Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Nov 17: The annual general body meeting of Home for Aged and Infirm, Ambphalla popularly known as Vridh Ashram was held today under the chairmanship of its president, ID Soni, State Commissioner, J&K Bharat Scouts and Guides.
During the meeting, the annual report and audited accounts for the year 2018-19 and budget proposals for the year 2019-20 presented by the secretary, Vijay Kumar Bhagotra, were adopted by the House.
The House expressed satisfaction over sincere efforts put in by the Managing Committee for improvement in overall functioning of the Home and living conditions of its inmates. Male and female representatives of the inmates also expressed satisfaction with the amenities, facilities, medical care, etc being provided free to them by the Home.
As three years term of the present managing committee elected on 18-12-2016 is to expire, so ID Soni and Vijay Kumar Bhagotra were unanimously re-elected as president and honorary secretary, respectively for a further term of three years. The elected president shall reconstitute the Committee as per the constitution.
ID Soni appealed the general public for liberal donations in cash and kind on regular basis for day to day needs of the inmates and further improvement in their facilities and amenities as well as maintenance of requisite infrastructure and assets of the Home. He said that the donations to the Home are exempted from Income Tax under section 80G (V) of the Income Tax Act, 1961.
Soni also urged the public at large to visit the Home at their convenience and interact with the inmates so that they do not feel neglected by the society for whose welfare they had also contributed during their active past life as they are starving for emotional touch at this advanced stage of their life.
Besides large number of members of general body, patron Prem Gupta (former IGP of J&K), vice-president, HS Manhas, joint secretary, BB Gupta, members of the managing committee, Vijay Gupta, Nirmala Zutshi, RC Vaid, Ponit Nanda, Pankaj Gupta, Dinesh Gupta and Vinod Kumar were present in the meeting.