The beautiful city of Pune is one of the most popular cities in India, which many veterans of the Indian Armed Forces, including those of the Navy Foundation Pune Chapter, choose to make their home after retirement.
Pune is blessed with pleasant weather for the major part of the year, plentiful greenery, and all the amenities that a modern city can offer. It has been consistently ranked as one of the most livable cities in India. It has expanded in size and population considerably over the last century and is presently the second biggest city in Maharashtra and the eighth biggest in India. The estimated population of Pune was about 7 and a half million in 2020.
Pune is also the Headquarters of the Southern Command of the Indian Army. It has a sprawling Cantonment, providing all the facilities that veterans would like to avail. These include three military hospitals, CSD Canteen and Shopping Complex, ECHS Polyclinics, Rajendra Sinhji Institute and Southern Star Training Area and Sports Complex. The city is also home to a number of other major military institutions. The prestigious National Defence Academy located at Khadakwasla is where many veterans would have spent their formative years in service. Others include the Armed Forces Medical College, College of Military Engineering and the Air Force Station at Lohegaon.
This website is meant to provide a repository of information about some of these facilities; as also events conducted by the NFPC, various policy documents, forms, best practices and policies on aspects such as pension entitlements, ECHS and hospital facilities as well as many other things that may be of use to veterans.
Latest Updates
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More than 80 NFPC Members celebrated Navy Day 2025 by hoisting the National flag on the mast at Malhargarh Fort. Click on the link for more details and for viewing photos of the event.
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Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, Chief of the Naval Staff laid the foundation stone of the Indian Navy Maritime Museum at Pune on 30th November 2025. Click on the link for more details.
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NFPC was honoured to have the CNS deliver the 6th Admiral JG Nadkarni Memorial Lecture at Charak Auditorium, Command Hospital, Pune on 30 Nov 2025. Click on the link above for a report on the event as well as for viewing the photo gallery.
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“NALSA (National Legal Services Authority) Veer Parivar Sahayata Yojna 2025” was launched on 26 Jul 25, so as to provide legal assistance to Defence personnel, veterans, families and NoK. Under this scheme, legal Services clinics have been established within Rajya and Zila Sainik Boards throughout the country to provide legal advice, assistance, awareness and grievance redressal. Click on the link for more information.