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AERWA News Letter 2017
AERWA NAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION
Recognized by
Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare
Regd. No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5
Regd. No. F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950
Volume 18 - Issue No.2
Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be th
Rs 5/- Single Copy-Complimentary to AERWA members
From Managing Editor 1
Aims and Objectives 1
AERWA News: One day picnic to Lonavala. 1
It is Plutonium that Powers Space Missions: Guest
Article
2
Nature Watch 3: BE AS TALL AS APALM Tree 4
Clarification Note on Minimum Basic Pension 5
AERWA Social Initiatives: 5
The Budget News: Income Tax 5
Status of court cases- February 2017 6
DST/DAE/ISRO News 7
Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day
Greetings
8-9
Welcome New Members 9
Donors’ List, Obituary , AICPI Table, etc 10
Important Tel Numbers, Announcements,
Appeals and Notices
12
From Managing Editor:
Dear Member,
Warm greetings. This issue of the AERWA
News Letter will reach you when ordinarily you
will be waiting for the annual budget of Central
Government. This year, however, the budget has
already been presented on February 1 and the
most important question in our mind, viz. Income
Tax Rates, has already been answered. You will
find a short note on the proposed changes in the
Income Tax slabs.
AERWA Office at project Square, Anushakti
Nagar, is now fully functional. It has a telephone,
internet facility and is now air conditioned.
AERWA has initiated a few activities and you will
find the announcements elsewhere in this issue.
AERWA conducted annual picnic on 12th
January 2017 to Lonavala to visit three places, viz.
Kumar’s Resort, Narayani Dham Temple complex
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NEWS LETTER of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION
No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5-9-97 Soc. Regn. Act 1860
F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950
Office: Project Square, Opposite SBI,
Anushakti Nagar, Mumbai 400 094, T. No. 25559994
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R.N.I.REGN.NO. MAH/ENG/2000/706
and Sunil’s celebrity wax museum. You will find
the brief report of this trip in this issue. Mohan Chougaonkar
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Aims and Objectives of AERWA-highlights
1) To continue the emotional integration of all
retired scientific, engineering, technical and
administrative staff members of the Department
of Atomic Energy.
2) To represent to the concerned authorities
updated social security needs of the retirees and
family pensioners.
3) To strengthen the hands of existing
recognized apex bodies of similar associations of
retirees of other governmental organizations.
4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and
expertise available among members for the
welfare of general public through social service
using the association as a platform.
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AERWA News: One day picnic to Lonavala.
AERWA organized a one day picnic on 12th
January 2017 to the picturesque hill station of
Lonavala. Almost 90 members joined the picnic.
Three places, viz. Kumar’s Resort, Narayani Dham
Temple complex and Sunil’s Celebrity Wax
Museum were visited.
AERWA News Letter 2017
While at Kumar’s Resort, the members
introduced themselves after enjoying sumptuous
breakfast. It was followed by few games and
presentation of variety programme by the
participants. Token prizes were also given to
participating members on the occasion.
Kumar’s Resort visit was followed by a visit to
Narayani Dham Temple complex for a serene
darshan of Narayani Devi after lunch.
Sunil’s Celebrity wax museum was visited
wherein the picnickers enjoyed the wax statues
of almost 100 celebrities Indian as well as
foreigners.
For full report, pl ease visit
https://aerwa.wordpress.com
Did you know?
The fear of number 13 is well known. The
number 13 in Greek is triskaideka and the fear of
the number 13 is called Triskaidekaphobia. But
the fear of Friday the 13th
? It has a name
Paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Guest Article: It is Plutonium that Powers Space
Missions
When plutonium was first produced and isolated
on December 14, 1940 by the American scientist
Glenn T. Seaborg and his team, it was the isotope
Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) that was obtained
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he members
after enjoying sumptuous
s followed by few games and
by the
Token prizes were also given to the
was followed by a visit to
Narayani Dham Temple complex for a serene
Sunil’s Celebrity wax museum was visited
wherein the picnickers enjoyed the wax statues
of almost 100 celebrities Indian as well as
The fear of number 13 is well known. The
number 13 in Greek is triskaideka and the fear of
the number 13 is called Triskaidekaphobia. But
? It has a name
It is Plutonium that Powers Space
When plutonium was first produced and isolated
on December 14, 1940 by the American scientist
it was the isotope
238) that was obtained by
deuteron bombardment of Uranium-238 in the
60-inch cyclotron at the University of California,
Berkeley. Soon after this discovery, however, it
was Pu-239 and not Pu-238 that was sought after
most because it is easily fissionable and
therefore can be used to produce nuclear
weapons. Later, however with the advent of the
space programme, Pu-238 became a very
important radioisotope as it is used to power the
radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or
Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) that produce
electricity for deep space probes. The United
States has used radioisotope power units on 30
of its space missions, starting from a navy
navigation satellite launched in 1961 to the
recent Mars Curiosity rover in 2012.
What is RTG
Radioisotopes emit nuclear radiations. If the
emitted radiation is of high energy alpha or beta
rays and the number of radiation emitted per
unit time is very high such radioactive decay is
accompanied by intense heat. In radioisotope
thermoelectric generators the radioactive decay
heats up one of the thermocouple junctions
while the other junction remains unheated and is
cooled by the space environment or a planetary
atmosphere there by generating electricity.
These are also referred to as Radioisotope Power
Systems (RPS). Since they have no moving parts
they provide a highly reliable power option. In
many cases, the heat from the radioisotope has
also been used to keep spacecraft electronics
and other components warm enough to be able
to operate effectively in the frigid environments
often encountered in space missions. RTGs have
been used in some cardiac pacemakers in the
early days before the advent of long life Li
batteries. The output from the RTGs in the space
missions is also often used to charge
rechargeable lithium ion batteries. This enables
the power supply system to meet the power
demands of certain spacecraft activities which
exceed the steady output provided by the RTGs.
Why Pu-238?
Though other radioisotopes like Sr-90, Am-241,
Po-210 have been used, Pu-238 is considered the
most ideal fuel material for RTG. Pu-238 has a
high heat density (0.56 W/g), which means that
heat sources can be made compact and that the
fuel transfers its heat effectively to power
AERWA News Letter 2017 3 Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017 conversion devices and heater units. Its half life is
88 years and therefore the generator can serve
for several years say about 20 to 30 years. As Pu-
238 is an alpha emitter shielding requirement is
not much. Pu-238 can be made in ceramic form
with very low solubility in body fluids which
renders it less hazardous in the event of an
accidental release. As of now, there is no other
viable option than this. Solar power is too weak
and one has to ensure that solar panels of the
spacecraft are kept facing the Sun all the time.
Also, as one goes farther from the Sun, the
amount of energy solar panels can receive starts
falling drastically. For instance, Jupiter receives
less than 5% as much solar energy per square
meter as the Earth. For this reason all the
previous NASA spacecrafts that have traveled
beyond Mars—including Voyager, Cassini
(around Saturn), and New Horizons (crossing
Pluto)—have used RTGs. The chemical batteries
do not have long life. There were initial attempts
to use mini nuclear fission reactors as source of
power. That idea had to be given up as the
system with thick heavy radiation shields became
too heavy for space purposes. Clearly, but for Pu-
238 powered RTGs, we could not have explored
the space as deeply and intensively as we have
done.
All the missions launched by NASA to the outer
planets have produced spectacular results. The
Voyagers 1 and 2 to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond,
Galileo’s trip to Jupiter, and Cassini missions to
explore Saturn and Curiosity’s exploration of the
surface of Mars produced images and collected
scientific data that totally revolutionized our
understanding of the solar system and the
formation of the planetary systems. Even after
forty years, the car-size probe of Voyager 1 is still
exploring and sending its data home. Voyager 1
is the most distant manmade object and is
currently discovering what the edge of the solar
system is like. Voyager 1 is expected to keep
working until 2025 when it will finally run out of
power. That is the power derived from Pu-238
which keeps the spacecraft ticking for more than
forty years.
New Designs of RTGs
The design of the RTGs will depend on the
duration of the space mission as well as the kind
of task the space craft has been assigned. The
Cassini spacecraft carried three RTGs with 33 kg
of plutonium oxide providing 870 watts of power
as it orbits around the Saturn. Over the years
USA has also vastly improved the design of these
power packs with higher fuel efficiency. In fact
the recent versions known as Multi-Mission
Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators
(MMRTG) with a pack of 8 RTG units having in all
4.8 kg of plutonium oxide can be used to
generate some 125 watts of electric power. This
was used in the large mobile Mars Science
Laboratory, the rover Curiosity which landed on
Mars in August 2012. This weighed about 900 kg
which is about five times the mass of previous
Mars rovers.
The next MMRTG powered mission NASA is
planning to launch in 2020 will be able to drill
sample cores of the Martian surface and leave
them for a future rover to collect for eventual
return to Earth. In the current designs of RTGs
only about 6% of the thermal energy produced
by the decay of Pu-238 is converted into
electricity. As a result the specific masses of the
RTG and MMRTG are 200 kg/kWe and 357
kg/kWe respectively. Thus in terms of pay load,
the power supplies can be a significant fraction
of the space module. Glenn Research Center at
NASA is engaged in developing Advanced Stirling
Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs) that may
provide 25% conversion efficiency. ASRGs will
also reduce the amount of scarce Pu-238
required for a given power level by a factor of 4.
However, unlike RTGs and MMRTGs, ASRGs
contain moving parts which may affect their
performance and service life.
How to get Pu-238?
When uranium fuel gets bombarded by neutrons
in a nuclear reactor, Neptunium- 237 is produced
as an activation byproduct. During the chemical
processing of the irradiated fuel for recovery of
Plutonium, Neptunium-237 can also be
extracted. This has a very long half life of 2
million years. When the extracted Neptunium
237 is converted to a target material and
bombarded by neutrons in a reactor, it gets
converted to Neptunium 238, which decays
quickly to produce Pu-238. Therefore to get Pu-
238 one has to have nuclear reactors and remote
hot cell facilities for chemical and metallurgical
processing.
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USA reviving Pu-238 production
At the end of the cold war USA stopped
producing plutonium in its nuclear facilities. In
1993, cash starved Russia offered USA 40 kg of
plutonium-238 at a cost of about 60 million
dollars but decided to stop the supply in 2009
claiming huge revision in pricing. This sudden
stoppage of supply of Pu-238 forced NASA to
review its strategy for future space missions.
US Department of Energy (DOE) has embarked
on a project to re-establish Pu-238 production
facility after almost 30 years and has designated
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as the
lead laboratory for the project, in partnership
with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and
Idaho National Laboratory (INL).
Make in India?
Fuelled by the recent spectacular successes in its
space exploration, if ISRO decides to embark on
long duration space missions beyond the M
and Mars, it will have no option but to secure
RTGs to meet the energy needs of its satellites in
space. Department of Atomic Energy has a well
established indigenous plutonium technology
with the state of the art remote hot cell facilities
for chemical and metallurgical processing of
highly radioactive materials. Clearly ISRO and
DAE cannot wait too long to initiate a
collaborative plan to make in India the RTGs,
which no country will be willing to give in view of
their high strategic value.
Sri. A. R. Sundararajan is retired
from AERB, as former Director,
RSD&SRI. He was also Chairman
SARCAR, AERB.
Have you read some book recently? Wou
you like to recommend it to your friends in
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impressions, high and low points in the book
If the write up is about 200 words and
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At the end of the cold war USA stopped
producing plutonium in its nuclear facilities. In
1993, cash starved Russia offered USA 40 kg of
238 at a cost of about 60 million
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Nature Watch 3: BE AS TALL AS APALM Tree
In the present day world, everyone, especially
the youth, wants quick results and it is seen as
the sign of “progress” and “growing up”. They
want greens (like palak) which, once sown, grow
in days’ time, consumed and forgotten. On the
other hand, a palm (for example, coconut palm)
takes months to develop and grow; but once it
“takes root”, the “fruits” are there for years and
stands tall inspiring us. It is the long lasting effort
and effect of palm that one should aspire for
than the quality of quickly growing and easily
forgotten palak.
Palm trees are the best example of the saying,
“How high you grow depends on how deep your
roots are”. Trees like Banyan require additional
support, like aerial roots, that become hard in
course of time, to keep them erect. But palm
trees stand tall all alone. During cyclone or even
Tsunami, the palm trees just sway with the wind,
but never get uprooted.
The palms generally grow in dry climate or in
salty environment (like sea shores). During
cultivation (of coconut) salt is also added to the
soil. However, the fruits are sweet, tasty and
watery (example, tender coconut), indicating the
fact that the fruits of all our actions must be
sweet and pleasant, irrespective of the nature of
the input or the circumstances in which one lives,
grows or acts.
Each and every part of the (coconut) Palm tree is
useful. For example, the trunks are used as
bridges to cross small stream in rural areas; coir
is produced from the fibrous portion of the
coconuts; coir has very many uses [Coir Board of
the Indian Government looks into this aspect];
the leaves plaited are used to prepare thatches
and used as roofs; dead bodies are
conventionally taken on these thatches stitched
between two bamboos, etc. In Sanskrit, coconuts
are called ‘Kalpa vriksha’, that is, a tree which
gives all that are necessary for living.
Our ancient sages have taken this tree as an
example in the Yoga and called the posture as
Tadasana (or Talasana) (the palm tree pose)
which is a simple but powerful posture that gives
one an opportunity to contemplate on the
character of palm trees. This posture has been
recommended for backache and neck ache. The
final posture involves standing on one’s toes,
AERWA News Letter 2017 5 keeping the hands up by the side of the body
touching the respective ears; open palms will
face the audience (or the onlooker); one should
feel the stretch throughout the body, especially
on the sides. Best effects in all yogic practices are
obtained by keeping the eyes closed. It is
extremely difficult in this case, while standing on
the toes. So, one can go in steps; initially one can
stand firmly on the ground, stretching the hands
up and keeping the eyes closed. Later, one can
stand on the toes, keeping the eyes partially
open to be in balance; only when totally
perfected and under control, should one keep the
eyes closed, while standing on toes. Closing the
eyes reduces the strain and improves the
awareness and relaxation. During all yogic
practices, the breathing is normal while going
into, coming out and remaining in a particular
posture.
While practising Tadasana, one can contemplate
on being tall and strong like the palms, on being
useful in diverse ways to mankind by one’s action
(using all facets of one’s personality) in an
attitude of total surrender and detachment like
the palms. Ever inspiring, aesthetic and stately
palms are standing tall around us.
Tadasana is also recommended for people who
are tensed up (hypertension). Many a times they
lose their balance. Physical balance and brain
activity are related. The balancing point or
position in a man is inside the head, where the
three openings from ear, nose and mouth meet.
Normal human beings balance with their eyes
open; while a drunkard loses his balance even
with his eyes open. Standing on toes or standing
erect outstretching the palms upwards (with
eyes closed) improves the balancing ability and
indirectly reduces the mental tension or activity
(or calms down the mind).
B. Venkataramani
AERWA would like to hear from you how you like
the contents in each issue. Please feel free to
write to [email protected]
Clarification Note on - Minimum Basic Pension
(BP) and Family Pension (FP) wef 1/1/2006 and
wef 1/1/2016 for all pre-2006 Retirees
A table was published in the previous issue of
News Letter Vol 18-No 1, Jan-Feb 2017
presenting minimum BP and FP wef 1/1/2016
(after CPC-7) for all pre-2006 Retirees. AERWA
Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017
wish to clarify that BP/FP and net pension
deposited in the bank are not same. There are
several components in the net pension deposited
in the bank.
Net pension = BP/FP - Commuted amount - TDS
+ Arrears if any + Age related bonus + DA
Simplest way to find your BP/FP (if you are not
aware) is through each DA installment which at
present is 2% of BP/FP wef 1/7/2016. For
example if DA=540 then BP = 540/0.02 =27000.
This DA of Rs 540 is for SO (C) grade and actual
minimum BP for SO (C) is =26985.
AERWA members are advised to first determine
their BP/ or FP, compare with the value given in
table mentioned above. If the two values are
different then please email/ or write to AERWA
office with all relevant details. Please see cover
page for the address. AERWA shall provide all
possible help.
S P Garg
AERWA can represent to the authorities genuine
Pension related issues / CHSS related issues if
submitted in writing.
AERWA Social Initiatives:
1. Are you interested in submitting the
computerized copy of Medical
Reimbursement Claim? It will help in tracking
your claim in future.
2. Are you interested in downloading the digital
platforms like SBI-Buddy, Pay TM, BHIM etc.
in your mobile phone?
3. Are you interested in learning Marathi?
Marathi classes for AERWA members have
started from 17th
Feb., 2017. These are held
on every Friday from 5 P.M. to 6 P.M.
If interested, please contact Mr K.T.P.
Balakrishnan (Secretary, AERWA at
9969986980) or AERWA Office 25559994 on
M-W-F between 11.00-12.30 hrs).
The Budget News: Income Tax
The finance minister has proposed to slash the
tax rate for individuals in the lowest income tax
slab – Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh –to 5% instead of
10%. The existing rebate under Section 87A
(currently given to people with income up to Rs 5
lakh) is proposed to be reduced to Rs 2500 from
the existing Rs 5000 for individuals earning
between Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh.
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As a result of the combined effect of the new
Section 87A rebate and the reduction in the
lowest slab tax rate to 5% the tax burden for
those with income upto Rs 3 lakh would be zero
and tax burden for those in the Rs 3 lakh to Rs
3.5 lakh bracket would be Rs 2500.
Those earning Rs 4.5 lakh can therefore reduce
their tax liability to zero by fully utilising the tax
break under Section 80C (Rs 1.5 lakh) combined
with these new proposals.
Those falling in the higher income tax slabs will
also be eligible for this lower tax rate of 5% on
income between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh.
Therefore, those in the higher tax slabs will pay
lower tax by Rs 12500 per person. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
For senior citizens (who were exempted for
income tax upto Rs 3 lakh), this rebate may be
only Rs 10,000. In addition they will save cess of
Rs 375 and Rs 300 respectively. Unfortunately,
there is no benefit for senior citizens (>80 years)
who were exempted for income tax upto Rs 5
lakh. AERWA proposes to represent on behalf of
such senior citizens (>80years).
Income Tax Slab 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)
Senior Citizens (60-80 yrs):
Income Tax Slab Income Tax Rate
Income up to Rs.
3,00,000 Nil
Income between Rs.
3,00,001 – Rs. 500,000
5% of Income exceeding
Rs. 3,00,000
Income between Rs.
500,001 – Rs.
10,00,000
10000+20% of Income
exceeding Rs. 5,00,000
Income above Rs.
10,00,000
110000+30% of Income
exceeding Rs. 10,00,000
Super Senior Citizens (above 80 yrs)
Income Tax Slab Income Tax Rate
Income up to Rs.
5,00,000 Nil
Income between Rs.
500,001 – Rs.
10,00,000
20% of Income exceeding
Rs. 5,00,000
Income above Rs.
10,00,000
100000+30% of Income
exceeding Rs. 10,00,000
https://finapp.co.in/tax-slab-rate/
Status of court cases- February 2017
1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs of service for pre-
2006 retirees: Subsequent to DP&PW OM
dated April6, 2016 delinking pro-rata
reduction of pension for pre-2006 retirees
having< 33 years of service, most of the cases
in BARC as well as in DAE Units are processed.
Some cases are still reaching AERWA and
these are sent to BARC Pension cell which are
processed on urgent basis.
2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary
benefits: AEPWF has filed an OA/2045/2016
reckoning 2 increments as “Pay” for
pensionary benefits at CAT, Delhi with nearly
1000 applicants (mostly from NPCIL and few
hundred from other DAE units including
BARC). The first date of hearings was
November 10, 2016, adjourned to 11 January
2017and now postponed to March 10, 2017.
In a DAE OM dated September 6, 2016, it has
asked various Units to provide the financial
implications in terms of DA, HRA, pensionary
benefits etc. considering 2 increments as
“Pay”. Further DAE action is awaited.
3. Pension on special pay for H+ retirees: The
court has directed to tag SLP 3017/2016 with
DRDO SLP No. 24745/2015. Now this SLP(CC)
3017 is converted to SLP/27273.The next date
of hearing is March 21, 2017. Contempt case
797/2015 in this case came for hearing at
CAT, Delhi on 12.1.2017 and was adjourned
to 17.4.2017.
The SLP/3452 case came for hearing in
regular bench on December 14, 2016 and was
adjourned to January 11, 2017. On this day of
hearing, the Hon court condoned the delay
with penalty of Rs. 10,000 to UOI. Hon court
also asked to issue notice to the respondents
(AERWA). Matter was reviewed by the Core
Group following the case on behalf of 73
members (53 pre-2006 retirees and 20 post
2006 retirees). It was decided to engage a
Senior Counsel during next hearing at
Supreme Court (date not confirmed yet).
Towards this, another round of contribution
will be requested from all applicants for
which action has been initiated by Shri RC
Pant.
Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on
special pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC
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retirees was allowed by CAT Mumbai on
Nov.6, 2015. DAE filed a MA requesting
abeyance of this order till two SLPs are
decided by HSC. This came for hearing on
29th June 2016. Court refused to entertain
DAE MA and the same was dismissed and
withdrawn. There is no progress since then in
this case.
4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA
3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for
full parity with post 2006 retirees and in any
case their pension not less than post 2006 S-
24, S-27 retirees, came for hearing 5th April,
2016. It was adjourned to 7th
September,
2016,further adjourned to 15.2.2017 and now
to April 7, 2017.
5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT
Mumbai was adjourned to June 30, 2016. It
was then postponed to September 21, 2016,
then to December 15, 2016, 30th
January
2017 and now to February 28, 2017.
Compiled by B M Misra
Joining CGSAG (S-29) group for OA/3529/2015
The 900 members’ pre-2006 group has filed an
OA/3529/2015 at CAT, Delhi praying that pre-
2006 S-29 pensioners cannot get pension less
than junior post-2006 pensioners which is
prevailing at present. These cases are likely to go
up to Supreme Court. About 60 DAE pre-2006 S-
29 pensioners are already members of this
group. Normally the courts give orders for the
members only. It is up to Govt. to apply it for all
or not.
In view of large amount of fund required,
President of the CGSAG (S-29) group has
appealed for joining of more members to make
it a group of at least 1200- 1500 members. Pre-
2006 DAE H/H+ grade pensioners desiring to join
this group may mail to President S-29 group Shri
R S Atroley at [email protected] indicating
their willingness to join the S-29 group followed
by submitting the necessary form and payment.
Please note that AERWA will not be directly
involved in this matter. Shri N K Bansal, an active
AERWA member, has volunteered for any
clarification and suggestions and may be
contacted on [email protected]. This
group also intends to take up the case for
implementation of option 1 of 7th
CPC if and
when the adverse decision is communicated by
the Government.
DAE/DST/ISRO News:
ISRO hits a century, makes India Proud yet
again. On February 15, at 9.28AM, ISRO scripted
a new chapter in the history of space exploration
with the successful launch of a record 104
satellites using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
(PSLV) in a single mission. The launch was
successfully accomplished from the first launch
pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in
Sriharikota. It was PSLV's 39th flight.
Seventeen minutes later, the rocket started
placing the satellites into orbit, one by one with a
time-frame of about 11 minutes.
Out of the total 104 satellites placed in orbit, 101
satellites belonged to six foreign countries
including 96 from the US and one each from
Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and
Kazakhstan.
PSLV first injected its main payload Cartosat- 2
series, India's indigenously built earth
observation satellite. It was followed by two
other nanosatellites of ISRO - INS-1A and INS-
1B. Within less than 10 minutes thereafter, the
rocket spewed out 101 passengers, which are all
foreign nanosatellites, as it travelled up in
altitude reaching the polar sun synchronous
orbit.
Cartosat -2, which is equipped with
panchromatic and multispectral cameras, will
provide remote sensing services similar to that of
its predecessors.
Images from the satellite will be used for
cartographic applications, urban and rural
applications, coastal land use and regulation,
utility management like road network
monitoring, water distribution, creation of land
use maps, change detection to bring out
geographical and manmade features and various
other land information system (LIS) and
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geographical information system (GSI)
applications.
INS-1A and INS-1B are versatile and modular
nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future
science and experimental payload.
Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites
belonged to San Francisco-based earth imaging
Start up Planet. With the launch, the company
has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will
soon begin capturing images of the earth's entire
landmass, including India, every day.
Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global,
US, will provide services for vessel tracking and
weather measurement.
The nano satellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and the UAE are mostly
technology demonstrators.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Did you know? Names of different Phobias:
1. Ageing gerascophobia
2. Drinking Alchohol dipsophobia
3. Atomic Energy nucleomitophobia
4. Atomic Explosion atomosophobia
5. Cancer carcinomophobia
6. Working with Chemicals chemophobia
Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)
AERWA welcomes those attaining ≥75 yrs of age
as members of our prestigious Platinum Club.
They will also receive AERWA Platinum Club
Certificate shortly.
(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)
DoB Name Phone No
07-Mar-42 Dwivedi S R 25510106
12-Mar-42 Pawar S E 32984575
15-Mar-42 Subramanian G 27820102
18-Mar-42 Francis M A 26252776
26-Mar-42 Ravetkar R M
04-Apr-42 Tungare R D 25428048
09-Apr-42 Srimoolanathan R
13-Apr-42 Kapur P. L. 2.228E+09
15-Apr-42 Nair Santha P 25565252
17-Apr-42 Sampath Kumar G S
20-Apr-42 Gaiki G M 9.82E+09
25-Apr-42 Kini K S 27652812
24-Aug-37 M.S.S.Murthy* 26724488
∗ New Member
Hearty congratulations for your completing 80
years of age. Congratulations for getting
additional Basic Pension and DR (both for
pensioner and family pensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr;
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geographical information system (GSI)
1B are versatile and modular
nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future
Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites
based earth imaging
up Planet. With the launch, the company
has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will
of the earth's entire
landmass, including India, every day.
Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global,
US, will provide services for vessel tracking and
The nano satellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the
d and the UAE are mostly
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Names of different Phobias:
gerascophobia
nucleomitophobia
atomosophobia
carcinomophobia
of age
of our prestigious Platinum Club.
AERWA Platinum Club
for getting Full Pension)
Phone No
25510106
2984575
27820102
26252776
25428048
2.228E+09
25565252
9.82E+09
27652812
26724488
New Member
completing 80
for getting
(both for
80 yr;
30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and
100% ≥100 yr. DoB Name Phone No
15-Mar-37 Kunhiraman K 27706955
15-Mar-37 Chandrasekharan K 27547799
16-Mar-37 Kane Chintaman D 25430677
18-Mar-37 Ramakrishnan V A 27703575
30-Mar-37 Pillai K P P
01-Apr-37 Pitale Nivrutti M 25418094
01-Apr-37 Kandekar V D
01-Apr-37 Sipahimalani A T 27661327
12-Apr-37 Shitut N R 25406015
22-Apr-37 Krishnamoni S 24144008
28-Apr-37 Awatramani A S 26792495
Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum
Club members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्.
DoB Name Phone No
05-Mar-30 Choughuley Ahmed S
21-Mar-30 Srinivasan K A 26140674
23-Mar-30 Ganganaik M Shripad 28670022
01-Apr-30 Narahari P 9818327876
02-Apr-30 Tambe P S 28880295
09-Apr-30 Ravindran P V 25968531
18-Apr-30 Kolambekar P R 25400470
19-Apr-31 Mahadevan V S
22-Apr-31 Warty V K 28374376
14-Mar-32 Mule V Yashwant
24-Mar-32 Sundaram S M 26340858
02-Apr-32 Patgaonkar V R 26117315
17-Apr-32 Sabharwal Ved Vyas 25559519
19-Apr-32 Pillai K C 25567696
04-Mar-33 Nair S G 27617959
08-Mar-33 Ghadge T D 25200629
09-Mar-33 Bhalerao R G 28957680
10-Mar-33 Dhumwad R K 26424890
10-Mar-33 R.R. Wamorkar 25203282
11-Mar-33 Pillai K P R 9388820904
27-Mar-33 Kaul Shiv N 25576506
12-Apr-33 Rijhsinghani K R 24015756
15-Apr-33 Mistry I G 27894522
08-Mar-34 Phalke K D 21630720
15-Mar-34 Junnarkar P N 24053985
17-Mar-34 Badheka A C 26742032
26-Mar-34 Rangachari S S 27897236
23-Apr-34 Vaghela M G 25519313
26-Apr-34 Burkule A S 25320925
15-Mar-35 Theyyunni T K 25242740
16-Mar-35 Srinivasan V 27894555
27-Mar-35 Vaze P K 27526418
03-Apr-35 Venkatsubramanian V 25565459
04-Apr-35 Panicker N K 27740089
09-Apr-35 Hiremath S P 27701533
09-Apr-35 Kavishwar B D
20-Apr-35 Sharma Narendra 27652529
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24-Apr-35 Laghate N G 27700034
04-Mar-36 Sirsi R T 25559021
05-Mar-36 Pai M S 27650504
06-Mar-36 Bhatia G M 28577528
10-Mar-36 Vaidya B S 25126436
21-Mar-36 Sahasrabudhe P V 40132758
01-Apr-36 Agarkar G A 27716914
04-Apr-36 Ghumre J P 28883069
05-Apr-36 Modi P S 27701117
10-Apr-36 Dabhadkar Suresh B 9323699216
20-Apr-36 Jakkal V S 27821249
22-Apr-36 Varma R K
01-Mar-38 Asolkar S V 25574162
15-Mar-38 Neelakantan S 27745738
18-Mar-38 Gomathy Ramaswamy 26200543
18-Mar-38 V T Srinivasan 25976501
19-Mar-38 Pillai Indira B
19-Mar-38 Rao S M
22-Mar-38 Santha Singh V K 27815428
23-Mar-38 Kamala Rudran
23-Mar-38 Panicker Devaraj O V 25298694
27-Mar-38 Parameswaran C 27705733
30-Mar-38 Sadarangani S H 25576420
04-Apr-38 Varkey V C 28944219
05-Apr-38 Shukla S G 26140891
05-Apr-38 Vaidyanathan S 25069207
08-Apr-38 Janardhanan K K 25558032
08-Apr-38 Madan Lal 27820952
14-Apr-38 Pawa Manohar Lal 27750070
15-Apr-38 Rastogi R C 25580927
22-Apr-38 Iyer V N
22-Apr-38 C M Kothari 01-Mar-39 Kotak D N 27491084
01-Mar-39 Bhattacharjee Dilip 25550559
13-Mar-39 Pruthi D D 27716620
15-Mar-39 Raut A R 23618380
18-Mar-39 Sharma G N 27563902
23-Mar-39 Pankajakshan K
29-Mar-39 Gangadharan P P 27704996
01-Apr-39 V.N.Chaudhary 27722959
04-Apr-39 Sane K G 9930301391
08-Apr-39 Kulkarni B G 27802951
11-Apr-39 Varier K V S 27664233
12-Apr-39 Navaratna M R 25515378
12-Apr-39 Jayandranath M 28651150
16-Apr-39 Desai Sudha S (Smt) 9920760425
17-Apr-39 Walvekar A P 27711338
21-Apr-39 Rao P S 27654006
01-Mar-40 Pandey Anirudhh 25550439
05-Mar-40 Meghal Atul M 26244070
07-Mar-40 Sankaranarayanan T K 27898989
16-Mar-40 Prasad M A 27722869
21-Mar-40 Mary Kutty Thomas 27759087
23-Mar-40 Warrier A S 23890235
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24-Mar-40 Joshi A. A. 9860631976
01-Apr-40 Jhamb N K
02-Apr-40 Patil Vijay S 25232089
02-Apr-40 Sachdeo S Singh
07-Apr-40 Dere A V 27897880
10-Apr-40 Koppikar Satish V 27571037
24-Apr-40 Vasavan Nanu 28624070
07-Mar-41 Munim K R 26608756
08-Mar-41 Sharma V K
10-Mar-41 RamSaran Dass 25702963
21-Mar-41 Balakrishnan S A 27714604
30-Mar-41 Subramanya M J 23648890
31-Mar-41 Pal B C 27665641
14-Apr-41 Asundi A K 27881643
10-Apr-28 Chadha M S 26202596
03-Mar-29 Kelkar V Y 2370232
We erred: Dr. N G S Gopal, who completed his
88th year of age on Jan 29, was missing in the
Greeting's list due to editorial error. We
sincerely apologize for the error and wish Dr
Gopal a long and happy life.
Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members Mem
No Name Ph. No. City
P2788 V Manjula Devi 27748964 Kharghar
P2789 Wankhede S N 7718811213 Nerul
P2790 Dingankar M V 9967597891 Kalyan(W)
P2791 Pranab Kumar 25557610 Deonar
P2792 PK Chacko 27749804 Kharghar
P2793 Nanoo Bhargavan 98196557728 Powai
P2794 P Ramchandran 9029051049 Kharghar
P2795 Abdul Hanan 9969446407 Raigad
P2796 Kamala Kant Das 9969602270 Kamothe
P2797 Dina Nath Sah 27563173 Belapur
P2798 Shreenivasan A O 27573626 Belapur
P2799 Tangri V K 9892505048 Vashi
P2800 M.S.S.Murthy 26724488 Bengaluru
P2801 T. K. Ghosh 8879152461 Panvel
P2802 Gogate D N 26820969 Vileparle(E)
AWRWA thanks the following member for his
Donation to PMNRF
K. C. Kunju 2000
AWRWA thanks the following members for their
Donations to AERWA
Tapas Kumar Basu 1000
M. G. Phadnis 1000
K. C. Kunju 1000
M.M. Godbole 5000
M.P. Chougaonkar 2000
P S Rao 2500
V K Rajgor 2000
Many members have contributed towards
furnishing the AERWA office in last few
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months. Dr V. K. Panday, CEO, International
Environmental Consultants New Delhi has
contributed Rs 29,000/- towards this end. Dr.
Panday is a 6th
batch Training School graduate
and was with BARC till
1990 working in the areas
of advanced analytical
chemistry & Health
Physics. AERWA sincerely
thanks Dr Panday for his
kind gesture.
Announcements about AERWA’s Activities viz.
various functions, annual trips etc are
regularly posted on its website
https://aerwa.wordpress.com . Members are
requested to visit the website regularly to
keep informed about AERWA’s activities.
Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad
demise of our following members and share the
grief of their families. May God keep the soul
each of them in peace.
Shri R K Varma, Ex BARC (P
482) passed away on Dec 31,
2016. He was 80 and is
survived by wife, two sons and
grand children.
Shri V.K Kulkarni (P 316),
ex-Head CED BARC
Passed away on January 8,
2017. He was 80 yrs and is
survived by wife, two sons,
and grand children.
Dr. V Ramshesh, (P567), Ex
BARC left for heavenly abode
on January 10, 2017. He was
74. He leaves behind his
wife, daughter and a son.
An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of
one’s life and everyone meets death sooner
or later. Still, the near and dear ones of the
deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and
condolences from the friends and well
wishers. It is for this purpose that AREWA
News Letter seeks your help in informing us if
you know that our AERWA member friend
has passed away. Please inform the news
demise of your friend, if any, along with his
photograph to [email protected]
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CEO, International
has
Dr.
batch Training School graduate
vities viz.
various functions, annual trips etc are
regularly posted on its website
Members are
requested to visit the website regularly to
AERWA deeply mourns the sad
and share the
soul of
Shri R K Varma, Ex BARC (P-
482) passed away on Dec 31,
2016. He was 80 and is
wo sons and
Passed away on January 8,
2017. He was 80 yrs and is
survived by wife, two sons,
Dr. V Ramshesh, (P567), Ex-
BARC left for heavenly abode
He was
leaves behind his
Death is an inevitable landmark of
one’s life and everyone meets death sooner
or later. Still, the near and dear ones of the
deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and
from the friends and well
wishers. It is for this purpose that AREWA
News Letter seeks your help in informing us if
our AERWA member friend
of
demise of your friend, if any, along with his
India Consumer Price Index for Industrial
Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 261.4
as on 1/1/2016)
Month CPI
base
1982
=100
12 mth
total
12 mth
average
%incr.
Above
261.4
for
DA/DR
Jan-16 269 3152 262.67 0
Feb-16 267 3166 263.83 0
Mar-16 268 3180 265 1
Apr-16 271 3195 266.25 1
May-16 275 3212 267.67 2
Jun-16 275 3226 268.83 2
Jul-16 280 3243 270.25 3
Aug-16 278 3257 271.42 3
Sep-16 277 3268 272.33 4
Oct-16 278 3277 273.08 4
Nov-16 277 3284 273.67 4
Dec-16 275 3290 274.17 4
In last issue of NL, expected DR was estimated
assuming constant WPI index of 278 for Nov and Dec
16. Fortunately, inflation has come down and indices
reduced to 277 for Nov 16 and 275 for Dec 16. The DR from January 17 is therefore 4% or DR rise is 2%."
* Created by Shri G B Kale
AERWA is happy happy to announce the
opening of AERWA Library at our office in
Anushaktinagar. Many members have
generously donated books of great interest.
To name a few, we have books on philosophy
by great authors like Aldous Huxley, History
titles like Discovery of India by Nehru, Science,
self improving titles by famous authors like
Stephen Covey and thriller titles by famous
Jeffrey Archer for your reading pleasure. The
books are available for issue and return on all
the office working days. Please do come and
rediscover joys of reading. P Gururaj Rao
Did you know?
7. Poison toxiphobia
8. Poverty peniaphobia
9. Speed tachophobia
10. Water hydrophobia
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respectively. If you are already a ‘Life
Member’, please convert yourself to ‘Patron’
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Ambulance (Only for CHSS
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24 hrs Ambulance Services for
Heart Attack
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(Fort)
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