Ex-servicemen meet in Jorethang

NAMCHI, 28 Sept: The General Meeting of Akhil Sikkim Ex-servicemen (Army) Welfare Sangh was held at Panchasheel Bhawan, Jorethang on 24 Sept chaired by Subedar CP Pradhan and with honorary Lieutenant PK Pradhan as chief guest.
The meeting thanked the government for providing 21 houses with repairing benefits to the Ex-army personnel of South District in 2010. On the occasion, the Sangh decided to place the demand of increase in educational scholarship from Rs 700 to 1500 and Rs. 10,000 for senior students.

Ex-servicemen counsel students to join the armed forces

NAMCHI, 20 June: With the aim to provide more employment opportunities to the local educated unemployed youth, the Akhil Sikkim Ex-Servicemen Welfare Sangh’s Namchi wing has begun approaching principals at senior secondary school in the district to motivate students to consider joining the armed forces, recruitments for which are scheduled to be held soon.
Members of the Sangh visited two senior secondary schools of South Sikkim recently and organized counselling programmes there in this regard recently.