LUDHIANA, September 26: Ludhiana District Congress Committee (Urban) president Pawan Dewan today welcomed the One Rank One Pension scheme for the ex-servicemen.
In a statement issued here today, he said, the decision will go a long way in removing the discrimination and ameliorating the economic plight of hundreds and thousands of ex-servicemen across the country in general and Punjab in particular.
Dewan also thanked the Punjab Congress president Capt Amarinder Singh and the Ludhiana MP and the National Spokesperson of the Congress Manish Tewari for vigourously pursuing the matter with the Prime Minister and the Defence Minister.