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IN THIS ISSUE:

Editor’s Space, Aims and Objectives of ‘AERWA: 1

AERWA observes Pensioners’ Day, Report 2

7th

CPC highlights and observations 3

Guest Article: by Dr. M. R. Iyer 6

Mission 367 (Update) 6

DAE/DRDO/ISRO News: 7

Status of Court Cases 8

Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day

Greetings

8

Welcome New Members, 10

Obituaries 10

Important Tel Nos, AICPI Table 11

AERWA Picnic-Announcement/Update 12

MANAGING EDITOR’S SPACE:

Dear Member,

Warm greetings from the

AERWA News Letter. An eagerly

awaited report of 7th

CPC was

finally submitted to Union

Government in the second week

of November 2015. The report

has been studied thoroughly by

the committee formed by AERWA to look in to

possible lacunae as well as flaws in the report and

based on various inputs as well as their

observations, your association has sent a report to

the empowered committee who is working on the

acceptability of the recommendations. During the

Pensioners’ Day Programme at AERB auditorium on

Dec. 12, 2015, A detailed talk was specifically

arranged for the benefit of our members who could

attend the programme. You will also find a Guest

Article on the same topic, by the speaker, for the

benefit of our readers. A detailed report on the

Pensioners’ day is being published in this issue.

All of us have had a long association with DAE and

we cherish the good old memories of our days in

the department. We feel proud when a path

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breaking development takes in the department.

You will find one article dealing with the public

awareness efforts by one of our retired eminent

health physicists on suspicion about nuclear power

and also a news item regarding BARC developing a

technique, the first in the world, in separating

radioactive Cesium for possible use in the Swachch

Ganga Movement.

Last but not the least, with the vast expertise and

knowledge bank that this association possesses,

Government of India has approached our

association, among others, to participate in

movements like ‘Sankalp’ and ‘Swachch Bharat

Abhiyan’. Let us come forward and do our part for

the societal benefit.

By the time you receive this issue, we will have already entered in a new year. Let us cherish the good memories of all that happened during the past year and welcome the new year.

M P Chougaonkar maned_aerwa@yahoo.com

AERWA WISHES YOU A VERY HAPPY NEW

YEAR

Aims and Objectives of ‘AERWA’- Highlights

1) To continue the emotional integration of all retired

scientific, engineering, technical and administrative

staff members of the Department of Atomic Energy.

2) To represent to the concerned authorities updated

social security needs of the retirees and family

pensioners.

3) To strengthen the hands of existing recognized

apex bodies of similar associations of retirees of other

governmental organizations.

4) To utilize the rare combination of talents and

expertise available among members for the welfare

of general public through social service using the

association as a platform.

AERWA News: AERWA Observes Pensioners’ Day

Pensioners’ Day was observed by AERWA on Dec.

12 at AERB Auditorium. About 150 members of the

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association attended the function and the

programme was compered by Dr. V. K. Manchanda.

Dr. R K Sinha, Homi Bhabha Chair Professor and

Former Chairman, AEC was the chief guest. The

function began with the singing of National Anthem

followed by homage to the AERWA members who

departed for heavenly abode since the last meeting.

Dr. B. M. Misra, Secretary AERWA, highlighted the

importance of the Pensioners’ day and also

informed the audience that about 100 members

join the association every year. He also exhorted

the members to join the ‘Sankalp’ and ‘Swachh

Bharat’ mission and related social activities initiated

by the government and informed that AERWA will

welcome members willing to make voluntary

donation to AERWA Societal Activities Fund in this

regard, which will be duly acknowledged in the

AERWA News Letter.

In his keynote address, Dr. Sinha appreciated

AERWA, for being a platform for DAE retirees, and

its activities. In his talk on ‘Nuclear Power: The way

forward’, he stated that to sustainably reach a

developed status, the current Indian electricity

generation capacity should not only increase six

fold, but should also have a major share of

nuclear. He explained that the way forward to

achieve such high ramp-up of nuclear comprised

addressing some associated issues in the scientific

economic, and policy domains. He was hopeful

successful realisation of the ambitious goal with the

unique Indian mastery in all the required elements

of nuclear fuel cycle, the continued government

support, the competence of

the Indian industry, and the benefits of

international civil nuclear co-operation.

The address was followed by a talk by Dr. Preeti

Pandey, Laxmi Eye Institute &Charitable Trust,

Panvel. In her talk on Eye care: Dos and Don’ts, she

discussed various problems that one can face

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association attended the function and the

rogramme was compered by Dr. V. K. Manchanda.

Dr. R K Sinha, Homi Bhabha Chair Professor and

Former Chairman, AEC was the chief guest. The

function began with the singing of National Anthem

followed by homage to the AERWA members who

abode since the last meeting.

Dr. B. M. Misra, Secretary AERWA, highlighted the

importance of the Pensioners’ day and also

informed the audience that about 100 members

join the association every year. He also exhorted

‘Swachh

initiated

AERWA will

welcome members willing to make voluntary

donation to AERWA Societal Activities Fund in this

regard, which will be duly acknowledged in the

In his keynote address, Dr. Sinha appreciated

AERWA, for being a platform for DAE retirees, and

its activities. In his talk on ‘Nuclear Power: The way

forward’, he stated that to sustainably reach a

electricity

increase six

the

nuclear. He explained that the way forward to

up of nuclear comprised

addressing some associated issues in the scientific,

licy domains. He was hopeful of

successful realisation of the ambitious goal with the

unique Indian mastery in all the required elements

of nuclear fuel cycle, the continued government

support, the competence of

he benefits of

The address was followed by a talk by Dr. Preeti

Laxmi Eye Institute &Charitable Trust,

Panvel. In her talk on Eye care: Dos and Don’ts, she

discussed various problems that one can face

during all the phases of life and emphasized the

need to maintain eye hygiene, avoiding any self

medication/home remedies and consult the eye

specialist at the earliest in case of any eye infection

or eye injury.

The highlight of her talk was

about the old age eye

problems and clarified that

most of the eye problems in

old age can be avoided.

She further added that It

can be done by keeping hyper tension and diabetes

under control. She also appealed the audience to

donate their eyes after death.

In his talk on ‘Pleasure of

watching Birds’, Dr. B

Venkatramani, former

Head Analytical Chemistry

Division BARC, highlighted

many advantages of bird

watching. The advantages like inculcation of the

habit of being patient focused keenness etc;

improvement of eye sight, supply of Vitamin D due

to Sunlight, VITAMIN D and most importantly

getting the peace of mind were well appreciated by

the audience.

In his appeal on ‘Social

Commitments towards TB

Patients, Dr. P. R. Vaidya, Ex

BARC explained to the

audience about TB

becoming increasingly drug

resistant. Stressing the sole

cause of TB becoming drug resistant to be the lack

of consistency by patients in completing the

treatment, He appealed the audience to come

forward and join the movement of visiting the

known TB patients and make them take their

required dose of medicine. He further requested

members to contact AERWA who will forward the

list to him for coordination.

Dr. B. M. Misra then briefed the audience of various

litigations related to disparity in pensions (covered

elsewhere in this issue).

Dr. S P Garg, Former Asso. Director KMG, BARC and

ex President AERWA then spoke about his

observations on 7CPC. He also stated that based on

these findings and inputs from many a AERWA

members, a note has been prepared and sent to

the empowered committee set up by Govt. of India

to look in to the implementation of CPC

recommendations. The programme was concluded

with the vote of thanks by Dr. V. K. Manchanda,

Vice President, AERWA.

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Special Article: 7th

Central Pay Commission:

The CPC-7 was submitted to Government on

Nov. 19 2015. AERWA constituted a committee to

study possible controversies/ anomalies in the

report and based on various inputs from the

members of AERWA, a note was forwarded to the

empowered Committee constituted by the

Government to consider the recommendations.

Salient features of CPC-7 - Fixation of Pension:

CPC-7 has recommended following two options for

fixation of pension:

Option-1: Pensioners shall first be fixed in the Pay

Matrix (Table-1; page 5), on the basis of the Pay

Band and Grade Pay at which they retired, at the

minimum of the corresponding level in the matrix.

This amount shall be raised, to arrive at the

notional pay of the retiree, by adding the number

of increments he/ she had earned in that level

while in service, at the rate of three percent. Fifty

percent of the total amount so arrived at shall be

the revised pension.

Option-2: The pension, as had been fixed at the

time of implementation of the VI CPC

recommendations, shall be multiplied by 2.57 to

arrive at an alternate value for the revised pension.

Fixation: Pensioners can choose the option

beneficial to them.

For Example- A pensioner promoted say on

1/8/1986 from grade D, fixed at 3rd

increment level

of E (3700-125-4700-150-5000) with basic pay 4075

and retires say on 31/8/1993 after earning 7 more

increments with last basic pay 5000. As per CPC-7:

Count of number of increments = 7 and not 10.

The current basic pension fixed by CPC-6 as on

1/1/2006 would be=14960 (Minimum Pension for E;

DPPW OM-28/01/2013). Therefore CPC-7 Pension:

By Option-1 (##

see marked value in Table-1_Part-2

page 5, Level 12 for E and row 8 corresponding to 7

increments)

Basic Pension = 96900/2 = 48450

By Option-2 = 14960x2.57 = 38447

Hence Revised Pension = 48450 (Option-1 is better)

Current Basic Pension + 125% DR as on 1/1/2016

= 14960x2.25= 33660

Actual increase by CPC-7 for this example

= [(48450-33660)/33660] x1 00 = 43.9%

[If not clear, try Dr G B Kale’s calculator. Please

contact gbkale@gmail.com]

CPC-7 has further noted that (CPC-7 report;

Para10.1.68; page 396) “It is recognized that the

fixation of pension as per formulation in (i) above

may take a little time since the records of each

pensioner will have to be checked to ascertain the

number of increments earned in the retiring level. It

is therefore recommended that in the first instance

the revised pension may be calculated as at (ii)

above and the same may be paid as an interim

measure. In the event calculation as per (i) above

yields a higher amount the difference may be paid

subsequently.

Other Issues Related to Pensioners:

Commutation: Pension in hand = Revised CPC-7

Pension – commutated pension on retirement.

Special Pay for H+ grade is abolished.

DA/DR: It would be zero as on 1/1/2016. Thereafter

every 6 moths DA/DR will increase with base shifted

to 1/1/2016. The 1st

DA/DR is expected to be 2 ± 1%

wef 1/7/2016.

No Change in Benefits for ≥75 yrs age Pensioners:

Restoration of commuted pension ≥75yr and

Additional Basic Pension and DR (both for

pensioner and family pensioner): 20% for ≥80 yr;

30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for ≥90 yr; 50% for ≥95yr and

100% ≥100 yr.

Letter sent to Ministry of Finance, Dept of

Expenditure by AERWA

CPC-7 is Different: CPC-7 is the only Pay

Commission which has for the first time restored

dignity of senior retirees having spent several years

in same Grade before retirement. However, it is not

free of controversies and anomalies. AERWA has

posted following letter on this subject:

To: GoI, Ministry of Finance, Dept of Expenditure,

New Delhi-110001 Dec 10, 2015

Ref: D.O.No.1-4/2012-Eiii (A); Dt 21/11/2015

Sub: Finance Ministry Seeks Comments/views on

CPC-7 recommendations from Ministries and Staff

Associations, JCM

Sir, AERWA is a welfare association with more than

1750 Life Members. All the members are retired

from various units of the Department of Atomic

Energy in India. AERWA’s views/ comments on CPC-

7 are presented for kind consideration of the

Empowered Committee of Secretaries on the same

subject.

1. Wide disparity in the transitory entry level

between PB-3 and PB-4 (level 12 & 13):

The transitory difference in Entry Pay between Pay

Bands PB-1 and PB-2 is Rs 6200 (Levels 5 and 6) and

that of between PB-2 and PB-3 is only Rs 3000

(Levels 9 and 10), whereas the difference in the

entry pays between PB-3 and PB-4 (level 12 & 13)

has a wide disparity to an extent of Rs 39,700. The

CPC-7 has in fact noted (as reflected at sub-Para (i)

of Para 5.1.20 Page 73) that "(i) In the existing

system, there is a disproportionate increase in

entry pay at the level pertaining to grade pay 8700

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(Level 13). To address this, the proposed increase at

this level has been moderated." This expression of

feeling by the CPC-7 is welcome, but they should

have bestowed a better entry level pay for those in

grade pay 7600 (Level 12) with a fixation factor of

at least 2.81 instead of 2.67, which can bring the

entry level to Rs 82,895 instead of the proposed Rs

78800.

2. Serious Problems in Counting Number of

Increments for fixation of pension:

2a. Many pensioners have stagnated in their last

grade and will lose number of increment.

2b. Some grades in past before 2006 and

particularly before 1996 had only one increment in

two years.

2c. Sometimes shifting of increment dates by

parent department or by CPCs resulted in loss of

increment for no fault of employee.

2d. A Case of fixation to a lower Basic Pension while

getting higher basic Pay before Retirement in Same

Grade:

Background:- An employee is in OS Grade Level-15

in CPC-7 “Matrix Table”. Currently under CPC-6

(scale of 67000-79000) at 5th increment level, his

basic pay would be (@3%/yr) Rs77690, and at 6th

increment level it would be Rs 79000 (maximum

allowed for OS). Now consider example given by

CPC-7 on page 396 (Case-1) - Pensioner in OS Grade

Level-15 by direct posting or by promotion from H

retired with pay of 79000 (at the 6th increment

level) but earned only 3 increments during service.

He will get Rs101515 (=79000x2.57/2), while OS

with 5 increments having a lower last pay of 77690

will be fixed to 105650 as per CPC-7’s 1st

option.

This type of anomaly may arise in all levels from 1

to 16. This is a serious anomaly as it has never

happened in the past.

These anomalies can be removed if pensioner is

given a choice to select number of incremental

level by one of the following two options:

i. Number of years in the last grade is considered as

number of increments with one additional

increment for completing ≥ 6 months.

ii. Counting increment level starting from Entry Pay

in the Grade up to the increment level on the date

of retirement as number of increments.

3. Entry Pay For level 14 (H Grade) in the CPC-7

Matrix Table:

Entry Pay (EP) for level 14 (H Grade) in the Matrix

Table is mentioned as Rs 53,000 instead of Rs

54,700 as per Ministry of Finance OM Dated

30/8/2008 (a copy of relevant portion of OM is

enclosed). Based on the same OM, DPPW issued

two OMs on 28.1.2013 and on 25.7.2015 for

revision of pension for all grades, the minimum

pension of S-24 is Rs 23,050, S-27 is Rs 24,295 and

S-29 is Rs 27,350. The EPs for the 3 grades have to

match these OMs figures. (For S-24 the EP is

correctly given in the Table. For S-27 using the EP,

min pension works out to Rs 24,600 (as against Rs

24,295 in the above OMs). For S-29 the EP does not

match with the min pension granted).

Thus the EP for level 14 (H Grade) in the CPC-7

Matrix Table has to be as per above mentioned

three OMs that is Rs 54700.

4. Special Pay of Rs 4000/month (for Level 15 - H+)

is abolished but existing H+ pensioners have to be

compensated:

The special pay for DAE, DOS and DRDO employees

has been abolished by CPC-7. It was granted to

senior scientists in special circumstances then in

lieu of a separate pay scale and after peer review.

The pension on special pay was subsequently

granted after CAT, HC and HSC judgments. It is

required to continue the pension on special pay for

pre-2016 retirees as per following formula:

Basic Pension for H+ pensioners =

Rs 5140 (=4000x2.57/2) + pension estimated by

CPC-7

5. Full Pension of retirees with service period >20

but < 33 yrs:

No clear mention is made in 7thCPC report on full

min pension of retirees having < 33 yrs but > 20 yrs

of service for all pre-2016 retirees, including pre-

2006 retirees.

6. Delay in implementing CPC-7 recommendations:

A large number of pensioners have yet to receive

their dues as per various Government Orders based

on recommendations of CPC-6 and Court Orders.

Many a time pensioners are advised by DPPW to

contact Parent Department whereas the parent

department, in fact, asks pensioners to contact

DPPW. DPPW OMs of 28.1.2013 and of 25.7.2015

for revision of pension for all grades are not yet

implemented for >20% pensioners.

It is our request to the Empowered Committee of

Secretaries that a suitable mechanism should be

devised to implement pending issues of CPC-6 and

for speedy implementation of CPC-7’s

recommendations with necessary revisions.

(A copy of relevant portion of Ministry of Finance

OM Dated 30/8/2008 was also enclosed)

B M Misra; Secretary, AERWA

Email for updates: gargsp2246@gmail.com

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Table-1_Part-1: Pay Matrix (Civilian Employees) as Recommended by CPC-7 Pay Band 5200-20200 9300-34800

Comments:

> Pay Matrix (Table-1) as

recommended by CPC-7 is

divided in two parts to

retain it in a single sheet.

> * The rows in each

column goes up to a

different incremental level

(maximum 39th

) and for a

different pay at saturation

as shown in the bottom two

rows.

> Grades before “C” are not

given as they are not

identified uniquely.

> Grade Pay above H is Nil.

Grade Pay 1800 1900 2000 2400 2800 4200 4600 4800 5400

Entry Pay 7000 7730 8460 9910 11360 13500 17140 18150 20280

Level 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Index 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.57 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.62

Grade - - - - - - - - -

1 18000 19900 21700 25500 29200 35400 44900 47600 53100

2 18500 20500 22400 26300 30100 36500 46200 49000 54700

3 19100 21100 23100 27100 31000 37600 47600 50500 56300

4 19700 21700 23800 27900 31900 38700 49000 52000 58000

5 20300 22400 24500 28700 32900 39900 50500 53600 59700

6 20900 23100 25200 29600 33900 41100 52000 55200 61500

7 21500 23800 26000 30500 34900 42300 53600 56900 63300

8 22100 24500 26800 31400 35900 43600 55200 58600 65200

9 22800 25200 27600 32300 37000 44900 56900 60400 67200

10 23500 26000 28400 33300 38100 46200 58600 62200 69200

11 24200 26800 29300 34300 39200 47600 60400 64100 71300

12 24900 27600 30200 35300 40400 49000 62200 66000 73400

13 25600 28400 31100 36400 41600 50500 64100 68000 75600

14 26400 29300 32000 37500 42800 52000 66000 70000 77900

15 27200 30200 33000 38600 44100 53600 68000 72100 80200

16 28000 31100 34000 39800 45400 55200 70000 74300 82600

17 28800 32000 35000 41000 46800 56900 72100 76500 85100

*Increment Level at

end of the Pay Scale 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39 39

Pay at saturation 56900 63200 69100 81100 92300 112400 142400 151100 167800

Table-1_Part-2: Pay Matrix (Civilian Employees) as Recommended by CPC-7 Pay Band 15600-39100

37400-67000

67000-

79000

75500-

80000

80000

90000

Grade Pay 5400 6600 7600 8700 8900 10000

Entry Pay 21000 25350 29500 46100 49100 53000 67000 75500

Level 10 11 12 13 13A 14 15 16 17 18

Index 2.67 2.67 2.67 2.57 2.67 2.72 2.72 2.72 2.81 2.78

C D E F G H OS DS Sec ChSec

1 56100 67700 78800 118500 131100 144200 182200 205400 225000 250000

2 57800 69700 81200 122100 135000 148500 187700 211600

3 59500 71800 83600 125800 139100 153000 193300 217900

4 61300 74000 86100 129600 143300 157600 199100 224400

5 63100 76200 88700 133500 147600 162300 205100

6 65000 78500 91400 137500 152000 167200 211300

7 67000 80900 94100 141600 156600 172200 217600

8 69000 83300 ##

96900 145800 161300 177400 224100

9 71100 85800 99800 150200 166100 182700

10 73200 88400 102800 154700 171100 188200

11 75400 91100 105900 159300 176200 193800

12 77700 93800 109100 164100 181500 199600

13 80000 96600 112400 169000 186900 205600

14 82400 99500 115800 174100 192500 211800

15 84900 102500 119300 179300 198300 218200

16 87400 105600 122900 184700 204200

17 90000 108800 126600 190200 210300

*Increment Level at

end of the Pay Scale 39 38 33 20 17 14 7 3 0 0

Pay at saturation 177500 208700 209200 214100 216600 218200 224100 224400 22500 250000

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Mission 367 (updates):

AERWA has been able to download from the

CPAO website information such as: Residential

Address and address of Pension Paying branch of

the Bank. About 20 AERWA members as

volunteers approached pension paying branches

with list of concerned pensioners among 367

mostly in Mumbai and in few other cities. They

obtained following information:

i. Latest revised addresses of 40 pensioners were

obtained and communicated to DAE.

ii. 9 have No records in the Banks.

iii. In some cases both pensioner and family

pensioner have expired.

iv. Based on the advice given by many bank

managers DAE has been requested to post

official letter to the banks for obtaining revised

addresses of the pensioners. Their reply is

awaited

AERWA’s Mission 367 will continue.

Email for updates and if you wish to be a volunteer:

gargsp2246@gmail.com

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Guest Article:

Why the suspicion about nuclear power?

We, from the DAE family, often come across

difficulties in conveying the safety about nuclear

power to the public and need to dispassionately

analyze the basic reasons for this. More often, the

reason for this is the complexity of the radiation

safety concepts which are incomprehensible not

only to the public but even to the nuclear

technologists! In this article these aspects are

analyzed. The “Linear No-Threshold – LNT”

hypothesis and the resulting “As Low as reasonably

achievable -ALARA” for radiation exposure have

been stumbling blocks in making nuclear energy

fully acceptable to the public. To the common man

the terminology smacks of helplessness on the part

of nuclear operators in firmly putting it across

“what is safe and what is not”. If this is not done it

is difficult to convince even unbiased people.

Imagine, how disastrous it would be to say

everything is safe but “be careful to keep it as low”

despite its doubtful micro-biological basis and much

less epidemiological support. Quibbling scientific

exactitudes will not sell in public! And can easily be

exploited by interested people. The application of

this concept has perhaps resulted in a more

harmful phenomenon now known as “radio

phobia”. The tsunami of March 2011 in Japan left

25,000 dead, injured, or missing. In contrast, there

was “probably minimal or no health effect” from

radiation from the damaged reactors at

Fukushima. However, the ensuing evacuation

disrupted more than 150,000 lives and led to stress

related deaths estimated from 50 to a few hundred.

So the international radiation safety organizations

need to have a more pragmatic approach towards

these abstract concepts.

Over the years LNT has become the corner stone

of radiation protection philosophy for the

international organizations like ICRP, UNSCEAR etc.

whose recommendations are followed by all

national regulators for setting up radiation safety

standards. The genesis of the hypothesis is the

cellular level findings of half a century back. Most of

these are findings are at high dose levels in macro

systems and extrapolated to low dose.

The principal basis for the LNT is theoretical, and

very simple. A single particle of radiation hitting a

single DNA molecule in a single cell nucleus of a

human body can initiate a cancer. The probability of

a cancer initiation is therefore proportional to the

number of such hits, which is proportional to the

number of particles of radiation, which is

proportional to the dose. Thus, the risk is linearly

dependent on the dose; this is LNT. To recap LNT,

the Linear No-Threshold Dose hypothesis is a

supposition that all radiation is deadly and there is

no dose below which harmful effects will not occur.

This is a drastic conclusion based on wrong

interpretation of the findings applicable to practical

biological systems. This leads to declaring “virtual

deaths” based on probabilities rather than real

deaths in all nuclear accident cases. And the

process leads to including people many of whom

would not have received any additional radiation

dose at all! As Dr. Brenner told at the American

Nuclear Society 2012 meeting the idea of virtual

deaths is detesting.

Although rarely discussed till recently, LNT does

not take into account the organism’s immune

system, biological recovery time between doses or

other relevant mechanisms that operate at low

doses on an actual organism versus cells in a petri

dish. It is a well-known medical fact that any

cellular damage from very simple wounds/infection

gets healed due to the recovery mechanism of the

body. Not to take into account this fact is alarmist

to the extreme. Now comes the hint that the

United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects

of Atomic Radiation (UNSCEAR) has finally admitted

that we can't use the LNT hypothesis to predict

cancer from low doses of radiation. A recent study

concluded what was suspected for decades –

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radiation doses less than about 10 rem (0.1 Sv) are

no big deal. The linear no-threshold dose

hypothesis (LNT) does not apply to low doses. But

the question is nobody wants to bell the cat!

Further it is known that humans are continuously

being exposed to the background radiation, and got

adapted to that level of radiation and some level of

radiation may even serve useful protective function

(hormesis). There is considerable evidence

supporting the use of low-dose radiation to prevent

cancers and other major diseases like Alzheimer’s.

According to a conservative estimate, about 10% of

the current deaths from cancer actually can be

prevented using low-dose radiation. Compared to

this the regulatory restrictions based on LNT would

not have saved any! This can be stressed by

drawing an analogy: every pharmaceutical has an

LD (Lethal dose at which 50% of the people will die)

but taken in small quantities serve as cure for

diseases. It has also been pointed out that man has

been evolving in a radiation environment which

would have been much higher eons back and the

body mechanism are tuned to repair the damage.

Some doubters ask if there is a proof for a threshold

but the question they should consider is if there is

any positive proof for the effects on low level of

radiation. In fact a new line of research is being

suggested to establish the effect of low level

radiation in preventing the occurrence of cancer

based on the hormesis effects of radiation.

UNSCEAR states that uncertainties at low doses

are such that it “does not recommend multiplying

low doses by large numbers of individuals to

estimate numbers of radiation-induced health

effects within a population exposed to incremental

doses at levels equivalent to or below natural

background levels.” But the concepts followed by

those organisations precisely lead to those

extrapolations the brunt of which is faced by

nuclear operators. There are no observable effects in any population

group around the planet that suggest LNT to be true

below 10 rem/yr (0.1 Sv/yr) even in areas of high

natural radiation background in India, Brazil and

China where natural background doses exceed the

average radiation levels existing in a nuclear power

plant by factors up to 100. Detailed studies of the

genetic and carcinogenic effects in the population

in the high background areas in the west coast of

our country have clearly shown that there had been

no deleterious effects on the population staying

there for generations in a field often 10 to 50 times

higher than the natural radiation background

elsewhere. Further, these doses are higher than

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most of the exposures of occupational workers in

the nuclear industry and certainly much more than

the non-existent public exposures around NPPs.

This concept will give a fatality probability from any

amount of radiation - though it may be a good cell

biology, it will not in any way help in improving

public health. None of the large volume of findings

of long term intense research, on the Hiroshima

and Nagasaki bomb survivors, on the population of

high background radiation areas and even in the

Chernobyl follow up cases have indicated the

validity of such a hypothesis. But the various

organizations cling to this yet un-proven hypothesis

on the obtuse principle “to be on the safer side” -

but that is a false reassurance.

This is definitely the time to have a re-look of the

corner stone concepts in radiation protection

philosophy. In fact this concept has led to more

deaths than preventing “virtual” deaths. It is a good

augury that the opinion is building up around the

globe by American Nuclear Society in recent times, and elsewhere. DAE is seized with the situation and

is intensifying research in the high radiation

background areas in India against the LNT concept

and to present it to the various international

bodies. In fact, we in India have a much higher

responsibility in prevailing upon the international

organizations to go away from LNT concept in view

of the excellent epidemiological data from our high

background areas.

Though previous attempts to dislodge the LNT

model have failed, the time is ripe for overthrowing

it by launching a coordinated effort, in view of the

evidence that has recently been published showing

the dubious origin of the LNT model. Of course, it is

not going to be easy, considering the tremendous

vested interests that are at work to maintain the

status quo. Dr. M. R. Iyer retired as Head, RSSD,

BARC. He is a renowned health

physicist and prolific writer on

topics related to Radiation Safety

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DAE/DRDO/ISRO News:

1 BARC pioneers new life saving radiation

technology; a first in the world: Indian nuclear

scientists have harvested Caesium-137 from the

waste from our atomic power plants. It is then

being deployed to sterilise blood to save lives and is

also likely to find place in cleaning the river Ganga.

Earlier in the last year, engineers working at the

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC,) perfected

a process by which high value Caesium-137 could

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be safely harvested and then used for the benefit of

humankind. It can be used for irradiation of blood

in certain medical conditions and can also be used

for sterilising sludge that is generated as part of

municipal waste. Once the larger quantities of

Caesium-137 is available, it can also be used to

clean the Ganga as part of the National Mission to

Clean the Ganga or Namami Gange project that

hopes to give back to India an 'aviral and nirmal

Ganga'.

The global nuclear watchdog, the International

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lauded this

breakthrough from BARC and promises to

popularise it.

2 India successfully test fires nuclear capable

Dhanush ballistic missile: India successfully test-

its nuclear-capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a

strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha

coast, on Nov 24, 2015. The surface-to-surface

Dhanush was test fired from INS Subhadra in the Bay

of Bengal, said sources. It is a naval variant of India's

indigenously-developed Prithvi missile. Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

sources said the launch is successful as the missile

reached the designated target. Sources said Dhanush

missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as

nuclear payload of 500 kg and can hit both land and

sea-based targets under 350 km range. It has already

been inducted in the armed forces.

3 ISRO launches six satellites for Singapore: Indian

Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has launched

six commercial

satellites for

Singapore after Polar

Satellite Launch

Vehicle (PSLV-C29) put

in orbit six Singapore

satellites.

A core-alone version of the PSLV (without solid

strap-ons) took off from the first launch pad of

Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, at 6pm

on Dec. 16, 2016. The other five satellites (two

micro satellites and one nano-satellite) were put in

orbit within another three. It was PSLV 32nd flight,

and the 31st consecutively successful one. The

workhorse rocket has become so reliable that the

chairman said ISRO would now have almost

monthly launches of PSLV.

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Please give it up: Are you in a position to afford LPG

without subsidy? If yes, please give it up. By this

simple gesture, one more firewood burning kitchen

be converted in to a clean kitchen, thereby making the

household women and children healthy and also

saving many trees, and hence environment.

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be safely harvested and then used for the benefit of

humankind. It can be used for irradiation of blood

nd can also be used

for sterilising sludge that is generated as part of

municipal waste. Once the larger quantities of

137 is available, it can also be used to

clean the Ganga as part of the National Mission to

ct that

hopes to give back to India an 'aviral and nirmal

The global nuclear watchdog, the International

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lauded this

breakthrough from BARC and promises to

capable

-fired

capable Dhanush ballistic missile with a

strike range of 350 km from a naval ship off the Odisha

surface

hadra in the Bay

It is a naval variant of India's

Defence

Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

sources said the launch is successful as the missile

ces said Dhanush

missile is capable of carrying conventional as well as

nuclear payload of 500 kg and can hit both land and

It has already

Indian

launched

commercial

s for

after Polar

Satellite Launch

C29) put

in orbit six Singapore

alone version of the PSLV (without solid

ons) took off from the first launch pad of

Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, at 6pm

. The other five satellites (two

satellite) were put in

It was PSLV 32nd flight,

and the 31st consecutively successful one. The

workhorse rocket has become so reliable that the

would now have almost

afford LPG

. By this

simple gesture, one more firewood burning kitchen will

be converted in to a clean kitchen, thereby making the

household women and children healthy and also

Status of court cases- Dec, 2015

1 Full Pension for < 33 yrs but > 20yrs of service for

pre-2006 retirees

The next date of hearing at PBCAT of Contempt

petition for full pension for < 33 yrs but more than

20 yrs of service is December 14, 2015. On this day

the Govt. advocate requested for more time for

reply and the next date of hearing was fixed for

3.2.2015

Review petition for full pension for 10 yrs of service

of those absorbed in PSUs came for hearing on 18th

Nov at PBCAT. Next date of hearing is 23rd

December 2015.

2 increments for DA, HRA and pensionery benefits

Another OA/1414/2015 filed by BARC Vizag

employees for considering 2 increments for DA,

HRA and other benefits was allowed by CAT

Hyderabad vide their order dated October 15, 2015.

3 Pension on special pay for H+ retirees

Contempt petition CP/712/2015 for pre-2006 H+

case was listed on 18th

Nov at PBCAT. Court

directed to issue notices to respondents and the

next date of hearing is Jan. 7, 2016

Contempt case on OA 1003/2014 of post 2010 H+

pensioners has been filed.

Another case for pension on special pay by 40 nos.

of post 2010 H+ BARC retirees was allowed by CAT

Mumbai. The full order is awaited.

It is learnt that the Department of Expenditure has

asked Member Finance DAE & DOS to go for SLP at

HSC. An RTI has been filed with DAE to get the

relevant OMs and notes in this regard.

4 Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees

OA 3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 for full parity with

post 2005 retirees and not less than post 2006 S-24,

S-27 retirees came for hearing on Nov. 19, 2015 at

PBCAT. The Next date is fixed for 8th

Feb. 2016

S-21 case

The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT Mumbai was

fixed for 14.12.2015 but it could not be taken up on

this day and the next date of hearing is 26.2 2016.

B M Misra

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Important DPPW Notes

1. Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare,

through their note No. 57/15/2014-P&PWC

dated 10 Dec, 2015 have requested associations

to identify one or two blocks in rural areas for

focused intervention in ‘triggering and nudging’

the community behavior leading the usage of

toilets. The pensioners can then be the

messengers of Swachh Bharat Mission initiated

by the Prime Minister.

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2. In another Note No. 57/15/2014-P&PWC dated

11 Dec, 2015, Department of Pension and

Pensioners’ Welfare, have requested the

association to consider the aspect of involving

the pensioners in generating the feedback from

various beneficiary children availing of the mid

day meals schemes by visiting various schools

under the aegis of SANKALP. (For complete note,

please refer to AERWA website).

Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)

75 Yrs (Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

Member marked ** have joined AERWA only during

last 2 months. AERWA welcomes them as member

of our prestigious Platinum Club. They will also be

issued AERWA Platinum Club Certificate.

Name Phone No DoB

Shri Arya R N 26434046 3Jan41

Shri Barman S. K. 25570240 4Jan41

Shri Singh R K 28697439 31Jan41

Shri Makhija S A 26202115 3Feb41

Shri Pillai P R R 27661649 6Feb41

Shri Rajgor V K 8Feb41

Shri Gupta D S 20Feb41

Shri Kriplani K. P. 9820571004 25Feb41

Shri Joshi S R 25970759 27Feb41

Thomas P C** 27655464 15-Jan-37

Jain V K** 25567688 20-Jun-40

Dikshit V B** 21020198 20-Aug-39

Hearty congratulations for your completing 80 years of age.

We look forward to your सह� च�ं दशन समारोह

Name Contact No DoB

Dr Bhatia C. 27655178 1Jan36

Dr Biswas S S 10Jan36

Shri Natarajan R 25506517 15Jan36

Dr Bhatnagar R N 27661682 16Jan36

Shri Fernandes J N 2512601536 17Jan36

Shri Uppin J S 9892480966 27Jan36

Shri Kamat G. T 27663309 28Jan36

Shri Singh K D 29667400 28Jan36

Shri Pradhan S S 28941708 28Jan36

Smt Vijayalakshmi N. 28876919 30Jan36

Shri Singh U S P 2Feb36

Shri Raghavan C M 27652692 15Feb36

Shri Rane J G 18Feb36

Shri Chauhan K. S. 27458953 29Feb36

Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum Club members.

जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्

Name Contact No DoB

Dr Bhide G V 25334952 2Feb23

Shri Chellappan S 27702146 18Jan26

Shri Bhatt M S 27696055 23Jan26

Shri Rao B L 65143509 23Feb26

Dr Gopal N G S 29Jan28

Shri Thakur P N 25408412 23Feb28

Dr Jha J. C. 26327215 1Jan29

Shri Wadhwani K S 27660015 13Feb29

Shri Kamble J 28812025 1Jan30

Shri Nagle R Atmaram 24309166 2Jan30

Shri C.K.Srikanta 826574997 26Jan30

Shri Thosar K G 25518983 14Feb30

Shri Martis A A 27894394 6Jan31

Dr Gowarikar S R 9Jan31

Shri Menon V K 26409428 14Jan31

Shri Joshi V R 27681236 7Feb31

Smt Brahme Kamal S 28Feb31

Dr Sunta C M 30602888 2Jan32

Shri Sen S K 27572519 4Feb32

Shri Pawgi S. V. 25424307 10Feb32

Shri Shenai S J 23Feb32

Dr Shirvaikar V V 5Jan33

Dr Shah K B 28881503 9Jan33

Dr Ramani M P S 24094168 10Jan33

Shri Shah J S 28759327 27Jan33

Shri Mandke S J 17Feb33

Shri Krishnan V 27899659 26Feb33

Dr Kartha B. V. 25514908 1Jan34

Shri Patel P H 1Jan34

Shri Bauksh S F A 27822039 1Jan34

Shri Bhirud G V 25445453 8Jan34

Shri Mehta S K 25566926 22Jan34

Shri George John M 65056949 1Feb34

Shri Mohammad M A 27822888 1Jan35

Dr Amarjit Singh 27660278 1Jan35

Shri Kuppuswamy G 6Jan35

Shri Jagir Singh 25254083 10Jan35

Dr Pandey U N 27800157 25Jan35

Shri Nair K V 27666971 30Jan35

Shri Lal S A 27663862 6Feb35

Shri John Thomas 7Feb35

Shri Bahl J K 27650040 9Feb35

Dr Krishnamurthy K 27669308 11Feb35

Smt Dandekar S. 9869199173 20Feb35

Shri Nambiar K B 27660333 28Feb35

Shri Srivastava M S 27490987 5Jan37

Shri Nair V C 5Jan37

Shri Ramakrishnan E 27667115 6Jan37

Shri Chhabria P S 25531961 11Jan37

Shri Shahani B T 27655485 15Jan37

Shri Thomas P C 27655464 15Jan37

Shri Somayaji B V 25206376 24Jan37

Shri Godbole M M 25569040 5Feb37

Dr Varghese A. 25204680 5Feb37

Shri Khurana N N 10Feb37

Shri Ram Sarup 21710335 13Feb37

Shri Setty N K 27573440 15Feb37

Shri Balasubramanian 27655623 15Feb37

Shri Kapur S K 26391180 22Feb37

Dr Bapat V. N. 25561530 26Feb37

Shri Sharma M C 27703311 1Jan38

Smt Potphode N. V. 24464675 1Jan38

Shri Chellaney K T 28466769 1Jan38

Shri Paul A R 9545516337 1Jan38

Shri Sawkar A P 1Jan38

Shri Nakra A N 27722240 3Jan38

Shri Singh L N 25514169 10Jan38

Dr-Ms T. Somasundari 25287305 10Jan38

Shri Krishnamurthi TN 25571821 13Jan38

Shri Sunder Raj C N 31Jan38

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Shri Thakore P. D. 9869828626 5Feb38

Shri Sankaran M P 27894112 26Feb38

Shri Misra V M 25281574 27Feb38

Shri Kane S S 25225688 1Jan39

Shri Krishnamurthy D 25556196 2Jan39

Shri Dutta P K 25481440 10Jan39

Shri Somayaji S K 25390847 20Jan39

Shri Jatia B L 27652411 22Jan39

Dr Kesava Das T 27707120 24Jan39

Shri Hattangadi M R 28949849 30Jan39

Smt M.S. Anmadwar 255343433 1Feb39

Shri Joshi M M 27823863 4Feb39

Dr Bajpai M B 27743729 5Feb39

Dr Roy Khagendranath 20Feb39

Dr-Ms Kamala B. 22Feb39

Shri Banerjee G D 25571321 23Feb39

Shri Pillai V G J 9920365686 27Feb39

Shri Gupta V K 27898344 1Jan40

Shri Bharat Bhushan 1Jan40

Shri Subramanya K C 8Jan40

Dr Ghatikar C B 27875387 10Jan40

Shri Naik S G 25814974 21Jan40

Shri Kulkarni P B 26Jan40

Dr Sengupta S 27483278 28Jan40

Shri Samant R K 26248667 31Jan40

Dr-Ms Dandekar S. B 26007655 3Feb40

Shri Krishnamurthy G 8Feb40

Shri Janardhanan P 14Feb40

Shri Thakur G H 26732557 15Feb40

Shri Nair P N. U. 27716544 25Feb40

Shri Purushotham DSC 41231371 29Feb40

Congratulations for getting additional Basic Pension

and DR (both for pensioner and family pensioner):

20% for ≥80 yr; 30% for ≥85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for

≥95yr and 100% ≥100 yr.

Welcome to New Life (L)/ Patron (P) Members

M. No Name Phone No. Area

P-2691 Dr V Ramachandran 25503583 Govandi-E

P-2692 Shri Babu D A R 9769969694 Kalamboli

L-2693 Shri Ramaswamy L R 27653635 Vashi

P-2694 Dr. Rajshekhar Rao B 25296684 Chembur

P-2695 Shri Thomas P C 27655464 Vashi

P-2696 Shri K C Mittal 27580048 Belapur

P-2697 Shri Jain V K 25567688 Deonar/Govandi

P-2698 Dr Katti V R 27742268 Kharghar

P-2699 Shri Dikshit V B 21020198 Ghatkopar (E)

P-2700 Shri Raman N V

Raigad

P-2701 Shri M S Patil 25552291 Deonar/Govandi

P-2702 Kulkarni N K 64462448 Thane

P-2703 Nimbade S N 25574964 Mankhurd

AERWA thanks the following for their deposits for the cause

of S-21.

Name Amount Name Amount

K. Damodaran 3000 M S Surve 5000

A S Kerkar 3000 S R Joshi 3000

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for getting additional Basic Pension

(both for pensioner and family pensioner):

85 yr; 40% for 90 yr; 50% for

Deonar/Govandi

Ghatkopar (E)

Deonar/Govandi

for the cause

Amount

5000

3000

AERWA thanks the following for their deposits for the cause

of S-29+.

Name Amt Name Amt

B L Sharma 1000 Narendra Gupta 1000

V C Rakheja 1000 R K Batra 1000

B C Bhatt 1050 KV Mahudeesvaran 1000

N K Bansal 1000 B L Pandey 1000

C P Reddy 1000 B Krishnakumar 1000

Venkataraman M 1000 G D Jindal 1000

M K Malik 1000 S Ramanathan 1000

P Ramkumar 1000 M S Kumra 1000

S E Kannan 1000 A R Sunderarajan 1000

A S Warudkar 1000 A S K Rao 1000

V K Sharma 1000 R Vishwanathan 1000

R C Arya 1000 Babu Rao C 1000

B M Misra 1000 V N acharya 1000

S N Betkerur 1000 R K Nigam 1000

A K Sinha 1000 N K Jhamb 1000

S Krishnan 1000 C Anand Babu 1000

Uma Sheshadri 1000 A S Sequeira. 1000

N aratchandran 1000 Ram Prasad 1000

C Sharma 1000 R C Sharma 1000

V S Sastry 1000 N C Das 1000

R C Pant 1000

Deposits from Unknown persons / for unknown purpose

Date Purpose Name Amt Ch.No.

17-10-15 Unknown Unknown 1000 384208

21-10-15 Unknown Unknown 2000 53523

04-11-15 Unknown Unknown 400 982338

AWRWA thanks the following for their donations to the

Association

Name Amt Name Amt

R C Pant 8th and 9th

Batch Group 7825 M R Deokar 5000

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad

demises of our following members and share the

grief of their families. May God keep their soul in peace.

Mrs Meera Bhatia passed

away on 9th Sept 2015.She is

survived by her husband and

daughter

Shri G V Karandikar (P-319)

left for heavenly abode on 22-

10-15. He is survived by his

wife, son and two daughters

Shri L M Mahajan (P-618)

expired on 8-6-14. He had

earlier lost his wife.

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Shri R G Hemke (P-200)

passed away on 8-12-2015. He

is survived by his wife and a

daughter.

Nargis, wife of shri Shafi

Sayyad (P-641) expired on 6-

11-2015. She is survived by

her husband and two sons.

Important Tel Nos

BARC Hospital Security to call

Ambulance

(Only for CHSS beneficiaries)

2559 8200

2559 8308

24 hrs Ambulance Services for Heart

Attack

105

24 hrs Amb. Services for Accident

cases only

102

24 hrs Ambulance Services At New

Mumbai

27708016,

9324206678

24 hrs Ambulance Services at City

(Fort)

61618141

Police Control Room at Mumbai and

Navi Mumbai

100

Fire Station 101

Complaint against an auto-driver who

refuses any passenger

1800220110

Central Pen Ac Off, Delhi to Register

your Grievances about Pension (Toll-

Free)

180117788

All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers-AICPI (IW)-(Base of 115.76 as on 1/1/2006)

Month CPI base

1982=100

Twelve

months

total

Twelve

monthly

average

%increase

Above 115.76

for DA/DR

Aug-14 253 2912 242.67 109.63

Sep-14 253 2927 243.92 110.71

Oct-14 253 2939 244.92 111.57

Nov-14 253 2949 245.75 112.29

Dec-14 253 2963 246.92 113.30

Jan-15 254 2980 248.33 114.52

Feb-15 253 2995 249.58 115.60

Mar-15 254 3010 250.83 116.68

Apr-15 256 3024 252.00 117.69

May-15 258 3038 253.17 118.70

Jun-15 261 3053 254.42 119.78

Jul-15 263 3064 255.33 120.57

Aug-15 264 3075 256.25 121.36

Sep-15 266 3088 257.33 122.30

A new index is likely to be announced with base as

on 1/1/2016

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Newsletter Returned undelivered. Urgent Action

needed.

The following NLs have returned. Please inform

their new addresses if available to anyone. Posting

of News Letter will be discontinued till a correct

address is informed.

P-122 Shri Bhandari R G

L-713 Shri Nerurkar P T

L-956 Shri Tungare R D

For your submission of articles, comments, or

contributions, please write to

maned_aerwa@yahoo.com

AERWA Picnic (an update)

AERWA announces a one day picnic cum tour to

Dignity Life Style; a senior citizen home run by an

NGO Dignity Life Style. Located in 12.5 acres plot

close to Karjat-Matheran main road, it is about 65

Km from Anushaktinagar and can be accessed

through Khopoli bypass on Mumbai Pune Express

way. It is possible to arrange breakfast, lunch and

tea and the charges are Rs 700 per head. The

registration has already been started and those

who could not attend the Pensioners’ day function

on Dec. 12, can still register themselves by

contacting either Shri Vaze P K ; 1 Udayagiri CHS,

Opp. Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai-400088;

Tel: 25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; or Dr. M. P.

Chougaonkar, Tel: 022 2743 0015; mobile

9833684462

Important: Since the printing cost of News Letter

and postal charges have increased substantially, we

request you to opt for the soft copy of the News

Letter. Soft copy of News Letter is emailed to all

those who have opted for it even before it is printed.

Laughter the Best Medicine

AERWA News Letter 2016 12 Vol. 17(1) Jan.-Feb.2016

Albert Einstein’s famous quotes on Relativity:.

1. "When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems

like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a

second seems like an hour. That's relativity."

2. "The faster you go, the shorter you are."

3. "If my theory of relativity is proven correct,

Germany will claim me as a German and France

will declare that I am a citizen of the world.

Should my theory prove untrue, France will say

that I am a German and Germany will declare

that I am a Jew."

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6-Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: 501 Emerald

Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai,

400071. Editor: R C Pant (Phone – 3924671

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association

(Regd)

501 Emerald Heights, 32, Union Park, Chembur.

Mumbai 400071; Tel: 09967357264.

The life Membership and Patron Membership fees

are Rs.600 and Rs.1000/- respectively. If you are

already a ‘Life Member’, please convert yourself to

‘Patron’ by paying additional Rs 400. This will

augment AERWA corpus fund. You may pay

membership fee/ donation through Internet

Transfer or deposit a cheque of any bank at any

branch of State Bank of India in any city. The

cheque/ Internet Transfer should be in favor of

“Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association SBI

A/c 34597981320”; (IFS Code: SBIN0013055) OR

post your cheque to: Shri Vaze P K ; 1 Udayagiri

CHS, Opp. Telecom Factory, Deonar, Mumbai-

400088; Tel: 25584324 and Mob: 9821249101 ; Dr

Veena Sagar: 9869176128 Name and Address