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2019 1-15 December Vol 66 No 23 ` 5 SAINIK Samachar CNS Interview Indian Navy: Silent, Strong And Swift Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh at the Gateway of India to attend the programme organised in memory of 26/11 victims and to salute the courage of all the survivors. pic: DPR Photo Division Defence Secretary Dr Ajay Kumar leading the officials of Ministry of Defence in rendering Preamble of the Constitution on the 70th anniversary of its adoption by the Constituent Assembly, in New Delhi on November 26, 2019. In This Issue Since 1909 President’sBIRTH ANNIVERSARY Colour CELEBRATIONS Awarded to 4 Indian Naval Academy (Initially published as FAUJI AKHBAR) Vol. 66 q No 23 10 – 24 Agrahayana 1941 (Saka) 1-15 December 2019 The journal of India’s Armed Forces published every fortnight in thirteen languages including Hindi & English on behalf of Ministry of Defence. It is not necessarily an organ for the expression of the Government’s defence policy. The published items represent the views of respective writers and correspondents. Editor-in-Chief Ruby Thinda Sharma Senior Editor Manoj Tuli Sub Editors Sub Maj KC Sahu RM Inaugurates the 172nd 6 RRM Visits Southern 8 Sub Maj Baiju G Defence Pension Adalat… Command, Pune Coordination Kunal Kumar Business Manager Dhirendra Kumar Our Correspondents DELHI: Col Aman Anand; Gp Capt Anupam Banerjee; Cdr Vivek Madhwal; Nampibou Marinmai; Divyanshu Kumar; Savvy Hasan Khan; Michael JS; Azhagudurai; BENGALURU: Guru Prasad HL; CHANDIGARH: Anil Gaur; CHENNAI: M Ponnein Selvan; GANDHINAGAR: Wg Cdr Puneet Chadha; GUWAHATI: Lt Col P Khongsai; IMPHAL: Lt Col M Vaishnava; JALANDHAR : Gagandeep Kaur; JAMMU: Lt Col Devender Anand; JAIPUR: Lt Col Sombit Ghosh; KOCHI: Cdr Sridhar E Warrier; KOHIMA: Lt Col SK Sharma; KOLKATA: Dipannita Dhar; LUCKNOW: Gargi Malik Sinha; MUMBAI: Cdr Mehul Karnik, Himanshu Singh; NAGPUR: Gp Capt BB Pande; PALAM: Gp Capt Anupam Banerjee (Offg.); PRAYAGRAJ: Gp Capt BB Pande 9 Supreme Court Dismisses Review… (Offg.); PUNE: Mahesh Iyengar; SECUNDERABAD: G Surendra Babu; SHILLONG; Wg Cdr Ratnakar Singh; SRINAGAR: Col Rajesh Kalia; TEZPUR: Lt Col Harsh 13 Naval Pilots Graduate at INS Rajali… Wardhan Pande; THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Ms Dhanya Sanal K; UDHAMPUR: Lt 14 Commissioning Of INAS 314-“Raptors CNS Interview 10 Col Abhinav Navneet; VISAKHAPATNAM: Capt CG Raju. 15 Air Chief Inaugurates ISAM Conference 16 Launch of 3rd Coast Guard Offshore… Published by: 17 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of 105… A Bharat Bhushan Babu, ADG (M&C) 18 Celebrating Constitution Day… S Subramanian, Director (PR) 20 84 New Pioneers Join Pioneer Corps Directorate of Public Relations, South Block, 21 Indo-French Joint Exercise Shakti 2019 Ministry of Defence, New Delhi-110011 22 DRDO-Industry Synergy Summit-2019 Editorial Office: 23 Humanitarian Assistance and… L-1 Block, Church Road, New Delhi-110001, 24 NCC Celebrates its Raising Day with… Telefax : 23094668 Telephone : 23092768 25 High Altitude Area Trekking… Email : [email protected] 30 Chakravyuh E-in-C: ASCON-32078 For subscriptions contact : Business Manager, Sainik Samachar, Telephone : 23092768 Subscription Rates: Inland (Ordinary): One Year Rs 100.00, Overseas Dear Subscriber, (Surface Mail): Rs 450.00 Concessional (per year): Rs 20.00 (Applicable for dependants of service personnel & ex-Servicemen.) Please inform us if you are interested in For all correspondence subscribers must quote their subscription number receiving electronic version of Sainik Samachar On front cover: Synopsis of various activities of Indian Navy. instead of printed copy in future. You may confirm by e-mail to us at For more details visit our website: http://sainiksamachar.nic.in [email protected] or [email protected] Follow us on: or by telephone 011-23092768,23094668. www.facebook.com/DefenceMinIndia Regards, https://twitter.com/spokespersonMoD Sainik Samachar https://www.instagram.com/prodefense/ President’s Colour Awarded to Indian Naval Academy hri Ram Nath Kovind, the SPresident of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, awarded the President’s Colour to Indian Naval Academy (INA) on November 20, 2019. The President’s Colour - the highest honour that is bestowed upon a military unit - was received by Academy Cadet Captain Sushil Singh on behalf of the INA in an impressive parade comprising 730 cadets of INA and a 150-men Guard of Honour. A special postal cover was also released by the President to commemorate the occasion. Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the President of India and the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces, awarding the President’s Colour to INA. The President of India congratulated the INA, its present out from this world class institution.” Kodagu and local schools of incumbents as well as past, on Shri Arif Mohammed Khan, Payyannur, besides the service and the occasion of the award of Governor of Kerala, Admiral civillian personnel of INA. Indian the President’s Colour and on Karambir Singh, Chief of the Naval Ships Magar and Sujata and completion of 50 years of Naval Naval Staff, Kerala State Minister Indian Coast Guard Ship Sarathi Academy for their hard work and for Ports, Museums, Archaeology were anchored off Ettikkulam Bay, to dedication towards realization of this and Archives, Shri Ramachandran mark the momentous occasion. proud day. He said, “the fine parade Kadannappally, Vice Admiral AK Award of the President’s Colour this morning resonates well with the Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding- to Indian Naval Academy is a high reputation this Academy has in-Chief Southern Naval Command, recognition of the yeoman service earned for itself in a relatively short and other senior service and civilian rendered by the institution in shaping span of time. The President’s Colour dignitaries graced the occasion. The the leadership of the Navy by should serve as the motivating event was also witnessed by NCC training naval officers over the last symbol to inspire and mould a Cadets of 32nd Battallion, Kerala fifty years at three different locations generation of officers that will pass and children from Sainik School, Kochi, Goa and Ezhimala. The President Shri Ram Nath Kovind inspecting the Parade. 4 Sainik Samachar December 1-15, 2019 Naval Academy was first established at a temporary location at Kochi in 1969. With the increase in strength of the trainees, the Naval Academy was relocated to INS Mandovi at Goa in 1986. The Indian Naval Academy (INA) found its permanent home at Ezhimala, Kerala and was inaugurated on January 8, 2009. INA, Ezhimala, over a period of 10 years, has commissioned 5930 officers, into Indian Navy and Coast Guard including 531 women President addressing the Colour Presentation Ceremony. officers. INA has a present strength of 963 trainees including 44 women trainees and 26 trainees from friendly foreign countries. Navy was the first of the three armed forces to be awarded the President’s Colour on May 27,1951. Besides the INA, Southern Naval Command, Eastern Naval Command, Western Naval Command, the Western & Eastern Fleet as well as the Submarine Arm are the units of the Indian navy to be awarded similarly. - PRO Kochi Release of a special postal cover by the President on the occasion. The President’s Colour awarded to INA being paraded in front of the President as part of the march-past. December 1-15, 2019 Sainik Samachar 5 RM Inaugurates the 172nd Defence Pension Adalat in Lucknow aksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh Rinaugurated the 172nd Defence Pension Adalat at AMC Stadium of Army Medical Corps Centre and College, Lucknow Cantonment on November 23, 2019. The event was organised by Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Prayagraj in close coordination with Headquarters Central Command. The two day Defence Pension Adalat aims at redressal of pension related grievances of veterans of Armed Forces and their Next of Kin residing in all the districts of Uttar Pradesh. Addressing the event, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh appreciated the good work by Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA). He highlighted that from receiving complaint to disbursal of grievances is a complex the Defence Pension Adalat and and Company Quartermaster process and Defence Accounts lauded their role and place in nation Havildar Abdul Hamid and country Department is constantly working building of this country. He termed remains indebted to the role and professionally to provide pensions them as a source of inspiration for sacrifices of its soldiers. This Defence timely and in sanctioned time. the generations of the country. RM Pension Adalat is a small step in that Shri Rajnath Singh welcomed highlighted Lucknow as the birthplace direction, he reiterated. all the veterans present during of martyrs like Capt Manoj Pandey The welcome address during the event was given by Lt Gen I S Ghuman, GOC-in-C Central Command. During his address he stated that out of total 31 lakh veterans in the country, about 4 lakh veterans are located in UP and with the efforts of Raksha Mantri, this Defence Pension Adalat was organised in Lucknow after 7 years, last one being organised in 2012. Lt Gen Ghuman highlighted that along with pensions, ECHS, Job and Resettlement have also been covered during this two days long event. Controller General Defence Accounts (CGDA), Shri Sanjeev Mittal thanked Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh for being the first Raksha Mantri of the country to be a part of any Defence Pension Adalat. 6 Sainik Samachar December 1-15, 2019 Highlighting the developments undertaken in the Pension disbursal system, Shri Mittal said that Defence Accounts Department is going digital. A Comprehensive Pension Portal is about to be launched to address all the Pension related grievances at one platform. PCDA (Pension) Prayagraj has a website www.pcdapension.nic.in to address the pension related grievances. Also there is a Defence Pension Call Centre and a toll free number 1800- 180-5325 to help addressing the issues.