Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 1: President, Ex-Central Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association (CPFWA), Shashi Sharma urged Government of India to redress the demands Ex Central Paramilitary Forces, consisting of BSF, CRPF, ITBP, SSB, CISF and Assam Raffle, at the earliest.
Addressing a press conference here, Shashi Sharma expressed resentment against the Government for not redressing the long pending demands of all paramilitary forces.
He demanded from the Government to frame separate Armed Forces Service & Pension Rules instead of CCS rules and exempt from New Pension Scheme (NPS) being Armed Forces, One Rank One Pension (OROP) similar to Defence Forces, implement Act 1972 regarding civil pension rules in which only 7 per cent reserved for paramilitary forces and 93 per cent for the civilian combined together whereas the rule for paramilitary forces should be separated from the civilian one.
He also demanded grant of Ex-Serviceman status to the paramilitary forces on the pattern of the Indian Army.
“Government of India is dividing the soldiers by discriminating and refusing the fundamental rights provided under the constitutional provision by not granting us the OROP, MSP as well as grade pay”, he said.
Darshan Kumar General Secretary, Noor Mohammad, Ashok Kumar, Harbans Lal and Janak Raj were also present in the press conference.
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