Dr. (Smt.) Tamilisai Soundararajan, Hon’ble Governor on Saturday, chaired the 3rd meeting of the State Managing Committee of Armed Forces Flag Day Fund, Telangana State. The meeting was held at Raj Bhavan, here.
The members who were present in the
meeting included: Sri Somesh Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary to Government, Sri
Ravi Gupta, IPS, Principal Secretary to Government, Home department, Sri D. Ronald
Rose, IAS, Secretary to Government, Finance department, Maj Gen RK Singh, General
Officer Commanding (GOC), Headquarters, Telangana and Andhra Sub Area (TASA),
Maj Gen N. Srinivas Rao, Wg Cdr T.J. Reddy, Brig P. Ganesham, Cdr CSM Raj, and
Sri L. Sharman, IAS, Collector, Hyderabad. Sri K. Surendra Mohan, IAS,
Secretary to Governor was also present.
Col P. Ramesh Kumar, Director, Sainik
Welfare and Secretary, Armed Forced Flag Day Fund, Telangana State gave a
detailed briefing on the state of the Fund, various schemes, salient activities
of the Sainik Welfare department, and details of beneficiaries of various
schemes provided out of the fund.
The
Committee has approved the following:
Immediate financial assistance of ₹2
lakh to the families of ex-servicemen, who died, and who are having dependent
unemployed, and unmarried children.
Enhancement of marriage grant for girl
children of ex-servicemen from ₹30,000/- to ₹40,000/-.
Educational assistance for children of
ex-servicemen for pursuing CA, CS, ICWA, and Ph.D. courses also.
Enhancement of the educational
assistance for the children of ex-servicemen who are pursuing professional
courses, from ₹15,000/- to ₹25,000/-.
Sanction of ₹20,00,000/- each for the
construction of Sainik Bhavans at Adilabad, and
Kothagudem.
Speaking on the occasion Hon’ble
Governor, Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has emphasized the need to look after the
ex-servicemen and their families who gave the best of their youth for the
Nation.
The Governor has stressed the need for
identifying and reaching out to all the ex-servicemen and the widows of ex-servicemen
who are in distress, understand their problems, and resolve them at the
earliest time frame.
She desired that Telangana State
should become the role model for rest of the country through innovative schemes
and implement the same in a meticulous fashion for the welfare of the
ex-servicemen.
The Governor stated that women family
members of ex-servicemen will be imparted self-employment training programs
under Atma Nirbhar Bharat by Raj Bhavan, Telangana. She has requested the
Director, Sainik Welfare department to identify the interested beneficiaries.
The Hon’ble Governor conveyed her
sincere gratitude to all the donors for their generous voluntary contribution
with special reference to all the employees of Government of Telangana, and
State Bank of India.
Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has
appealed to all the citizens, and corporate organizations to come forward and
contribute generously for the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund.
Sri Somesh Kumar, IAS, Chief Secretary
to Government, has stated that a Committee shall be constituted to study the
methods to increase the donations to the Armed Forces Flag Day Fund.
He suggested that the services being
rendered by the Sainik Welfare department may be made available in MeeSeva
centres so that the ex-servicemen need not go to district headquarters for
availing such services and schemes.
He has emphasized the need to capture
the data of ex-servicemen for utilizing their services during natural
calamities, disaster management, etc.
-Press note
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