Association is
deeply anguished and shocked by the reports that
the Department of Pension and Ministry of Defence
are of the view that the first option recommended
by the 7th CPC to bring about the parity with
the past pensioners is unfeasible and
impracticable due to the non-availability of the
requisite records. Pointing out that in majority of
the cases records are available in the office where
from the pensioner retired, in the PPO and the
pension paying bank. AERWA further requested
that the 7CPC recommendation in Para 10.1.67
(option 1) for Parity of Pension of Past (Pre-2016)
should not be set aside on the plea of non-
availability of record and that the past pensioners
should not be made to suffer heavy financial loss
due to very few missing records and ignore the
imaginary fears of some departments of Govt. of
India”. (The full text of the letter is available on AERWA website)
DAE/DRDO/ISRO News:
1. Defence Research & Development Organisation India has successfully test-fired indigenously
developed nuclear capable Prithvi-II missile in June
AERWA News Letter 2016 7
2016. The short-range surface-to-surface missile was
tested from test range at Chandipur in Odisha.
Inducted into India's armed forces in 2003, Prithvi II, is
the first missile to be developed by DRDO under
India's prestigious IGMDP (Integrated Guided Missile
Development Program) is now a proven technology.
The twin-engine Prithvi-II has the ability to dodge
enemy missiles. The battlefield missile has a flight
duration of 483 seconds and a peak altitude of
43.5km. Prithvi is India's first indigenously-built
ballistic missile. Prithvi-II has been designed to operate
with both liquid and solid fuels and is capable of
carrying both conventional and nuclear payloads.
2. Indian Space Research Organisation: Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the
French Space Agency (CNES), together with space
agencies of more than 60 countries have agreed to
engage their satellites to coordinate their methods
and their data to monitor human-induced greenhouse
gas emissions.
The COP21 climate conference held in Paris last
December and the subsequent agreement at the
United Nations headquarters in New York on April 22,
2016 have led to this step. Out of the 50 essential
climate variables being monitored today, 26 - including
rising sea level, sea ice extent and greenhouse gas
concentrations in all layers of the atmosphere - can be
measured only from space.
ISRO, CNES and the world’s space agencies have
decided to establish “an independent, international
system” to centralise data from their earth-observing
satellites through the ‘New Delhi Declaration’ that
officially came into effect on May 16, 2016.
Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)
AERWA welcomes them as member of our
prestigious Platinum Club. They will also be issued
AERWA Platinum Club Certificate.
(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)
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Seshan A 25Aug41
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Birje R K 25214178 3Jul41
Marathe S M 9769016202 3Jul41
Thantry S S
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Swarup Rajendra 27823720 9Jul41
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Ahuja Maya Naraindas 25201137 21Jul41
Gupta S K 9967172737 29Jul41
Hearty congratulations for your completing 80
years of age. Congratulations for getting
additional Basic Pension and DR (both for
pensioner and family pensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr;
30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and
100% ≥100 yr. These super senior citizens are also
entitled to additional rebate in income tax. Name Phone No DoB
Guttal V H 67987492 1Jul36
Nair N B 1244050673 7Jul36
Kulkarni V K 27658726 7Jul36
Ghadi S V 28912232 11Jul36
Patil A S 24374187 15Jul36
Naik M S 9270266122 15Jul36
Abraham P 28953855 19Jul36
Shiv Dutta Wadhawa 25930304 24Jul36
Apte Mukund 9824397177 26Jul36
Sukumaran M S 56115769 9Aug36
Jhingan M L 27890803 10Aug36
Shetty Sv 67923165 12Aug36
Rao Saunal Rama 27576864 15Aug36
Gaonkar D G 25234040 25Aug36
Raipurkar D R 27667454 26Aug36
Iyer R Harihara 27576862 27Aug36
Bendre R J 2024260689 27Aug36
Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum Club
members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्Name Contact No DoB
Tondwalkar A R 25115888 15Jul29
Satam N H 15Jul29
Raj Dhar Bhatt 8149314468 9Aug30
Shanbhag R P 22Aug30
Pokle Bhaskar Srinivas 1Jul32
Chaturvedi M S 25251871 3Jul32
Srinivasan K R 6Jul32
Krishnan T.S. 429801627 10Jul32
Katkar R D 12Jul32
Sarode M M 25335779 13Aug32
Ramamurthy B S 27667433 16Aug32
Goswami K L 9867514572 23Aug32
Gilbert H F 25553828 8Jul33
Dastidar P 25534498 10Jul33
Banerjee Biswarup 27894685 23Jul33
Gokhale V Y 25421568 29Jul33
Chawla L S 28856701 3Aug33
Padte S V 3Aug33
Mhatre M P 4Aug33
D V Gopinath 8212544524 6Aug33
Bhuller K S 9769989961 9Aug33
Sastry D V 27704295 12Aug33
Karthikeyan P S 23Aug33
Kimsen Nagesh S 27891678 25Aug33
Nayak D D 25252448 2Jul34
AERWA News Letter 2016 8 Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
Menon I P 27541348 11Jul34
Satam Narayan G 15Jul34
Vispute Anant Onkar 22Jul34
Shibad P R 8888809263 1Aug34
Venkateswaran T V 25201681 2Aug34
Rode Vithal Amrutrao 27893872 6Aug34
Khata M J 22054654 9Aug34
Parikh R O 26207183 13Aug34
Puranik M V 27423175 16Aug34
Balakrishnan N 27571773 26Aug34
Kulkarni R P 9422986244 26Aug34
Srivastava P K 27661707 10Jul35
G Srikrishna Murty 28121754 11Jul35
Tamhankar G G 27451504 12Jul35
Satam Sambhaji Hirjit 28214768 15Jul35
Hegishte P L 9920983094 15Jul35
Kapoor J L 25516797 16Jul35
Bhide M G 26821153 17Jul35
Nair T N 18Jul35
Gadiyar H S 27652695 19Jul35
Aboobaker V S 27660365 22Jul35
K.Natarajan 25510776 22Jul35
Singh Ram Naresh 28675331 7Aug35
Vagal Shayaru K 25444568 11Aug35
Krishnan K S 27820428 15Aug35
Aroquianadane 8971793073 16Aug35
Iyyengar S K 28748225 16Aug35
Prem Prasad 28579777 17Aug35
Guttal V H 67987492 1Jul36
Nair N B 1244050673 7Jul36
Kulkarni V K 27658726 7Jul36
Ghadi S V 28912232 11Jul36
Patil A S 24374187 15Jul36
Naik M S 9270266122 15Jul36
Abraham P 28953855 19Jul36
Shiv Dutta Wadhawa 25930304 24Jul36
Apte Mukund 9824397177 26Jul36
Sukumaran M S 56115769 9Aug36
Jhingan M L 27890803 10Aug36
Shetty Sv 67923165 12Aug36
Rao Saunal Rama 27576864 15Aug36
Gaonkar D G 25234040 25Aug36
Raipurkar D R 27667454 26Aug36
Iyer R Harihara 27576862 27Aug36
Bendre R J 2024260689 27Aug36
Chakroborty P P 65852524 1Jul37
Awasthi S P 9820105409 1Jul37
Vydyanathan L S 1Jul37
Gopalkrishnan K R 25561449 3Jul37
Mokasi P S 27425354 4Jul37
Patil A B 25545011 4Jul37
Nambudiri K V V 25576145 9Jul37
Shankariah M P 11Jul37
Sohan Singh 27703883 15Jul37
Limaye Bina Mohan 24040137 26Jul37
Avate S G 27Jul37
Iyer M R 25530904 28Jul37
Nair N S 9447503138 30Jul37
Nair Chandrasekhar N 27662092 3Aug37
Chandrasekaran T 4842971127 3Aug37
Jain H C 27659781 4Aug37
Mathen Margaret 27714703 8Aug37
S.B. Kalamkar 9967451523 15Aug37
Gopinathan P 9845605927 24Aug37
Sapaliga S G 27616443 25Aug37
Naik G R 27705748 29Aug37
Seetharamiah P 27491189 1Jul38
Dube Amarnath 25552703 1Jul38
Londhe V S 25401225 4Jul38
Surendranath 25892475 6Jul38
Chandra S K 27705056 7Jul38
Nambi K S V 4222606920 10Jul38
Bhatnagar D Nandan 27823143 14Jul38
Nair K K B 27745027 17Jul38
Venkatachalam N S 19Jul38
Kulkarni G D 25425110 22Jul38
Krishnan M S 26239008 27Jul38
Bhandari R G 28877609 29Jul38
Medhi M S 24448346 1Aug38
Dasgupta P 27714889 3Aug38
Chavarkar M P 25554858 10Aug38
Shinde P N 27791797 11Aug38
Sequeira A S 15Aug38
Chatterjee U K 19Aug38
Mishra U C 27656504 21Aug38
Nair K B 27708343 23Aug38
Ramanujam K 27702688 28Aug38
Chauhan P S 1Jul39
Gupta S S 27820058 2Jul39
Paul A C 4Jul39
Luktuke R D 4Jul39
Raju P T 27661398 7Jul39
Bhagwat A M 27891475 11Jul39
Chauhan Balraj Singh 27704958 15Jul39
Srinivas M A 55552098 20Jul39
Thakare Usha 25516006 25Jul39
Trivedi D C 9223519459 28Jul39
Ron P H 25896244 30Jul39
Sanghvi S H 4Aug39
Dikshit V B 21020198 20Aug39
Bhave B D 25576049 24Aug39
Chetty K G 27821511 1Jul40
Gopalan A S 27652434 1Jul40
Kaklij G S 25431339 3Jul40
Chougule A S 27822685 5Jul40
Bhatt Susheela K 9448869420 8Jul40
Malgaonkar S C 28693344 9Jul40
Diggi S J 12Jul40
Naik A D 25214353 12Jul40
Sayyad M S 27469259 13Jul40
Raghavendra Rao M K 25555829 14Jul40
Agarwal N K 27718823 16Jul40
David K A V 27823681 24Jul40
Kapoor R K 25583584 4Aug40
Tripathi H N 5Aug40
Bhatt Ramachandra 65250411 10Aug40
Gupta R K 10Aug40
Gupta Ranbir P 27653806 11Aug40
Kamath G B 55923494 20Aug40
Pradhan S D 26109476 21Aug40
Samuel A M 26462067 23Aug40
Sasane J B 27715472 27Aug40
AERWA News Letter 2016 9
Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members Mem
No Name Ph. No. City
P-2747 Phatak G M* 2024471096 Pune
P-2748 Kandke V G 26555365 Bandra(E)
P-2749 Katarni V G 28984090 Borivali(W)
P-2750 K. Ravi 4442833831 Chennai
P-2751 S P Agarwal 27897279 Vashi
L-2752 Pai J R 27450836 Panvel
P-2753 Ravinder Mago 25566008 Deonar
P-2754 Jayalakshmi V 25527231 Govandi
P-2755 Khedekar N B 9967581704 Panvel
P-2756 G. J Prasad 25556594 Deonar
P-2757 Goswami A S 27814973 Sanpada
P-2758 V S Natarajan 27899146 Vashi
P-2759 Dangore A. Y. 27550176 Koparkhairane
P-2760 Mahajan B.S. 27895219 Vashi
P-2761 C.M.Bhatnagar 27816500 Sanpada
*Platinum Club member
AWRWA thanks the following members for their
Donation Name Purpose Amount (ì)
G J Prasad AERWA 4000
Smt Mahajan B S AERWA 4000
Rajsinghani K R AERWA 2000
Rajgor V K AERWA 2000
V N Bapat AERWA 5000
Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad demise of
our following members and share the grief of their
families. May God keep the soul of each of them in peace.
Shri S Chellappn passed away on
03.01.2014 and is survived by his
wife, two daughters and son.
Mr. Rabindranath Ray, (L-523)
expired on 04.03.2016.
Shri . Paritosh Dasgupta, (P 596),
left for heavenly abode on 10th
January 2016. He is survived by his
son, daughter and wife.
Dr Iqbal Singh Batra (L1040)
passed away on May 2, 2016. He is
survived by wife and two well
settled sons.
An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of one’s
life. Still, the near and dear ones of the deceased seek
a solace in the solidarity and condolences from the
friends and well wishers. AREWA News Letter,
Therefore, publishes obituaries in every issue. Please
help AERWA by providing the news of demise of any
member if any, along with his photograph.
We goofed: In NL Vol 17.3, obituary contained the name of
Shri P. K. Ghosh, (NPCIL), who passed away on 28-09-2015. It
should have been Shri T K Ghosh. We sincerely apologize for
the editing error.
Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
An Appeal: AERWA has initiated a drive to collect
the used frames of spectacles. They will be
distributed free of cost to the needy persons
through a partner institution (charitable eye
hospital or optician), Interested? Please contact
Dr. Vijay Manchanda; 9969758498/ 25566028.To
expand the sphere of societal activities AERWA
seeks donations from all well wishers. Please
mention explicitly that the donation is for Societal
Fund. Details of a/c and of treasurer are given in
the next box.
Important: The life Membership and Patron
Membership fees are Rs.600 and Rs.1000/ respectively.
If you are already a ‘Life Member’, please convert
yourself to ‘Patron’ by paying additional Rs 400. This
will augment AERWA corpus fund. You may pay
membership fee/ donation through Internet Transfer or
deposit a cheque of any bank at any branch of State
Bank of India in any city. The cheque/ Internet Transfer
should be in favor of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare
Association SBI A/c 34597981320”; (IFS Code:
SBIN0013055) OR post your cheque to: Shri Vaze P K ; 1
Udayagiri CHS, Opp. Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai
400088; Tel: 25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; Dr
Veena Sagar: 9869176128.
Did you know? Life Time Arrears:
LTA (Life Time Arrears) refers to any arrears payable
to the Pensioner after his death. Many a time, the
pension paying Bank has different views for
releasing LTA, even with joint account. Therefore, to
be on safer side it is better that all Pensioners/
Family-pensioners fill up this Nomination Form A
and submit it to pension paying Bank and also keep
the nominee informed about the same.
According to Pension Rules, the spouse having had
a joint a/c with the pensioner and getting the family
pension now from that a/c alone does not
automatically entitle her to get the arrears of
pension due to the pensioner when he was alive.
The arrears would be paid to the person who had
been specifically nominated by providing the
Nomination in Form A when the Pensioner was
alive.
Most Banks do oblige and credit the arrears to the
widow drawing her family pension from the same
account. Also, this doesn't mean that in the
absence of Form A, the arrears will not be paid to
anyone. It would be paid to the legal heir after
following the usual procedure of legal heir /
succession certificate etc. for which the widow may
have to struggle.
(The relevant OM and Form A are available of AERWA
website; https://sites.google.com/site/aerwa2014/ )
AERWA News Letter 2016 10 Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
3/31/2015 News Letter Exp 3/31/2016
48777.00 NL printing 53445.00
40,520.00 NL post & cou 34049.00
NL conveyance 1115.00
89297.00 Total 88609.00
Less : Income
- Subscription 120.00
67436.00 NL Fund int
74993.47
67436.00 Total 75113.47
21861.00 Deficit NL 13495.53
3/31/2015 S-21 Deposit 3/31/2016
162568.50 As per B/S 171972.50
12100.00
Add: Collections
this year
156501.00
174668.50 Total 328473.50
Less: Exp.
2696.00 Expenses 5690.00
2696.00 Total 5690.00
171972.50 Bal carried B/S 322783.50
3/31/2015 S-29 Deposit 3/31/2016
163466.00 As per B/S 00470.00
18000.00 Add S-29 Deposit
5000.00
- Add S-29+ Deposit 246050.00
181466.00 Total 351520.00
Less: Exp.
75000.00 Advocate fees 100000.00
5996.00 Expenditure
6041.00
- Bank charges
100.00
80996.00 Total 106141.00
100470.00 Bal carried B/S 24579.00
31/3/2015 DPPW Expenditure 31/3/2016
14400 Data Entry work 15300
24000
Rent, Water& Electric.
etc. 25800
6783 Stationery, Battery 20857
10970 Tel + Internet charges 13380
56153 Total 75337
The AERWA Accounts shown above have been
audited by the CA Shri B. Shankar, B.Com, FCA.
There are no adverse remarks by CA.
AERWA News Letter 2016 11
Know Your Managing Committee Members:
Subsequent to the announcement of the election
results, following AERWA members have formed
the Managing Committee.
Dr. V K Manchanda, Former Head,
Radiochemistry Division, BARC was
VP AERWA during 2014-2016 and
played active role in successfully
pursuing the AERWA office
allotment at Anushaktinagar. He has
taken over as President, AERWA
Dr. B M Misra, Ex-Head,
Desalination Division, BARC has
significantly contributed in various
court cases related to the injustice
to DAE Retirees. He has taken over
as Vice President, AERWA
Dr. K T P Balakrishnan, retired from
Health and Safety Group BARC, was
the joint Secretary, AERWA during
2014-16. He has now taken over as
Secretary, AERWA.
Dr. Veena Sagar, retired from RACD,
BARC was involved in the activities
of AERWA as Treasurer during 2014-
16. She continues as the Treasurer,
AERWA for 2016-18.
Shri P K Vaze, retired from BARC is a
stalwart of AERWA since its
inception, continues to be the
Managing Committee member,
AERWA
Sh.P. Gururaj, retired from NPCIL,
was involved as a MC member
during 2014-16. He continues to be
the member. Dr. K. K. Gothi, retired from BRIT,
has been engaged in the activities
of AERWA from last two years.
Dr. G. Chourasia, retired as head
(MP&TS), RPAD, BARC, has joined
AERWA Managing committee.
Shri Jacob Kurian, retired as security
officer from BARC has joined the
AERWA Managing Committee.
Sh.Param Jyoti Kapoor, retired from
BARC, has joined the AERWA
Managing committee
Sh. Ram Sarup retired from AERB
continues to be the member of
AERWA MC.
Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
Sh. S. D. Gajare retired from BARC
has joined the AERWA Managing
committee .
Sh. Pradeep Aggarwal retired from
DCSEM has joined the AERWA
Managing committee.
Co-Opted Members
Shri R. C. Pant, retired as Head, ROD
BARC, was the President AERWA.
Shri Pant is the convenor of S29+
group and is the co opted member
as convenor AERWA cell for social
activities.
Dr. S P Garg retired as Asso.
Director KMG, BARC is doing
extraordinary work for grievances
of AERWA pensioners. He is a co
opted member as the database
Manager of AERWA
Dr. M. R. Iyer, retired as Head,
RSSD, BARC, is a prolific writer on
topics related to Radiation Safety.
He is a co opted member as our
web master.
Sh. P. K. Krishnan, retired as GM of
NFC. He is a co opted member to
coordinate AERWA activities in
South India.
Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar, retired as
Head, PM&PDS, RP&AD, BARC, is a
co opted member as the Managing
Editor of AERWA News Letter
Important Tel Nos
BARC Hospital Security to call
Ambulance (Only for CHSS
beneficiaries)
2559 8200
2559 8308
24 hrs Ambulance Services for
Heart Attack
105
24 hrs Amb. Services for Accident
cases only
102
24 hrs Ambulance Services At New
Mumbai
27708016,
9324206678
24 hrs Ambulance Services at City
(Fort)
61618141
Police Control Room at Mumbai
and Navi Mumbai
100
Fire Station 101
Complaint against an auto driver
who refuses any passenger
1800220110
Central Pen Ac Off, Delhi to Register
your Grievances about Pension
(Toll Free)
180117788
AERWA News Letter 2016
Attention past residents of Training School
Hostel at Band Stand Bandra : Those who
were associated with Training School Hostel at
Band Stand Bandra during 1958-1969 (Batch 1
to 12) are meeting on August 17 & 18. The
venue tentatively is Lonavala and the place is
being finalized. Those who want to join can
contact nanda_kumar30@yahoo.com or
tanguturi_krao@yahoo.co.in or
veejai42@gmail.com.
R C Pant
Important: Do you really need a printed copy of
News Letter? The Soft copy of News Letter is
emailed to all those who have opted for it even
before it is printed. It is more colorful and very
much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy by
emailing your request to aerwa12@gmail.com. AERWA also appeals to you for donating towards
AERWA NL fund. Please send your cheque drawn in
favour of “Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association
SBI A/c 34597981320”; (IFS Code: SBIN0013055) and
follow other details given in a box on page 9.
Laughter: The best medicine.
A month Before Exams, we prefer Books of
foreign authors.
A week before exams, we prefer Books of Local
authors.
A day before exams, trying to read our own
notes.
On the day of exam, we become authors.
Biology is the only science in which
multiplication is the same thing as division. Do
you know why? Read the box below.
A cell was too defiant, always defying God in
everything. Once, God asked the cell to multiply.
The cell said: “No. I will divide.
The God said: “OK. You will multiply by dividing.
Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on
behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah
Industrial Estate and published at: 501 Emerald
Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai,
400071. Managing Editor: Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar
contact: maned_aerwa@yahoo.com
12 Vol. 17(4) July-August 2016
Training School
Those who
Training School Hostel at
1969 (Batch 1
The
venue tentatively is Lonavala and the place is
being finalized. Those who want to join can
or
or
R C Pant
Important: Do you really need a printed copy of
The Soft copy of News Letter is
emailed to all those who have opted for it even
before it is printed. It is more colorful and very
much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy by
AERWA also appeals to you for donating towards
AERWA NL fund. Please send your cheque drawn in
“Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association
(IFS Code: SBIN0013055) and
A week before exams, we prefer Books of Local
Biology is the only science in which
thing as division. Do
A cell was too defiant, always defying God in
everything. Once, God asked the cell to multiply.
All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial
Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 115.76 as on
1/1/2006)
Month CPI base
1982=100
Twelve
months
total
Twelve
monthly
average
%increase
Above
115.76 for
DA/DR
Jul15 263 3064 255.33 120.57
Aug15 264 3075 256.25 121.36
Sep15 266 3088 257.33 122.30
Oct15 269 3104 258.66 123.44
Nov15 270 3121 260.08 124.67
Dec15 269 3137 261.42 125.83
Jan16 269 3152 262.67 126.91
Feb16 267 3166 263.83 127.91
Mar16 268 3180 265 128.92
Apr16 271 3195 266.25 130.00
May16 271 3208 267.33 130.93
Jun16 271 3218 268.17 131.66
Expected DA from 1-7-16 is 6% if index remains
constant for May and Jun16.
Important Announcement by DOPPW:
Department of Pension & Pensioners' Welfare
(DOPPW) has opened a TWITTER account
(https://twitter.com/doppw_india) and has
been uploading its activities on this account.
You may follow the department on TWITTER to
know the latest developmental activities
undertaken by this Department. You
suggestions are welcome.
If not delivered please return to:
Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association
(Regd)., 501 Emerald Heights, 32, Union Park,
Chembur. Mumbai 400071; Tel: 09967357264.
Braj Mohan Misra on
behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah
Industrial Estate and published at: 501 Emerald
Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai,
Dr. M. P. Chougaonkar
Name and Address
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