{"id":54376,"date":"2013-03-10T20:58:46","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T00:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/manipur-mail.com\/?p=16267"},"modified":"2013-03-10T20:58:46","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T00:58:46","slug":"ex-servicemen-rally-at-n-khunou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/2013\/03\/10\/ex-servicemen-rally-at-n-khunou\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-servicemen rally at N Khunou"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mail News Service<br \/>\nImphal, Mar 10 : Security Forces of Loktak Brigade of Red Shield Division reached out to the ESM of the Bishenpur District to organise an Ex-Servicemen Rally at N Khunou on Mar 10. The function was attended by 55 Ex-Servicemen, 12 Widows and one Veer Nari from various parts of Bishenpur District. The aim of the Ex-Servicemen Rally was to acquaint the Ex-Servicemen with the various existing and upcoming policies of the Govt of India, Ministry of Defence for betterment of Ex-Servicemen and redressal of grievances of the Ex-Servicemen.<br \/>\nBrig PC Nair, Commander, Logtak Brigade also attended the Ex-Servicemen Rally. The Commander interacted with the Ex-Servicemen, to acquaint himself with the problems being currently faced by them and to address them. Speaking on the occasion, Brig PC Nair, said that organising of the Ex-Servicemen rally is with an aim to reach out to all Veterans and Veer Naris of Ex-Servicemen of the entire Bishenpur Distt. It is to give an excellent platform for redressal of their pending grievances. The rally afforded the Ex-Servicemen with a composite platform for redressal of their wide ranging grievances in all spheres of life.<br \/>\nApart from resolving pension related problems and resettlement issues, emphasis was also given to important issues such as medical treatment of Ex-Servicemen and their dependents under Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS). Col KAK Singh, the Officer in Charge, ECHS Polyclinic, Imphal, explained to the Ex-Servicemen in detail about the functioning and limitations of the ECHS. He also explained in a very comprehensive manner the treatment procedures in vogue for the empanelled hospital and non empanelled hospital and emergency treatment. All the Ex-Servicemen were also exhorted by Col KAK Singh to spread the word to other Ex-Servicemen regarding enrolling themselves as a member of ECHS for availing the benefit of the scheme. Other issues such as documentation for issue of CSD smart cards and financial assistance by Armed Forces to Ex-Servicemen and War Widows were also clarified.<br \/>\nProgress on the points raised by Ex-Servicemen during last Ex-Servicemen rally and steps initiated for redressal of the same were also conveyed to them. On the side lines of the Ex-Servicemen rally a medical camp was also organised, where the Ex-Servicemen and Veer Naris were provided medical facilities for minor ailments and free medicines were also distributed.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\">Read more \/ Original news source: <a href=\"http:\/\/manipur-mail.com\/ex-servicemen-rally-at-n-khunou\/\">http:\/\/manipur-mail.com\/ex-servicemen-rally-at-n-khunou\/<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mail News Service Imphal, Mar 10 : Security Forces of Loktak Brigade of Red Shield Division reached out to the ESM of the Bishenpur District to organise an Ex-Servicemen Rally at N Khunou on Mar 10. The function was attended by 55 Ex-Servicemen, 12 Widows and one Veer Nari from various parts of Bishenpur District. [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[985,4],"tags":[986,988],"class_list":["post-54376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-manipur-mail","category-news","tag-manipur-mail-2","tag-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54376"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54376\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54376"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.manipur.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}