AFVOA Newletters of Year 2006

Page 42 of 77 23. The meeting concluded with a vote of thanks by the Secretary followed by a sumptuous dinner. “Celebrate what you’ve accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed.” - Mia Hamm Matters Military 24. Honouring the Heroes of 1947-48 war . “ Brig Mohammed Usman, MVC was a nationalist to the core and had no problem in remaining loyal to his religion as well as his country” – thus spoke Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Defence Minister, while honouring the relatives of Brig Usman on his martyrdom day on 03 Jul 2006. Earlier, General JJ Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, COAS had announced that the Army would honour the other fallen heroes of the 1947-48 war with Pakistan in Oct – Nov this year which would include Brig Rajinder Singh, MVC, Lt Col Ranjit Rai, MVC and Major Somnath Sharma, PVC, all posthumously awarded. - Excerpt from The HINDU dated 04 Jul 2006. 25. Days to remember. The following days are to be remembered during the months of Jul and Aug:- (a) Kargil day - 26 Jul (b) AFVOA Raising day - 04 Aug (c) Independence Day - 15 Aug “ War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.” - Karl Von Clausewitz Matters Social 26. Asha School. HQ ATNK & K Area will be opening a ASHA School for the benefit of Special children of serving and Veterans of Armed Forces. The School will be inside the erstwhile MH location, St Thomas Mount, Chennai – 600016. Members interested may please contact the Staff Officer, AWWA, HQ ATNK & K Area, Island Grounds, Chennai – 600009 (Tele No: 25316938). 27. Complimentary. Yet another honour for our member – Lt Col LRA Narayan. The Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation, New Delhi, in profound appreciation of his noble nature, noble thoughts and noble deeds, and his deep commitment in initiating the era of the new economy has conferred the most prestigious Bhoovikas Samman for lifetime excellence on Lt Col LRA Narayan. The AFVOA fraternity is proud of the honour bestowed on him and wishes him many more such laurels in future. 28. Right to Information (RTI) Act. The Right to Information Act (RTI) of 2005 has come into prominence with the public filing their applications at appropriate offices with the designated Public Information Officers (PIOs) of various Government Departments. NDTV news channel has given very wide publicity of this scheme and opened up a site ( www.ndtv.com/rti/default.asp ) in the Internet for use by the public. It has elaborately covered various aspects of the Act for possible FAQs from the public. Given below are the FAQs covered:- (a) What is RTI? (b) Important provisions of RTI Act 2005.