AFVOA Newletters of Year 2004

Page 132 of 153 the ECHS contribution till now was Rs 12,000. Now Basic pension plus 50 % of merged pension works out to Rs 7,800. Thus, ECHS contribution by ESM will be Rs 18,000 (.) (the above has been contributed by Col A Krishnaswami, VrC, VSM** and Brig NB Subramanian) Membership 50. As per the bye laws of the Association, the admission of the new members has to be ratified by the Executive Committee. At their recent meeting the Executive Committee, have ratified the admission of the following members who have joined the fraternity post April 2004: Brig G K Bail. Cmde S M Sundaram, VSM. Mrs. Nirmala Natarajan Sqn Ldr K E Cherian. Col K Venkataraman Brig C R S Rajaram. Col T Thomas. Lt Col K R Perumal. Mrs. Shyamala Achari. Col K Malaiappan. Lt Col Raj Mohan. Sqn Ldr G Balakrishnan. Cdr S Vijayaraghavan. Lt Col Surendra Kumar Maj M B S Manian. Capt I. Balaretna Singh. Mrs. Lalitha Sundaram. Col James Joseph. Lt Col D S Reddy. Col K M K Venu Gopal. 51. Copies of the Telephone Directory “Hello Veterans 2004” are available for sale to Defence officers, serving and retired, and to widows of service officers on no profit basis at the actual cost of Rs 100/ = per copy. Please contact Brig N B Subramanian, the treasurer. 52. The current year’s subscription is due from 65 members. They are requested to pay the same immediately, failing which they are liable for cancellation of membership. ECHS 53. The Smart card is being despatched by the Company in batches. Members who have enrolled in the Scheme and have already paid for the Smart card at the rate of Rs 90.00 per card will be intimated by the Station Headquarters, on receipt of the cards by them. Those who did not pay the amount towards the Cards, when they deposited the application forms, are advised to deposit the amount as soon as possible. As many are aware, the amount is to be paid through a Demand Draft made out in favour of “Regional Centre, ECHS”, payable at Chennai. The draft can be obtained from any scheduled bank. MH 54. It is learnt that the MH, Chennai, is likely to move to its permanent location at Nandamabakkam (opposite to the Defence Officers Colony) and be operational from the new location with effect from 01 st January 2005. Expiry Date of LPG cylinders 55. Do you know that there is an expiry date also for the cylinder? Yes there is. Life expired cylinders are not very safe to be put to use. So in future please be cautious when accepting the next cylinder onwards from the vendor. On the stem of the cylinder the expiry date is given in a coded format like D06. This means that the expiry date for that cylinder is the last quarter of 2006. The first alphabet like A,B,C,D indicate the quarter ending Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec and the last two digits indicate the year. This important information should be most importantly known to the lady wife. Please