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Pension outreach programme for retired defence personnel
The Statesman Kolkata
|June 29, 2025
A two-day defence pension outreach programme—Raksha Pension Samadhan Aayojan—commenced on Friday at Vijay Durg, Kolkata.
The event, being held on 27-28 June 2025, is a joint initiative by the Indian Army's Eastern Command and the Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pensions), Prayagraj.
The outreach programme is aimed at providing a direct interface between ex-servicemen (ESM), their dependents, widows of armed forces personnel, and retired civilian defence employees with the competent pension authorities, enabling prompt redressal of pension-related grievances.
This story is from the June 29, 2025 edition of The Statesman Kolkata.
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