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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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The NFPC organised the Andharban Monsoon Trek through M/s Adventure Pulse on 10 July 2024. Some 25 participants from NFPC participated in the trek. Click on the link for more details.
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The Directorate of Naval Veterans (erstwhile DESA) has promulgated its newsletter dated June 2024, which may be viewed by clicking on the link above.
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Nomenclature of DESA changed to DNVNomenclature of ‘Directorate of Ex-Servicemen Affairs’ (DESA) has been changed to ‘Directorate of Naval Veterans’ (DNV) wef 27 Jun 24. The postal address of DNV is
Directorate of Naval Veterans, Naval Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, Room No. W015, Ground Floor, West Wing, Nausena Bhawan, Delhi Cantt, New Delhi 110010.
Tel: 011-28702702, 28702701, 7428464443(WA only) -
The NFPC AGM 2024 was held at 1900 hrs on Sunday, 19th May 2024 in the lawns of COM Pune, followed by dinner. The Minutes of the Meeting may be viewed by clicking on the above link (registered subscribers only).
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Single Navy Wide Toll Free Helpline IVRS NoA Navy-wide toll-free helpline number 1800-11-0412 has been launched by the CNS on 18 Apr 24 towards providing a single point access for veterans and serving personnel for resolving their grievances/ queries. The IVRS provides direct access to various agencies, bilingual support, reach back through call logs, ticket management system for follow-up of grievances/queries and a dedicated in-built monitoring mechanism.