Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 23: Ex-Central Armed Police Forces Paramilitary Welfare Association (Ex-CAPFPWA) Punjab and J&K here today organized a joint meeting. Association Jalandhar president, P.S Sandhu; president J&K Shashi Sharma; general secretary, D.K Chauhan and all members of the Association participated in the meeting and highlighted the demands of CPMF.
They urged upon the Union Government to extend all post-retirement benefits to Ex-CAPF personnel at par with personnel of defense forces.
“Paramilitary forces fight, face enemy and sacrifice lives with the same vigour, valor and patriotism and suffer consequences like personnel of defense forces but the benefits and concession extended to Defence Forces under MOD are not being extended to Armed Forces under MHA which is against the law and the ethics of natural justice,” Shashi Sharma said.
He further said that service conditions of paramilitary forces are regulated by set of Acts with provision to award strict punishments similar to defense forces but unfortunately their pay perks and post retirement benefits including pension is as per Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules 1972 under which they get benefits only equal to Central Government civilian employees.
He also demanded One Rank One Pension similar to defense forces and said that Central Paramilitary Forces performing duties at LoC, IB, election duties etc get canteen facilities with high rate of SGST and Central GST @28% + 5% special tax and urged the Union Government to look into the matter.
Others present on the occasion were N.S Mann, chairman CAPFPWA; C.S Chahal, president; Harbans Singh Mann, general secretary; Noor Mohd, Samba general secretary; Harbans Lal Sharma, J&K vice president and Ashok Kumar, member.
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