Indian Ex Servicemen Movement
| Abbreviation | IESM |
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| Formation | August 2008 |
| Founder | Lt Colonel Inderjit Singh, former Commanding Officer 14 Grenadiers |
| Type | Military veterans organization |
| Headquarters | Gurgaon, Haryana, India |
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Region
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India |
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Membership
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20455 (Veterans of the Army, Airforce, Navy, and civilians supporters of veteran causes) |
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Chairman
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Major General Satbir Singh, (Retired), Indian army |
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Vice Chairman
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Maj Gen PK Renjen, AVSM, |
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Staff
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Executive Committee |
| Website | http://www.iesm.org/ |
Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM) is a "All India Federation of Ex Servicemen's organizations" and individual veterans of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. IESM was established in August 2008, in the wake of the UPA Government decision to implement Sixth Central Pay Commission, which depressed military pays and pensions, and ranks, relative to civilian Government employees, especially in the Ministry of Defence( MOD) and Police led security services. It has been at forefront in identifying, and advocating veteran causes, principally issues affecting veteran honor and izzat, and the implementation of One Rank One pension for the armed Forces of India. Its founder member is Lt Colonel Inderjit Singh, former Commanding Officer 14 Grenadiers, who retired from the army in 1978.
The stated aims of the IESM are: to serve as an umbrella organization for all Ex Servicemen of India; provide a unified veteran voice on issues of national interest; serve as forum for raising and discussing challenges faced by veterans; play 'constructive role in nation building activities'; promote and support IESM causes, including those affecting ESM Widows, war wounded, and injured; and render assistance and advice to veterans on matters of pension, health coverage and benefits, and legal issues.
IESM has a federal structure with units at National, State and District levels. The highest decision making body is called the governing body, for which elections are held every three years. The last election were held on 16 November 2014 in Pune, Maharashtra. The Election were conducted by election unit headed by Brig HSN Sastri. Soon after the election of the Governing body, it elected an Executive Committee for the day-to-day running of the organisation. The current composition of the GB is as follows:
Indian Ex Servicemen Movement to render assistance to veterans, and its members, is organised into three units. These are the Pension Division, Ex servicemen Contributory Health scheme (ECHS), and Legal Division, which includes Veterans Anil Bakhshi, Col Ramath, and Maj Navdeep Singh
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