Bajwa wants better deal for paramilitary
Thursday, 17/07/2014
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2014/20140717/punjab.htm#14
Chandigarh : The Punjab Congress president, Partap Singh Bajwa, has demanded that the “one rank, one pension” scheme should also include those retiring from the para-military forces.
Welcoming the allocation of Rs 1,000 crore under the scheme for ex-servicemen, he said it was good that the NDA government had implemented the decision taken by the UPA government earlier. He said that the allocation should be hiked to Rs 3,000 crore.
“It’s the para-military forces that have to deal with internal strife, be it fighting the Maoists in central India, the ultras in the North-East or those in Jammu and Kashmir.