MAKING YOUR LIVING WILL

 LIVING WILL -  PASSIVE EUTHANASIA

    (Post is under Construction  - We seek additional inputs from our readers for inclusion here ,  plz mail to ::   nkd616@gmail.com)

This Web Post outlines the details of LIVING WILL,  how to write and  execute it laying down step by step procedure with precise details as obtained from the experts in connection with Passive Euthanasia. 

PASSIVE  EUTHANASIA  means that a terminally-ill patient where there are no chances of recovery in the opinion of the doctors attending on him/her be allowed to die peacefully rather than subjecting the patient to the miseries of  life support systems which may extend life by few days.

OROP-2 - YOUR ARREARS (UPTO MAR 2023)

 THE CALCULATION TOOL POSTED IN THIS POST SHOWS YOUR REVISED TOTAL PENSION FOR APR-23 AND TOTAL ARREARS UPTO MAR-2023 (DA@38%) WITHOUT INDULGING INTO ANY MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS

PAYMENTS OF ARREARS -

Its final now as directed by the Supreme Court of India. The arrears will be paid as under :-

a. By 30 Apr 23 - Family Pensioners and Gallantry Award Winners. (Already over but many still to get them)

b. By 30 Jun 2023 - Pensioners above 70 years of age.   

c. Remaining pensioners will be paid arrears in three instalments by 31st Aug 23, 30 Nov 23, all arrears will be cleared by 28 Feb 2024.

               (NOTE-The next equalisation due in 2024 will not be disturbed.)
      Mod Letter dt 20 Jan 23 (DOWNLOAD)  followed by the PCDA Circular No - 666 

SPARSH - COMPREHENSIVE DETAILS

SPARSH- LATEST UPDATES FOR ALL DEFENCE PENSIONERS BEING MIGRATED FROM BANKS. (UPDATED - 16-Oct-2023)

(Post Updated using various channels. The ESMs may join us for free for updates by opening  https://bit.ly/3Iqnv0l )

  A  large numbers of Veterans are being migrated to SPARSH. THERE IS NOTHING TO PANIC – PLEASE RELAX your pension will continue under any circumstances.  Before one is migrated it is essential to update AADHAR CARD / PANCARD  and Email address with your bank. Ensure THAT one uses PINCODE as given on Aadhar  in SPARSH as well. ..............    (CLICK BELOW)

E-RUPEE -CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCY

 RBI LAUNCHED CBDC ON 01 DEC AS A PILOT IN FOUR INDIAN CITIES.

WHAT IS CBDC     - To those not well versed with digital currency technology, cryptocurrency and CBDC might seem tobe one and the same thing . But they aren’t. 

1.  The RBI had  mentioned earlier that  “CBDC is the legal tender issued by a central bank in a digital form. It is the same as a fiat currency and is exchangeable one-to-one with the fiat currency. Only its form is different.” In effect, the retail e-rupee will be an electronic version of cash, and will be primarily meant for retail transactions. It will be potentially available for use by all — the private sector, non-financial consumers and businesses — and will be able to provide access to safe money for payment and settlement, as it will be the direct liability 

LT COLs - REFIXATION PENSION AS PER AFT JUDGMENT

 Implementation of Hon'ble AFT (PB) New Delhi Order dated 05 Aug 2022 in OA No 868/2020 and OA No 286/2021.

       A list of 1375 officers who were promoted between 01/01/2006 and  11/10/2008 and whose pay was fixed on 01/01/2006 and is required to

ACTIONS - ON DEMISE OF A PENSIONER OR FAMILY PENSIONER

 ACTIONS BY NOK ON DEMISE OF A PENSIONER OR FAMILY PENSIONER

1. This post is in an abridged form of the main POST on the SUBJECT and has been created here to provide quick guidelines on the actions to be taken. The demise of a family member specially the Pensioner is an utmost traumatic moment for the  NOK. However, the orderly transition of life in the absence of the Veteran has to be ensured.
2. The family friends will come forward to take on the immediate actions on themselves to help the traumatized family. But subsequent actions have to be taken on by the NOK and legal heirs, we are giving these here in brief however for elaborate details one must follow our detailed post at  ... (Contd)

PROTECTION FROM CYBER FRAUDS

PROTECT YOUR SELF AGAINST CYBER  FINANCIAL FRAUDS

1.  No doubt that digitisation has made our lives easy to live. We now have access to on line bank transactions, Payment of bills, send money (No more money orders), instant messaging (no more telegrams), on line purchases and home delivery of materials etc etc from the comfort of our homes. We need nor stand in queues to buy tickets or to pay taxes, thats what the digitisation has given to the humanity. However it has also armed the financial fraudsters.

SPARSH - LIFE CERTIFICATE - METHODS

SUBMISSION OF LIFE CERTIFICATE - METHODS 

1.    All pensioners have to submit life certificate once in a year in the month of OCT & NOV by pensioners 80 yrs and above and during NOV by others. For this purpose we need to visit our pension paying banks and submit the life certificate and appear before the bank official. it cannot be done on proxy.

2.     However we can now submit the life certificate on line from the comfort of our homes. there are three methods to do that as explained below.-

LETTERS - AVOID WRITING THESE

 LETTERS THAT SHOULDN’T BE WRITTEN

 No USEFUL PURPOSE is ever served by writing needlessly of misfortune or unhappiness to anyone.

 The chronic calamity-writers seem to wait until the skies are darkest and then, rushing to their desks, luxuriate in pouring out all their troubles to their friends.

 Every day the mails carry letters of another kind whose fallout would be spectacular if they fell into the wrong hands. Foolish men often write things that sound quite different from their original intent.

DOMESTIC SPECIAL TO CORPS

 CORPS DOMESTIC MATTERS

THIS IS A SPECIAL POST FOR THE CORPS OF SIGNALS PERSONNEL AND CONTAINS INFORMATION ON CORPS  MATTERS. IT IS UPDATED REGULARLY AS AND WHEN INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE.

ITR - E- FILING ASSMT YR - 2022-23

 ITR FILING:  ALL ONE NEEDS TO KNOW ON INCOME TAX RETURN 

As the last date for filing tax returns approaches, many taxpayers are hoping that the deadline will be extended. Our advice is not to wait till the last few days to file your return. Whether there is an extension or not, it is always better to get these things out of the way as soon as possible. If you have got all the necessary 
documents, why do you want to wait till the last day? Besides, filing your return has become very easy in recent years. If everything is handy, the whole process does process does not take more than 30 minutes. As you get ready to file, go through our checklist of nine things to keep in mind. These steps will help you prepare a flawless ITR and ensure smooth filing.

"SPARASH" (UPDATED 18 Mar 23)

SPARSH- IMPORTANT INFORMATION  FOR ALL PENSIONERS.

(This Post is being Continuously Updated by us based on latest  Inputs from Veterans. You too can share your experience with the Bigger Family of Veterans at the end of this Post which will also be seen by the veterans. Plz Save the link to this post.)

Please note that all our Pension processing is meant to be transferred from the Banks to SPARSH portal of PCDA (P) Allahabad. However to begin with all Post Jan 2016 pensioners have been migrated to SPARSH.

LATEST ON SPARSH PLEASE GO TO OUR FRESH POST https://signalsfamily.blogspot.com/2022/12/cbdc.html

When your account is migrated from the Bank's CPPC to PCDA(P)’s SPARSH you will get an SMS giving your username and password for SPARSH Login at portal https://sparsh.defencepension.gov.in/  .