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Defence Notes: Defence Pay Committee makes presentation before PM |
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A committee looking into the defence personnel's demand for pay review on June 25 made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official release said.
"The Committee of Secretaries headed by the Cabinet Secretary (K.M. Chandrasekhar) on matters related to 'One Rank-One Pension' made a presentation to the Prime Minister. Those present were Finance Minister (Pranab Mukherjee), Defense Minister (A.K. Antony), Home Minister (P. Chidambaram) and Minister of State (Personnel) Prithviraj Chavan," the statement said.
The Government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned their medals to protest against the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and the rejection of their 'one rank one pension' demand.
R. Srinivasan to head HAL's chopper complex
R. Srinivasan has been appointed Managing Director of the helicopter complex of the State-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Bangalore, the company announced on June 23.
Prior to this, he was the General Manager of HAL's Helicopter MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul) Division. The new position has been created to bring all helicopter design, development and manufacturing activities under one umbrella, the HAL statement said.
Srinivasan will head five critical HAL divisions, including the Helicopter Division, the Helicopter MRO Division, Rotary Wing Research & Design Centre (RWRDC), the Composite Manufacturing Division (CMD) and the Barrackpore Division.
HAL's new helicopter programmes like the light combat helicopter (LCH), the light observation helicopter (LOH) and the medium lift helicopter are some key projects that will come under Srinivasan's ambit.
"The ALH (advanced light helicopter) is the key and I will be focusing on further increasing the serviceability of this machine so that all the customers get what they want without any delay," Srinivasan said. "On the civil front too, we will have to make more inroads and that will also top my agenda," he added.
Hailing from Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu's Thanjavur district, Srinivasan joined HAL as a management trainee in 1972 after his B.Tech from IIT, Madras.
He later did his Masters in Industrial Metallurgy and Management from the University of Birmingham.
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