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S Christopher is new Director General of DRDO; GS Reddy appointed scientific advisor to Defence Minister

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By ET Bureau | 28 May, 2015, 09.30PM IST

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After a gap of several months, DRDO has finally got a new leadership with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar pushing through a new concept to divide the top post into two parts.

After a gap of several months, DRDO has finally got a new leadership with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar pushing through a new concept to divide the top post into two parts.

The government on Thursday appointed S Christopher who heads the centre for airborne systems as the new Director General of DRDO with the rank of a secretary.
Splitting the top post, the government also appointed the younger GS Reddy – a missile scientist – as the scientific advisor to the defence minister. Reddy will directly report to Parrikar and will be the pointsman for the minister for defence research projects.

Both top officials have got a term for 2 years, though Reddy is expected to continue after that and would be a contender for top job of DG DRDO.
The new appointments come after DRDO chief Avinash Chander was removed from his post in January with Parrikar saying that the government wants to have a new, younger leadership for the organisation.

The splitting of the post ks first among a series of structural changes that are expected at DRDO in coming months.

It is still not clear how the responsibilities will be divided among the two as the ministry has not come out with a detailed notification.

Both officials are expected to be based in Delhi.

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Race for DRDO top spot in its final lap

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HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi| Updated: May 26, 2015 00:59 IST
Radar specialist S Christopher has emerged as the frontrunner to take over as the next chief of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Christopher heads the Bengaluru-based Centre for Airborne Systems and heads the project to develop airborne early warning and control systems.

The post has been vacant since January 31 when the government terminated then chief Avinash Chander’s contract.

G Satheesh Reddy, who heads the Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat, and Anil Datar, chief of Pune-based Armament and Combat Engineering cluster, were also in the running. The government will appoint a scientific advisor to the defence minister after the DRDO vacancy is taken care. Both roles were being essayed by the DRDO chief so far.

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Above news publish on 26th May 2015  00:59 IST

Simultaneously  Following PIB release 26-May-2015 10:37 IST

ACC Appointment

The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the assignment of additional charge of the post of Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development to Shri G. Mohan Kumar, IAS (OR:79), Defence Secretary for a period of three months or till a regular incumbent is appointed or till further orders whichever is the earliest w.e.f. 25.5.2015. __________________________________________________________

It means GOI in no mood to offer responsibility to above three stalwarts of DRDO.

May be Parrikar Shahib received bunch of Anonymous letter in which the DRDO officials exposes their great achievements like connections with suppliers / vendors, their encouragement towards incompetent beloveds, their technical compatibility, managing their in house awards, specially their patronage and soft corner to some one special  like Sh Avinash Chander pattern.

We request to PMO, MoD this time they should take care all above,  IB clearance, clear vision, original subject knowledge,  not deemed private universities credentials,  most important is the feedback from younger scientists because they are future of DRDO and they need fearless environment to grow so they can able to deliver their best.

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J&K HC orders FIR against teacher who fails to write essay on cow

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PTI | May 16, 2015, 03.39 PM IST – Times of India
SRINAGAR: The J&K High Court made a teacher write an essay on cow and solve a class IV maths problem in an open court and ordered slapping a case against him when he failed, inviting strong observations from the judge who wanted “soulless” authorities to close down education “tuck shops”.

The direction came yesterday when Justice Muzaffar Hussain Attar was hearing a petition challenging appointment of Mohammad Imran Khan as Rehbar-e-Taleem (education guide) teacher in a school in south Kashmir.

The petitioner had alleged that Khan’s certificates — issued by Board of Higher Secondary Education Delhi and Global Open University, Nagaland were not recognised. The marksheet issued to the respondent by the Board of Higher Secondary Education Delhi showed he had secured 74 per cent, 73 per cent and 66 per cent in Urdu, English and Maths respectively.

The court asked a senior counsel to give a simple line for translation from English to Urdu and vice-versa but the teacher failed.

The teacher was then asked to write an essay on ‘cow’ in Urdu, but he failed. Khan sought permission to write the essay outside the court room, which was granted but he failed again.

Khan, who claimed he had better hold on Mathematics, was then asked to solve a maths problem for 4th graders.

As he failed yet again, a visually perturbed Justice Attar said,”In this situation, what would be the fate of the state has to be only visualised. The school going children ….would pass out as blockheads.”

“The authorities, responsible to ensure that the stream of academics and education is not polluted in the state of J&K, however, in view of the facts, which have surfaced in this case, have acted as soulless bodies with ray-less eyes, as they have criminally condoned and over-looked the Himalayan blunders committed in procuring the academic degrees,” the court observed.

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सेना ने पीएम को कहां से दिए 100 करोड़

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आरटीआई से भी नहीं मिला जवाब, सैन्य कर्मियों के वेतन में नहीं हुई कटौती

अरुणेश पठानिया – Amar Ujala

देहरादून। सेना दिवस पर प्रधानमंत्री राहत कोष के लिए सेना ने 100 करोड़ रुपये का चैक दिया। लेकिन ये पैसे कहां से आए यह करीब दो माह बाद भी स्पष्ट नहीं हुआ। बताया गया था कि राहत कोष में जवानों और अधिकारियों के वेतन से पैसे दिए गए हैं। जबकि आरटीआई में खुलासा हुआ कि वेतन में कटौती ही नहीं हुई है। ऐसे में जब वेतन से कटौती ही नहीं हुई तो 100 करोड़ रुपये प्रधानमंत्री को कहां से सौंपे गए।

प्रधानमंत्री राहत कोष में थलसेना अध्यक्ष जनरल दलबीर सिंह सुहाग ने 15 जनवरी (सेना दिवस) 2015 पर 100 करोड़ का चैक दिया था। राहत राशि सेना के जवानों और अधिकारियों के एक दिन के वेतन से एकत्रित कर जमा करवाई है। प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी को सौंपे चैक के लिए सैन्य कर्मियों के वेतन से हुई कटौती को लेकर सूचना के अधिकार में मांगी जानकारी पर सेना का जवाब मामले को उलझा रहा है। आरटीआई में सेना ने जवाब दिया है कि राहत कोष के लिए कोई धनराशि सैन्य कर्मियों के वेतन से नहीं काटी गई है। साथ ही जवाब में यह स्पष्ट किया गया है कि यह मामलाविचाराधीन है। विशेष बात यह है कि आरटीआई का आवेदन प्रधानमंत्री को चैक सौंपने के 9 दिन बाद सेना मुख्यालय को 24 जनवरी को भेजा गया। आरटीआई में जानकारी मांगी गई थी कि वेतन कटौती केलिए सैन्य कर्मियों की सहमति ली गई। अगर ली गई तो सभी ने रजामंदी दी है। यह भी पूछा गया कि कितने सैन्य कर्मियों ने रजामंदी नहीं दी। सीडीए को वेतन कटौती के लिए भेजी आफिस आर्डर की कापी भी आवेदक ने मांगी। सेना से आरटीआई में जो जवाब भेजा है उसपर तिथि 20 मार्च की अंकित है। आरटीआई में सेना की और से मिली जानकारी से स्पष्ट हो रहा है कि मार्च माह तक किसी सैन्य कर्मी के वेतन से कटौती नहीं हुई। जब वेतन काटने का मामला मार्च में भी विचाराधीन रहा तो सेना ने किस मद से प्रधानमंत्री राहत कोष में 100 करोड़ रुपये दिए।

अब प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय को भेजी आरटीआईः सेना के आरटीआई जवाब को आवेदक प्रभु डंडरियाल ने अपनी वेबसाइट पर अपलोड कर दिया है। उन्होंने अब प्रधानमंत्री कार्यालय को आरटीआई भेजी है जिसमें 15 जनवरी को आर्मी चीफ के प्रधानमंत्री को सौंपे 100 करोड़ के चैक का हवाला देकर चार बिंदुओ पर जानकार मांगी है।

-आर्मी चीफ के सौंपे चैक को प्रधानमंत्री राहत कोष खाते में डाला गया। किस बैंक में किस तिथि को यह चैक जमा करवाया गया। अगर चैक से राशि निकली तो सेना के किस अकाउंट हेड से डली अगर चैक वापस सेना को लौटाया तो लौटाने के कवरिंग लैटर की कापी

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15 जनवरी को सेना दिवस पर थल सेना अध्यक्ष के प्रधानमंत्री को चैक सौंपने के समारोह की प्रेस विज्ञप्ति फोटो पीआईबी से जारी किया गया था। इस समारोह में रक्षा मंत्री मनोहर परिकर भी मौजूद थे। प्रेस विज्ञप्ति में लिखा था कि सैन्य कर्मियों का एक दिन का वेतन काटकर सेना ने प्रधानमंत्री राहत कोष के लिए 100 करोड़ जुटाए हैं।

सैन्य कर्मियों के एक दिन के वेतन में कटौती कर राशि एकत्रित करने की बात आई थी सामनेamar ujala 16 may 2015

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Donation Without Consent Leaves Army Offices Fuming Against Chief

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 – Ex-serviceman welfare – Blog                                   Chiefhttp://ex-servicemenwelfare.blogspot.in/2015/01/donation-without-consent-leaves-army.html

NEW DELHI: Forced charity can pinch. Indian army, the world’s second largest, experienced this pinch when they recently came to know of the cutting of a day’s salary. They later found that Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag didn’t consider it necessary to issue a note informing army’s officials before deducting their salaries and presenting the collected amount of `100 Crore for the Prime Minister’s relief fund.

Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag on behalf of  the 1.3 million strong Indian Army on Thursday donated a cheque of over `100 crore to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund after forgoing their one-day salary at the traditional ‘At Home’ at the Army House on the occasion of 76th Army Day. However, the prime minister was not even aware of it.

The Indian army played a major role in the relief and rescue operation in last year’s flood in Jammu and Kashmir by rescuing over 2 lakh stranded people in an operation which lasted for two weeks. The issue has now raised a controversy on the social media, as army officials are claiming that they were not informed about their salary cut and it was not made ‘voluntary’. Caught unaware of the chief’s arbitrary decision, some of the top army officials are even planning to file RTIs to the army headquarters to find out under whose orders the salary cut is being done.

Sources told the Sunday Standard that instructions were issued from the office of the Adjutant General who handles service matter of army, to the Controller of Defiance Account to do the salary cut of one day of every army personnel.  With this order, one day salary of the month January will be deducted to the relief fund.  When contacted for the Army’s version, sources said that army regularly contributes for natural calamity and will continue to do so. “Army followed procedures and rules and this is not the first time, we are doing it,” army sources said. This time, donation was for the Jammu and Kashmir flood relief fund. But, the army officials were surprised with the timing of the donation. It was after six months of the disaster.

“It Can Happen Only In India….!!!! On the occasion of Army Day our Chief Of Army Staff presents a Cheque worth ` 100 Crores to the Prime Minister as PM Releif Fund. The money has been generated by cutting One Day Salary of everybody working in the Indian Army. What an Irony .… Our war widows struggle for their day to day living… Our jawans are not able to afford good education for their Children… and here we become so large hearted to donate money to the politicians… Did the COAS take our permission before doing this…??? When did he start having rights on our hard earned Money…??? Has any Civilian / Politician ever donated his salary for us..? It is time we raise our voice and stop this nonsense before it becomes precedence. Why should we pay for their future Goals,” an official said on WhatsApp.

And he is not the only one, annoyed with it. “Our jawans, who battle under hostile weather conditions with poorly equipped weapons and armory, and his family, survives on the salary. If you are deducting his salary, it has to be voluntary. One cannot do it arbitrarily,” another official said. Even three months back, the Indian air force had also made donation of ` 8.43 crore to the PM Relief fund through donation of a day’s salary of its over 1.7 lakh officers and med deployed across the country. The IAF headquarters had taken consent of its officials before going for the salary cut.

(Source – Jottings blog)

http://www.newindianexpress.com/thesundaystandard/Donation-Without-Consent-Leaves-Army-Offices-Fuming-Against-Chief/2015/01/18/article2623931.ece

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14 comments:

Anonymous January 20, 2015 at 9:54 PM

Our present COAS certainly will get some cubernational appointment on retirement. One should not ask any one for donation. It is up to the individual concerned. If someone wants he can donate directly to the PM Relief Fund or whatsoever.

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Anonymous January 20, 2015 at 10:12 PM

This happens only in india

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pka1971 January 20, 2015 at 11:26 PM

HE HAS GIVEN BRIBE OF 100 CR TO BECOME GOVERNOR

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pka1971 January 20, 2015 at 11:27 PM

HE HAS PAID BRIBE FROM OUR POCKETS OF RS 100 CR TO BECOME GOVERNOR

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pka1971January 20, 2015 at 11:27 PM

100 CR BRIBE TO BECOME AMBASSADER

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Ashok January 21, 2015 at 10:32 AM

Really how so cheap they are?

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Sudesan January 21, 2015 at 1:29 PM

The chief of Army has no power to order forceful donation to any one. So he has committed a crime under Army Act. Had the same thing done by any body other than chief the fellow would have faced action under Army Act. Very shame full act he has done for which who can take action against him. Govt has to think over it proceed suitably so that such kind of action is not under taken by any Chief of the Army in future.

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Anonymous January 21, 2015 at 7:55 PM

There is no power vested on him to deduct somebody’s hard earned salary like this. He should have remembered the widows of soldiers on that day. Had Fd Marshal Manekshaw would have passed orders like this or Fd Marshal Cariappa for that matter? There is a requirement of taking disciplinary action against this COAS AND THE AMOUNT SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE PERSONNELS’ SALARY FROM WHOSE SALARY IT WAS DEDUCTED.

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Manikandan KJ anuary 21, 2015 at 11:09 PM

It is very simple. Volunteers are always detailed in Defense Forces.

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Anonymous January 22, 2015 at 6:17 AM

new version of apple polishing ( CHAMACHAGIRI)

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Anonymous January 22, 2015 at 8:26 AM

Defence forces doesn’t get fat pays to part with, that should be a voluntarily done not by detailing as someone pointed out in the previous comments. Detailing in defence language is nothing but compulsory

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AnonymousJanuary 22, 2015 at 3:13 PM

we the all esm will donate the one year pension in PM relief fund if the orop shoulkd be implemented wef 01Jan 2006.

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Anonymous January 22, 2015 at 8:03 PM

Dear Veterans of our armed forces,

If the chiefs of three forces insist the prime minster,who is very good orator in HIndi,he orop will be immediately implemented.But they will not! Why?After retirement they too want good posts in govt,like governors etc.Who authorised the COA to cut the salary for making donations to PM,?Did the PM aske him personally?Let him donate his one year salary to him if he is so much worried about this nation.Even president of India does not have power to cut the salary and need not to mentiion about COAS? WHO IS HE?

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Mani Kandan January 23, 2015 at 10:23 PM

Do u expect the three chiefs to talk in one voice? That is not correct Sir. That is mutiny Sir. No Sir. They r highly disciplined officers. They don’t talk. They roar like a lion to men placed below them. But to political masters, they give a smart salute and say ‘yes Sir, yes Sir’ Talking in one voice? How to do that sir? After all we have three mouths!

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Did Indian Army Really Contribute Rs 100 Crore To PM Relief Fund For Kashmir Floods?

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Posted on Friday, May 15th, 2015 by Online Editor – Only Kashmir
New Delhi, May 15 (Only Kashmir): Four months after Army chief Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag handed over an Rs 100-crore cheque to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund for the flood victims of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army has denied information of any such donation.
Army General Suhag had presented the Rs 100-crore cheque, which was claimed to be raised by the soldiers and officers of 1.18 million strong army after donating their day’s salary, to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Army Day reception on January 15.
However, an RTI reply from Army headquarters, has confirmed that “no such amount on account of contributions from salary of any Army personnel has yet been donated to the PM’s Relief Fund.”
Three days after the reception day function, it was reported about the army soldiers and officers, fuming over being not asked in advance by the higher officials before deducting their salaries and presenting the collected amount to the relief fund.
Apparently, media reports like these prompted Dehradun-based activist Prabhu Dandriyal to file an RTI on March 20, seeking what happened to the Rs 100 crore cheque donated to the PM’s Relief Fund by army.

Denying any such contribution for the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir, the RTI reply from Public Information Officer, Lt. Col. Rajiv Guleria on Tuesday, May 12, has added that the matter is undInterestingly, press releases with photographs of Suhag handing over the cheque of raised amount to Modi in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, continue to be hosted on the websites of Prime Minister and Press Information Bureau.

Filing his RTI petition now to the Prime Minister’s Office, Dandriyal has sought to know how the Rs 100 crore cheque was utilized.

“When by March 20, no amount of contribution was taken from the salaries, then how did the army chief submit the fund of Rs 100 crore to PM relief fund. This is why I have sought clarification from the PMO by filing another RTI,” Dandriyal said.

The RTI revelation has come in the backdrop of severe financial crises ailing Jammu and Kashmir. Reeling from the post-floods devastation, the summer capital city of Srinagar has witnessed protests, almost on daily basis, from daily wagers and government employees demanding pending salaries and arrears.

After the September 2014 floods, the J&K state government had forwarded a Rs 44,000 crore rehabilitation proposal to the central government, which has not been entertained by the centre till now.

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Not a Penny from Army in PM’s Flood Relief Fund Yet as General Idea to Dock Pay Backfires

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By Pradip R Sagar Published: 15th May 2015 06:00 AM The New Indian Express
Indain ExpressNEW DELHI: Drawing flak for its decision to cut a day’s salary of all its staff for donations to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, the Army headquarters is now in the process of collecting consent letters for the same from each of its personnel.

Express was the first to report on January 18, 2015 that several of the officers were upset with the decision of Army chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag in ordering a day’s pay cut to contribute Rs 100 crore to the PM’s Relief Fund to help the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Subsequently, some of the officers even wrote to the Controller of Defence Accounts (CDA), not giving approval for any deduction from their salaries. Realizing the discontent among its officers, the Army headquarters approached the office of the Controller of Defence Accounts, which eventually advised them that a consent letter was required from every Army person for deduction of salary.

“It has been intimated by the agency concerned that no amount on account of contributions from salary of any Army personnel has yet been donated to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. The matter is under consideration,” Army Central Public Information Officer Lt Col Rajiv Guleria said in reply to an RTI query filed by activist Prabhu Dandriyal, based on the Express report.

“We are in the process of collecting consent letters from everyone. It is purely on a voluntary basis and the amount will be deposited in the PM Relief Fund soon,” said a senior officer of South Block. Interestingly, the photos of the 67th Army Day event posted on the website of the PMO show Army chief Dalbir Singh Suhag presenting a cheque titled ‘one day’s pay of all ranks of Indian Army’, to Narendra Modi, in the presence of Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

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Months After Suhag Presented 100 Cr Cheque, Army Denies Contributing to PM Fund

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OUTLOOK – NEW DELHI | MUMBAI | MAY 14, 2015
In a curious case, the army has said no contribution from the salary of any of its personnel has been donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, a statement that comes four months after Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag had handed over a cheque of Rs 100 crore to the fund.

“It has been intimated by concerned agency that no amount on account of contributions from salary of any Army personnel has yet been donated to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund.

“The matter is under consideration,” army CPIO Lt Col Rajiv Guleria said in an RTI response to Dehradun-based Prabhu Dandriyal.

The photographs of the 67th army day event are posted on the web site of Prime Minister’s Office showing cheque titled “one day’s pay of all ranks of Indian Army” being handed over to Modi by Suhag in the presence of Defence Minister Mahohar Parrikar.

Dandriyal has now sent his RTI petition to the Prime Minister’s Office seeking to know what happened to the Rs 100 crore cheque which is said to have been donated by the army chief to the Prime Minister.

“When by March 20 no amount of contribution was taken from the salaries, then how did the army chief submit the fund of Rs 100 crore to PM relief fund. This is why I have sought clarification from the PMO by filing another RTI,” Dandriyal said.

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Army’s contribution of Rs 100 crore yet to reach PM’s relief fund

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By TNN | 15 May, 2015, 11.21AM IST – the Economic Times

NEW DELHI: During the Army Day reception on January 15, General Dalbir Singh Suhag had presented a cheque of over Rs 100 crore to Narendra Modi for the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund with much fanfare. It was announced the amount had been raised by officers and soldiers of the 1.18-million strong Army by donating a day’s salary each to help the flood-affected people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Four months later, no such money has reached the intended fund. Responding to an RTI query filed by Dehradun-based activist Prabhu Dandriyal, the Army headquarters has said: “It has been intimated by concerned agency that no such amount on account of contributions from salary of any Army personnel has yet been donated to the PM’s Relief Fund. The matter is under consideration.”

On being asked about this embarrassing turn of events, the Army on Thursday said the process to collect the money on “a volunteer basis” was still underway. But Dandriyal smells a rat since many officers had earlier protested against Gen Suhag’s order for a day’s pay-cut without prior consent.

“The norm in the government is that all such contributions are made voluntarily. The Army chief’s order made it compulsory. How was the cheque presented to the PM on January 15 when no contribution had been taken from the salaries? My information is that the Army has sought time till July 10 now,” said Dandriyal.

The activist, in fact, has also filed an RTI in the PMO seeking to know what happened to the Rs 100 crore cheque donated to the PM’s Relief Fund. “The PMO website has photographs showing the cheque titled `One day’s pay of all ranks of the Indian Army’ being presented to the PM by General Suhag on January 15,” he said.

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Curious case of Army donation to PM fund

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Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015 – 15:50 – Zee News
New Delhi/Mumbai: In a curious case, the Army has said no contribution from the salary of any of its personnel has been donated to Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, a statement that comes four months after Army Chief Dalbir Singh Suhag had handed over a cheque of Rs 100 crore to the fund.

“It has been intimated by concerned agency that no amount on account of contributions from salary of any Army personnel has yet been donated to the Prime Minister’s Relief Fund. The matter is under consideration,” Army CPIO Lt Col Rajiv Guleria said in an RTI response to Dehradun-based Prabhu Dandriyal.

The photographs of the 67th Army day event are posted on the website of Prime Minister’s Office showing cheque titled “one day’s pay of all ranks of Indian Army” being handed over to Modi by Suhag in the presence of Defence Minister Mahohar Parrikar.

Dandriyal has now sent his RTI petition to the Prime Minister’s Office seeking to know what happened to the Rs 100 crore cheque which is said to have been donated by the Army chief to the Prime Minister.

“When by March 20 no amount of contribution was taken from the salaries, then how did the Army chief submit the fund of Rs 100 crore to PM relief fund. This is why I have sought clarification from the PMO by filing another RTI,” Dandriyal told a news agency.

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