AFVOA Newletters of Year 2005

Page 72 of 75 Miscellany 48. Appoinment - Gen N C Vij (Retd) Ex-COAS. Gen N C Vij, former COAS, has been appointed wef 28 Sep 05, as the Vice-chairman of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) with the status of a Cabinet Minister . Besides Gen Vij, former CISF Director General K M Singh, former DGMS (Army) Lt Gen J R Bharadwaj, the former Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Mohan Kanda, Shri M Sashidhar Reddy, MLA from Andhra Pradesh and Pune-based expert on disaster management, Shri N Vinod Chandra Menon, have been appointed as Members of the NDMA. 49. Sale of pt 22 " Sporting Rifle. The OFB has opened up sale of 0.22 inch Sporting Rifle (Wt 3 kgs, Range 200 mtrs, with a 10 round Magazine) at a cost of Rs 24,471 (including duties and taxes), ex-Rifle Factory, Ishapore. Those who are interested may e-mail rifle@vsnl.com or write to General Manager, Rife Factory, Ishapore, P.O. Nawab Gunj, 24 Parganas (N), West Bengal. Pin: 743144. 50. Revised Liquor Quota . The liquor quota for Service Officers (Serving & Retired) has been revised as under:- Rank Scale (in units) Serving Retd Lt Gen / Maj Gen & equivalent 16 14 (Auth: Army HQ, QMG Branch letter Brig & equivalent 14 12 No. 96219/Q/DDGCS dt 31 May 05) Offers upto Col and equivalent 12 10 51. Raising Day of Madras - Role of Veterans. Most of us are not aware of the pivotal role played by the Veterans in the raising of Madras City. The city of Madras was founded on 22 Aug 1639 , i.e. 366 years ago. It was on this day that the then agent of the Vijaya Nagar Empire (under whose control the present Chennai was) granted three square miles of Chennai beach to East India Company. A few months later, Francis Day and Andrew Cogan landed. Annexure 1 to Newsletter 5 of 2005 (Para 34 refers) AMENDMENTS TO AFVOA BYE-LAWS Ser No. Page Amendments 1. 1 Insert new para II as under:- II. Scope : The members of AFVOA, as a class will be Retired/Released Officers from Army, Navy and Air Force. The AFVOA will function on the sound “Principle of Mutuality” for the common welfare of their membership class of retired military officers, as set out in the Aim and Objectives of the Association. 2. 2&3 Renumber existing paras IV to VII as paras V to VIII. 3. 18 Para 13.7.2 - For: “Ordinary Members” Read: “Members” Annexure 2 to Newsletter 5 of 2005 (Para 35 refers)