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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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.
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The Minutes of the 31st Annual General Body Meeting as well as the Governing Council Meeting of the Navy Foundation held in Visakhapatnam on 12 March 2024 have been promulgated and may be viewed at the link above.
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ECHS has recently come out with a newsletter, a copy of which may be downloaded using this link.
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Naval Headquarters have launched Indian Naval Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System (INGRAMS) on 16 Feb 2024. The linked Policy Letter stipulates the broad guidelines for implementation of INGRAMS, which is presently limited to Veterans, Widows and NOK only.
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The latest (2024) edition of Quarterdeck has been uploaded on the website. This issue is dedicated to the memory of the late Admiral RL Pereira and contains several articles and tributes by a number of veterans. In addition, on the occasion of Veterans’ Day this year, IHQ MoD (Navy) has launched the maiden issue of Sagar Samvad. Both publications may be accessed at the link above.