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AERWA News Letter 2017

AERWA NAn Organ of ATOMIC ENERGY RETIREES WELFARE ASSOCIATION

Recognized by

Department of Pensions and Pensioners’ Welfare

Regd. No.MAH/527/97/Thane Dt. 5

Regd. No. F/5819/Thane Dt. 31.10.97 Bom. Pub. Trust Act, 1950

Volume 18 - Issue No.2

Opinions and views expressed in articles and editorials need not necessarily be th

Rs 5/- Single Copy-Complimentary to AERWA members

From Managing Editor 1

Aims and Objectives 1

AERWA News: One day picnic to Lonavala. 1

It is Plutonium that Powers Space Missions: Guest

Article

2

Nature Watch 3: BE AS TALL AS APALM Tree 4

Clarification Note on Minimum Basic Pension 5

AERWA Social Initiatives: 5

The Budget News: Income Tax 5

Status of court cases- February 2017 6

DST/DAE/ISRO News 7

Platinum Club, Sashasra Chandra Darshan, B’Day

Greetings

8-9

Welcome New Members 9

Donors’ List, Obituary , AICPI Table, etc 10

Important Tel Numbers, Announcements,

Appeals and Notices

12

From Managing Editor:

Dear Member,

Warm greetings. This issue of the AERWA

News Letter will reach you when ordinarily you

will be waiting for the annual budget of Central

Government. This year, however, the budget has

already been presented on February 1 and the

most important question in our mind, viz. Income

Tax Rates, has already been answered. You will

find a short note on the proposed changes in the

Income Tax slabs.

AERWA Office at project Square, Anushakti

Nagar, is now fully functional. It has a telephone,

internet facility and is now air conditioned.

AERWA has initiated a few activities and you will

find the announcements elsewhere in this issue.

AERWA conducted annual picnic on 12th

January 2017 to Lonavala to visit three places, viz.

Kumar’s Resort, Narayani Dham Temple complex

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Office: Project Square, Opposite SBI,

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R.N.I.REGN.NO. MAH/ENG/2000/706

and Sunil’s celebrity wax museum. You will find

the brief report of this trip in this issue. Mohan Chougaonkar

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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.

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AERWA News: One day picnic to Lonavala.

AERWA organized a one day picnic on 12th

January 2017 to the picturesque hill station of

Lonavala. Almost 90 members joined the picnic.

Three places, viz. Kumar’s Resort, Narayani Dham

Temple complex and Sunil’s Celebrity Wax

Museum were visited.


While at Kumar’s Resort, the members

introduced themselves after enjoying sumptuous

breakfast. It was followed by few games and

presentation of variety programme by the

participants. Token prizes were also given to

participating members on the occasion.

Kumar’s Resort visit was followed by a visit to

Narayani Dham Temple complex for a serene

darshan of Narayani Devi after lunch.

Sunil’s Celebrity wax museum was visited

wherein the picnickers enjoyed the wax statues

of almost 100 celebrities Indian as well as

foreigners.

For full report, pl ease visit

https://aerwa.wordpress.com

Did you know?

The fear of number 13 is well known. The

number 13 in Greek is triskaideka and the fear of

the number 13 is called Triskaidekaphobia. But

the fear of Friday the 13th

? It has a name

Paraskavedekatriaphobia.

Guest Article: It is Plutonium that Powers Space

Missions

When plutonium was first produced and isolated

on December 14, 1940 by the American scientist

Glenn T. Seaborg and his team, it was the isotope

Plutonium-238 (Pu-238) that was obtained


he members

after enjoying sumptuous

s followed by few games and

by the

Token prizes were also given to the

was followed by a visit to

Narayani Dham Temple complex for a serene

Sunil’s Celebrity wax museum was visited

wherein the picnickers enjoyed the wax statues

of almost 100 celebrities Indian as well as

The fear of number 13 is well known. The

number 13 in Greek is triskaideka and the fear of

the number 13 is called Triskaidekaphobia. But

? It has a name

It is Plutonium that Powers Space

When plutonium was first produced and isolated

on December 14, 1940 by the American scientist

it was the isotope

238) that was obtained by

deuteron bombardment of Uranium-238 in the

60-inch cyclotron at the University of California,

Berkeley. Soon after this discovery, however, it

was Pu-239 and not Pu-238 that was sought after

most because it is easily fissionable and

therefore can be used to produce nuclear

weapons. Later, however with the advent of the

space programme, Pu-238 became a very

important radioisotope as it is used to power the

radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG) or

Radioisotope Power Systems (RPS) that produce

electricity for deep space probes. The United

States has used radioisotope power units on 30

of its space missions, starting from a navy

navigation satellite launched in 1961 to the

recent Mars Curiosity rover in 2012.

What is RTG

Radioisotopes emit nuclear radiations. If the

emitted radiation is of high energy alpha or beta

rays and the number of radiation emitted per

unit time is very high such radioactive decay is

accompanied by intense heat. In radioisotope

thermoelectric generators the radioactive decay

heats up one of the thermocouple junctions

while the other junction remains unheated and is

cooled by the space environment or a planetary

atmosphere there by generating electricity.

These are also referred to as Radioisotope Power

Systems (RPS). Since they have no moving parts

they provide a highly reliable power option. In

many cases, the heat from the radioisotope has

also been used to keep spacecraft electronics

and other components warm enough to be able

to operate effectively in the frigid environments

often encountered in space missions. RTGs have

been used in some cardiac pacemakers in the

early days before the advent of long life Li

batteries. The output from the RTGs in the space

missions is also often used to charge

rechargeable lithium ion batteries. This enables

the power supply system to meet the power

demands of certain spacecraft activities which

exceed the steady output provided by the RTGs.

Why Pu-238?

Though other radioisotopes like Sr-90, Am-241,

Po-210 have been used, Pu-238 is considered the

most ideal fuel material for RTG. Pu-238 has a

high heat density (0.56 W/g), which means that

heat sources can be made compact and that the

fuel transfers its heat effectively to power

AERWA News Letter 2017 3 Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017 conversion devices and heater units. Its half life is

88 years and therefore the generator can serve

for several years say about 20 to 30 years. As Pu-

238 is an alpha emitter shielding requirement is

not much. Pu-238 can be made in ceramic form

with very low solubility in body fluids which

renders it less hazardous in the event of an

accidental release. As of now, there is no other

viable option than this. Solar power is too weak

and one has to ensure that solar panels of the

spacecraft are kept facing the Sun all the time.

Also, as one goes farther from the Sun, the

amount of energy solar panels can receive starts

falling drastically. For instance, Jupiter receives

less than 5% as much solar energy per square

meter as the Earth. For this reason all the

previous NASA spacecrafts that have traveled

beyond Mars—including Voyager, Cassini

(around Saturn), and New Horizons (crossing

Pluto)—have used RTGs. The chemical batteries

do not have long life. There were initial attempts

to use mini nuclear fission reactors as source of

power. That idea had to be given up as the

system with thick heavy radiation shields became

too heavy for space purposes. Clearly, but for Pu-

238 powered RTGs, we could not have explored

the space as deeply and intensively as we have

done.

All the missions launched by NASA to the outer

planets have produced spectacular results. The

Voyagers 1 and 2 to Jupiter, Saturn and beyond,

Galileo’s trip to Jupiter, and Cassini missions to

explore Saturn and Curiosity’s exploration of the

surface of Mars produced images and collected

scientific data that totally revolutionized our

understanding of the solar system and the

formation of the planetary systems. Even after

forty years, the car-size probe of Voyager 1 is still

exploring and sending its data home. Voyager 1

is the most distant manmade object and is

currently discovering what the edge of the solar

system is like. Voyager 1 is expected to keep

working until 2025 when it will finally run out of

power. That is the power derived from Pu-238

which keeps the spacecraft ticking for more than

forty years.

New Designs of RTGs

The design of the RTGs will depend on the

duration of the space mission as well as the kind

of task the space craft has been assigned. The

Cassini spacecraft carried three RTGs with 33 kg

of plutonium oxide providing 870 watts of power

as it orbits around the Saturn. Over the years

USA has also vastly improved the design of these

power packs with higher fuel efficiency. In fact

the recent versions known as Multi-Mission

Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generators

(MMRTG) with a pack of 8 RTG units having in all

4.8 kg of plutonium oxide can be used to

generate some 125 watts of electric power. This

was used in the large mobile Mars Science

Laboratory, the rover Curiosity which landed on

Mars in August 2012. This weighed about 900 kg

which is about five times the mass of previous

Mars rovers.

The next MMRTG powered mission NASA is

planning to launch in 2020 will be able to drill

sample cores of the Martian surface and leave

them for a future rover to collect for eventual

return to Earth. In the current designs of RTGs

only about 6% of the thermal energy produced

by the decay of Pu-238 is converted into

electricity. As a result the specific masses of the

RTG and MMRTG are 200 kg/kWe and 357

kg/kWe respectively. Thus in terms of pay load,

the power supplies can be a significant fraction

of the space module. Glenn Research Center at

NASA is engaged in developing Advanced Stirling

Radioisotope Generators (ASRGs) that may

provide 25% conversion efficiency. ASRGs will

also reduce the amount of scarce Pu-238

required for a given power level by a factor of 4.

However, unlike RTGs and MMRTGs, ASRGs

contain moving parts which may affect their

performance and service life.

How to get Pu-238?

When uranium fuel gets bombarded by neutrons

in a nuclear reactor, Neptunium- 237 is produced

as an activation byproduct. During the chemical

processing of the irradiated fuel for recovery of

Plutonium, Neptunium-237 can also be

extracted. This has a very long half life of 2

million years. When the extracted Neptunium

237 is converted to a target material and

bombarded by neutrons in a reactor, it gets

converted to Neptunium 238, which decays

quickly to produce Pu-238. Therefore to get Pu-

238 one has to have nuclear reactors and remote

hot cell facilities for chemical and metallurgical

processing.


USA reviving Pu-238 production

At the end of the cold war USA stopped

producing plutonium in its nuclear facilities. In

1993, cash starved Russia offered USA 40 kg of

plutonium-238 at a cost of about 60 million

dollars but decided to stop the supply in 2009

claiming huge revision in pricing. This sudden

stoppage of supply of Pu-238 forced NASA to

review its strategy for future space missions.

US Department of Energy (DOE) has embarked

on a project to re-establish Pu-238 production

facility after almost 30 years and has designated

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) as the

lead laboratory for the project, in partnership

with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and

Idaho National Laboratory (INL).

Make in India?

Fuelled by the recent spectacular successes in its

space exploration, if ISRO decides to embark on

long duration space missions beyond the M

and Mars, it will have no option but to secure

RTGs to meet the energy needs of its satellites in

space. Department of Atomic Energy has a well

established indigenous plutonium technology

with the state of the art remote hot cell facilities

for chemical and metallurgical processing of

highly radioactive materials. Clearly ISRO and

DAE cannot wait too long to initiate a

collaborative plan to make in India the RTGs,

which no country will be willing to give in view of

their high strategic value.

Sri. A. R. Sundararajan is retired

from AERB, as former Director,

RSD&SRI. He was also Chairman

SARCAR, AERB.

Have you read some book recently? Wou

you like to recommend it to your friends in

AERWA? AERWA requests you to share your

impressions, high and low points in the book

If the write up is about 200 words and

publication worthy News Letter can publish it.

The write ups can be sent to

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producing plutonium in its nuclear facilities. In

1993, cash starved Russia offered USA 40 kg of

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Nature Watch 3: BE AS TALL AS APALM Tree

In the present day world, everyone, especially

the youth, wants quick results and it is seen as

the sign of “progress” and “growing up”. They

want greens (like palak) which, once sown, grow

in days’ time, consumed and forgotten. On the

other hand, a palm (for example, coconut palm)

takes months to develop and grow; but once it

“takes root”, the “fruits” are there for years and

stands tall inspiring us. It is the long lasting effort

and effect of palm that one should aspire for

than the quality of quickly growing and easily

forgotten palak.

Palm trees are the best example of the saying,

“How high you grow depends on how deep your

roots are”. Trees like Banyan require additional

support, like aerial roots, that become hard in

course of time, to keep them erect. But palm

trees stand tall all alone. During cyclone or even

Tsunami, the palm trees just sway with the wind,

but never get uprooted.

The palms generally grow in dry climate or in

salty environment (like sea shores). During

cultivation (of coconut) salt is also added to the

soil. However, the fruits are sweet, tasty and

watery (example, tender coconut), indicating the

fact that the fruits of all our actions must be

sweet and pleasant, irrespective of the nature of

the input or the circumstances in which one lives,

grows or acts.

Each and every part of the (coconut) Palm tree is

useful. For example, the trunks are used as

bridges to cross small stream in rural areas; coir

is produced from the fibrous portion of the

coconuts; coir has very many uses [Coir Board of

the Indian Government looks into this aspect];

the leaves plaited are used to prepare thatches

and used as roofs; dead bodies are

conventionally taken on these thatches stitched

between two bamboos, etc. In Sanskrit, coconuts

are called ‘Kalpa vriksha’, that is, a tree which

gives all that are necessary for living.

Our ancient sages have taken this tree as an

example in the Yoga and called the posture as

Tadasana (or Talasana) (the palm tree pose)

which is a simple but powerful posture that gives

one an opportunity to contemplate on the

character of palm trees. This posture has been

recommended for backache and neck ache. The

final posture involves standing on one’s toes,

AERWA News Letter 2017 5 keeping the hands up by the side of the body

touching the respective ears; open palms will

face the audience (or the onlooker); one should

feel the stretch throughout the body, especially

on the sides. Best effects in all yogic practices are

obtained by keeping the eyes closed. It is

extremely difficult in this case, while standing on

the toes. So, one can go in steps; initially one can

stand firmly on the ground, stretching the hands

up and keeping the eyes closed. Later, one can

stand on the toes, keeping the eyes partially

open to be in balance; only when totally

perfected and under control, should one keep the

eyes closed, while standing on toes. Closing the

eyes reduces the strain and improves the

awareness and relaxation. During all yogic

practices, the breathing is normal while going

into, coming out and remaining in a particular

posture.

While practising Tadasana, one can contemplate

on being tall and strong like the palms, on being

useful in diverse ways to mankind by one’s action

(using all facets of one’s personality) in an

attitude of total surrender and detachment like

the palms. Ever inspiring, aesthetic and stately

palms are standing tall around us.

Tadasana is also recommended for people who

are tensed up (hypertension). Many a times they

lose their balance. Physical balance and brain

activity are related. The balancing point or

position in a man is inside the head, where the

three openings from ear, nose and mouth meet.

Normal human beings balance with their eyes

open; while a drunkard loses his balance even

with his eyes open. Standing on toes or standing

erect outstretching the palms upwards (with

eyes closed) improves the balancing ability and

indirectly reduces the mental tension or activity

(or calms down the mind).

B. Venkataramani

AERWA would like to hear from you how you like

the contents in each issue. Please feel free to

write to [email protected]

Clarification Note on - Minimum Basic Pension

(BP) and Family Pension (FP) wef 1/1/2006 and

wef 1/1/2016 for all pre-2006 Retirees

A table was published in the previous issue of

News Letter Vol 18-No 1, Jan-Feb 2017

presenting minimum BP and FP wef 1/1/2016

(after CPC-7) for all pre-2006 Retirees. AERWA

Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017

wish to clarify that BP/FP and net pension

deposited in the bank are not same. There are

several components in the net pension deposited

in the bank.

Net pension = BP/FP - Commuted amount - TDS

+ Arrears if any + Age related bonus + DA

Simplest way to find your BP/FP (if you are not

aware) is through each DA installment which at

present is 2% of BP/FP wef 1/7/2016. For

example if DA=540 then BP = 540/0.02 =27000.

This DA of Rs 540 is for SO (C) grade and actual

minimum BP for SO (C) is =26985.

AERWA members are advised to first determine

their BP/ or FP, compare with the value given in

table mentioned above. If the two values are

different then please email/ or write to AERWA

office with all relevant details. Please see cover

page for the address. AERWA shall provide all

possible help.

S P Garg

AERWA can represent to the authorities genuine

Pension related issues / CHSS related issues if

submitted in writing.

AERWA Social Initiatives:

1. Are you interested in submitting the

computerized copy of Medical

Reimbursement Claim? It will help in tracking

your claim in future.

2. Are you interested in downloading the digital

platforms like SBI-Buddy, Pay TM, BHIM etc.

in your mobile phone?

3. Are you interested in learning Marathi?

Marathi classes for AERWA members have

started from 17th

Feb., 2017. These are held

on every Friday from 5 P.M. to 6 P.M.

If interested, please contact Mr K.T.P.

Balakrishnan (Secretary, AERWA at

9969986980) or AERWA Office 25559994 on

M-W-F between 11.00-12.30 hrs).

The Budget News: Income Tax

The finance minister has proposed to slash the

tax rate for individuals in the lowest income tax

slab – Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 5 lakh –to 5% instead of

10%. The existing rebate under Section 87A

(currently given to people with income up to Rs 5

lakh) is proposed to be reduced to Rs 2500 from

the existing Rs 5000 for individuals earning

between Rs 2.5 lakh to Rs 3.5 lakh.

AERWA News Letter 2017 6 Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017

As a result of the combined effect of the new

Section 87A rebate and the reduction in the

lowest slab tax rate to 5% the tax burden for

those with income upto Rs 3 lakh would be zero

and tax burden for those in the Rs 3 lakh to Rs

3.5 lakh bracket would be Rs 2500.

Those earning Rs 4.5 lakh can therefore reduce

their tax liability to zero by fully utilising the tax

break under Section 80C (Rs 1.5 lakh) combined

with these new proposals.

Those falling in the higher income tax slabs will

also be eligible for this lower tax rate of 5% on

income between Rs 2.5 lakh and Rs 5 lakh.

Therefore, those in the higher tax slabs will pay

lower tax by Rs 12500 per person. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com

For senior citizens (who were exempted for

income tax upto Rs 3 lakh), this rebate may be

only Rs 10,000. In addition they will save cess of

Rs 375 and Rs 300 respectively. Unfortunately,

there is no benefit for senior citizens (>80 years)

who were exempted for income tax upto Rs 5

lakh. AERWA proposes to represent on behalf of

such senior citizens (>80years).

Income Tax Slab 2017-18 (AY 2018-19)

Senior Citizens (60-80 yrs):

Income Tax Slab Income Tax Rate

Income up to Rs.

3,00,000 Nil

Income between Rs.

3,00,001 – Rs. 500,000

5% of Income exceeding

Rs. 3,00,000

Income between Rs.

500,001 – Rs.

10,00,000

10000+20% of Income

exceeding Rs. 5,00,000

Income above Rs.

10,00,000

110000+30% of Income


Super Senior Citizens (above 80 yrs)

Income Tax Slab Income Tax Rate

Income up to Rs.

5,00,000 Nil

Income between Rs.

500,001 – Rs.

10,00,000

20% of Income exceeding

Rs. 5,00,000

Income above Rs.

10,00,000

100000+30% of Income


https://finapp.co.in/tax-slab-rate/

Status of court cases- February 2017

1. Full Pension for < 33 yrs of service for pre-

2006 retirees: Subsequent to DP&PW OM

dated April6, 2016 delinking pro-rata

reduction of pension for pre-2006 retirees

having< 33 years of service, most of the cases

in BARC as well as in DAE Units are processed.

Some cases are still reaching AERWA and

these are sent to BARC Pension cell which are

processed on urgent basis.

2. Two increments for DA, HRA and pensionary

benefits: AEPWF has filed an OA/2045/2016

reckoning 2 increments as “Pay” for

pensionary benefits at CAT, Delhi with nearly

1000 applicants (mostly from NPCIL and few

hundred from other DAE units including

BARC). The first date of hearings was

November 10, 2016, adjourned to 11 January

2017and now postponed to March 10, 2017.

In a DAE OM dated September 6, 2016, it has

asked various Units to provide the financial

implications in terms of DA, HRA, pensionary

benefits etc. considering 2 increments as

“Pay”. Further DAE action is awaited.

3. Pension on special pay for H+ retirees: The

court has directed to tag SLP 3017/2016 with

DRDO SLP No. 24745/2015. Now this SLP(CC)

3017 is converted to SLP/27273.The next date

of hearing is March 21, 2017. Contempt case

797/2015 in this case came for hearing at

CAT, Delhi on 12.1.2017 and was adjourned

to 17.4.2017.

The SLP/3452 case came for hearing in

regular bench on December 14, 2016 and was

adjourned to January 11, 2017. On this day of

hearing, the Hon court condoned the delay

with penalty of Rs. 10,000 to UOI. Hon court

also asked to issue notice to the respondents

(AERWA). Matter was reviewed by the Core

Group following the case on behalf of 73

members (53 pre-2006 retirees and 20 post

2006 retirees). It was decided to engage a

Senior Counsel during next hearing at

Supreme Court (date not confirmed yet).

Towards this, another round of contribution

will be requested from all applicants for

which action has been initiated by Shri RC

Pant.

Another case OA/261/2011 for pension on

special pay by 52 nos. of post 2010 H+ BARC


retirees was allowed by CAT Mumbai on

Nov.6, 2015. DAE filed a MA requesting

abeyance of this order till two SLPs are

decided by HSC. This came for hearing on

29th June 2016. Court refused to entertain

DAE MA and the same was dismissed and

withdrawn. There is no progress since then in

this case.

4. Full parity case by pre-2006 retirees: OA

3529/2015 of pre-2006 S-29 pensioners for

full parity with post 2006 retirees and in any

case their pension not less than post 2006 S-

24, S-27 retirees, came for hearing 5th April,

2016. It was adjourned to 7th

September,

2016,further adjourned to 15.2.2017 and now

to April 7, 2017.

5. S-21 case: The hearing of the S-21 case at CAT

Mumbai was adjourned to June 30, 2016. It

was then postponed to September 21, 2016,

then to December 15, 2016, 30th

January

2017 and now to February 28, 2017.

Compiled by B M Misra

Joining CGSAG (S-29) group for OA/3529/2015

The 900 members’ pre-2006 group has filed an

OA/3529/2015 at CAT, Delhi praying that pre-

2006 S-29 pensioners cannot get pension less

than junior post-2006 pensioners which is

prevailing at present. These cases are likely to go

up to Supreme Court. About 60 DAE pre-2006 S-

29 pensioners are already members of this

group. Normally the courts give orders for the

members only. It is up to Govt. to apply it for all

or not.

In view of large amount of fund required,

President of the CGSAG (S-29) group has

appealed for joining of more members to make

it a group of at least 1200- 1500 members. Pre-

2006 DAE H/H+ grade pensioners desiring to join

this group may mail to President S-29 group Shri

R S Atroley at [email protected] indicating

their willingness to join the S-29 group followed

by submitting the necessary form and payment.

Please note that AERWA will not be directly

involved in this matter. Shri N K Bansal, an active

AERWA member, has volunteered for any

clarification and suggestions and may be

contacted on [email protected]. This

group also intends to take up the case for

implementation of option 1 of 7th

CPC if and

when the adverse decision is communicated by

the Government.

DAE/DST/ISRO News:

ISRO hits a century, makes India Proud yet

again. On February 15, at 9.28AM, ISRO scripted

a new chapter in the history of space exploration

with the successful launch of a record 104

satellites using Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle

(PSLV) in a single mission. The launch was

successfully accomplished from the first launch

pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre in

Sriharikota. It was PSLV's 39th flight.

Seventeen minutes later, the rocket started

placing the satellites into orbit, one by one with a

time-frame of about 11 minutes.

Out of the total 104 satellites placed in orbit, 101

satellites belonged to six foreign countries

including 96 from the US and one each from

Israel, the UAE, the Netherlands, Switzerland and

Kazakhstan.

PSLV first injected its main payload Cartosat- 2

series, India's indigenously built earth

observation satellite. It was followed by two

other nanosatellites of ISRO - INS-1A and INS-

1B. Within less than 10 minutes thereafter, the

rocket spewed out 101 passengers, which are all

foreign nanosatellites, as it travelled up in

altitude reaching the polar sun synchronous

orbit.

Cartosat -2, which is equipped with

panchromatic and multispectral cameras, will

provide remote sensing services similar to that of

its predecessors.

Images from the satellite will be used for

cartographic applications, urban and rural

applications, coastal land use and regulation,

utility management like road network

monitoring, water distribution, creation of land

use maps, change detection to bring out

geographical and manmade features and various

other land information system (LIS) and


geographical information system (GSI)

applications.

INS-1A and INS-1B are versatile and modular

nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future

science and experimental payload.

Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites

belonged to San Francisco-based earth imaging

Start up Planet. With the launch, the company

has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will

soon begin capturing images of the earth's entire

landmass, including India, every day.

Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global,

US, will provide services for vessel tracking and

weather measurement.

The nano satellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the

Netherlands, Switzerland and the UAE are mostly

technology demonstrators.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Did you know? Names of different Phobias:

1. Ageing gerascophobia

2. Drinking Alchohol dipsophobia

3. Atomic Energy nucleomitophobia

4. Atomic Explosion atomosophobia

5. Cancer carcinomophobia

6. Working with Chemicals chemophobia

Welcome to Platinum Club (≥75 yrs)

AERWA welcomes those attaining ≥75 yrs of age

as members of our prestigious Platinum Club.

They will also receive AERWA Platinum Club

Certificate shortly.

(Congratulations for getting Full Pension)

DoB Name Phone No

07-Mar-42 Dwivedi S R 25510106

12-Mar-42 Pawar S E 32984575

15-Mar-42 Subramanian G 27820102

18-Mar-42 Francis M A 26252776

26-Mar-42 Ravetkar R M

04-Apr-42 Tungare R D 25428048

09-Apr-42 Srimoolanathan R

13-Apr-42 Kapur P. L. 2.228E+09

15-Apr-42 Nair Santha P 25565252

17-Apr-42 Sampath Kumar G S

20-Apr-42 Gaiki G M 9.82E+09

25-Apr-42 Kini K S 27652812

24-Aug-37 M.S.S.Murthy* 26724488

∗ New Member

Hearty congratulations for your completing 80

years of age. Congratulations for getting

additional Basic Pension and DR (both for

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


geographical information system (GSI)

1B are versatile and modular

nanosatellite bus system envisioned for future

Among the foreign satellites, 88 cube satellites

based earth imaging

up Planet. With the launch, the company

has increased its fleet to 143 satellites which will

of the earth's entire

landmass, including India, every day.

Eight other satellites belonging to Spire Global,

US, will provide services for vessel tracking and

The nano satellites from Israel, Kazakhstan, the

d and the UAE are mostly

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Names of different Phobias:

gerascophobia

nucleomitophobia

atomosophobia

carcinomophobia

of age

of our prestigious Platinum Club.

AERWA Platinum Club

for getting Full Pension)

Phone No

25510106

2984575

27820102

26252776

25428048

2.228E+09

25565252

9.82E+09

27652812

26724488

New Member

completing 80

for getting

(both for

80 yr;

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

100% ≥100 yr. DoB Name Phone No

15-Mar-37 Kunhiraman K 27706955

15-Mar-37 Chandrasekharan K 27547799

16-Mar-37 Kane Chintaman D 25430677

18-Mar-37 Ramakrishnan V A 27703575

30-Mar-37 Pillai K P P

01-Apr-37 Pitale Nivrutti M 25418094

01-Apr-37 Kandekar V D

01-Apr-37 Sipahimalani A T 27661327

12-Apr-37 Shitut N R 25406015

22-Apr-37 Krishnamoni S 24144008

28-Apr-37 Awatramani A S 26792495

Birthday Greetings to the existing Platinum

Club members. जीवेत ्शरद: शतम ्.

DoB Name Phone No

05-Mar-30 Choughuley Ahmed S

21-Mar-30 Srinivasan K A 26140674

23-Mar-30 Ganganaik M Shripad 28670022

01-Apr-30 Narahari P 9818327876

02-Apr-30 Tambe P S 28880295

09-Apr-30 Ravindran P V 25968531

18-Apr-30 Kolambekar P R 25400470

19-Apr-31 Mahadevan V S

22-Apr-31 Warty V K 28374376

14-Mar-32 Mule V Yashwant

24-Mar-32 Sundaram S M 26340858

02-Apr-32 Patgaonkar V R 26117315

17-Apr-32 Sabharwal Ved Vyas 25559519

19-Apr-32 Pillai K C 25567696

04-Mar-33 Nair S G 27617959

08-Mar-33 Ghadge T D 25200629

09-Mar-33 Bhalerao R G 28957680

10-Mar-33 Dhumwad R K 26424890

10-Mar-33 R.R. Wamorkar 25203282

11-Mar-33 Pillai K P R 9388820904

27-Mar-33 Kaul Shiv N 25576506

12-Apr-33 Rijhsinghani K R 24015756

15-Apr-33 Mistry I G 27894522

08-Mar-34 Phalke K D 21630720

15-Mar-34 Junnarkar P N 24053985

17-Mar-34 Badheka A C 26742032

26-Mar-34 Rangachari S S 27897236

23-Apr-34 Vaghela M G 25519313

26-Apr-34 Burkule A S 25320925

15-Mar-35 Theyyunni T K 25242740

16-Mar-35 Srinivasan V 27894555

27-Mar-35 Vaze P K 27526418

03-Apr-35 Venkatsubramanian V 25565459

04-Apr-35 Panicker N K 27740089

09-Apr-35 Hiremath S P 27701533

09-Apr-35 Kavishwar B D

20-Apr-35 Sharma Narendra 27652529

AERWA News Letter 2017 9

24-Apr-35 Laghate N G 27700034

04-Mar-36 Sirsi R T 25559021

05-Mar-36 Pai M S 27650504

06-Mar-36 Bhatia G M 28577528

10-Mar-36 Vaidya B S 25126436

21-Mar-36 Sahasrabudhe P V 40132758

01-Apr-36 Agarkar G A 27716914

04-Apr-36 Ghumre J P 28883069

05-Apr-36 Modi P S 27701117

10-Apr-36 Dabhadkar Suresh B 9323699216

20-Apr-36 Jakkal V S 27821249

22-Apr-36 Varma R K

01-Mar-38 Asolkar S V 25574162

15-Mar-38 Neelakantan S 27745738

18-Mar-38 Gomathy Ramaswamy 26200543

18-Mar-38 V T Srinivasan 25976501

19-Mar-38 Pillai Indira B

19-Mar-38 Rao S M

22-Mar-38 Santha Singh V K 27815428

23-Mar-38 Kamala Rudran

23-Mar-38 Panicker Devaraj O V 25298694

27-Mar-38 Parameswaran C 27705733

30-Mar-38 Sadarangani S H 25576420

04-Apr-38 Varkey V C 28944219

05-Apr-38 Shukla S G 26140891

05-Apr-38 Vaidyanathan S 25069207

08-Apr-38 Janardhanan K K 25558032

08-Apr-38 Madan Lal 27820952

14-Apr-38 Pawa Manohar Lal 27750070

15-Apr-38 Rastogi R C 25580927

22-Apr-38 Iyer V N

22-Apr-38 C M Kothari 01-Mar-39 Kotak D N 27491084

01-Mar-39 Bhattacharjee Dilip 25550559

13-Mar-39 Pruthi D D 27716620

15-Mar-39 Raut A R 23618380

18-Mar-39 Sharma G N 27563902

23-Mar-39 Pankajakshan K

29-Mar-39 Gangadharan P P 27704996

01-Apr-39 V.N.Chaudhary 27722959

04-Apr-39 Sane K G 9930301391

08-Apr-39 Kulkarni B G 27802951

11-Apr-39 Varier K V S 27664233

12-Apr-39 Navaratna M R 25515378

12-Apr-39 Jayandranath M 28651150

16-Apr-39 Desai Sudha S (Smt) 9920760425

17-Apr-39 Walvekar A P 27711338

21-Apr-39 Rao P S 27654006

01-Mar-40 Pandey Anirudhh 25550439

05-Mar-40 Meghal Atul M 26244070

07-Mar-40 Sankaranarayanan T K 27898989

16-Mar-40 Prasad M A 27722869

21-Mar-40 Mary Kutty Thomas 27759087

23-Mar-40 Warrier A S 23890235

Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017

24-Mar-40 Joshi A. A. 9860631976

01-Apr-40 Jhamb N K

02-Apr-40 Patil Vijay S 25232089

02-Apr-40 Sachdeo S Singh

07-Apr-40 Dere A V 27897880

10-Apr-40 Koppikar Satish V 27571037

24-Apr-40 Vasavan Nanu 28624070

07-Mar-41 Munim K R 26608756

08-Mar-41 Sharma V K

10-Mar-41 RamSaran Dass 25702963

21-Mar-41 Balakrishnan S A 27714604

30-Mar-41 Subramanya M J 23648890

31-Mar-41 Pal B C 27665641

14-Apr-41 Asundi A K 27881643

10-Apr-28 Chadha M S 26202596

03-Mar-29 Kelkar V Y 2370232

We erred: Dr. N G S Gopal, who completed his

88th year of age on Jan 29, was missing in the

Greeting's list due to editorial error. We

sincerely apologize for the error and wish Dr

Gopal a long and happy life.

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

No Name Ph. No. City

P2788 V Manjula Devi 27748964 Kharghar

P2789 Wankhede S N 7718811213 Nerul

P2790 Dingankar M V 9967597891 Kalyan(W)

P2791 Pranab Kumar 25557610 Deonar

P2792 PK Chacko 27749804 Kharghar

P2793 Nanoo Bhargavan 98196557728 Powai

P2794 P Ramchandran 9029051049 Kharghar

P2795 Abdul Hanan 9969446407 Raigad

P2796 Kamala Kant Das 9969602270 Kamothe

P2797 Dina Nath Sah 27563173 Belapur

P2798 Shreenivasan A O 27573626 Belapur

P2799 Tangri V K 9892505048 Vashi

P2800 M.S.S.Murthy 26724488 Bengaluru

P2801 T. K. Ghosh 8879152461 Panvel

P2802 Gogate D N 26820969 Vileparle(E)

AWRWA thanks the following member for his

Donation to PMNRF

K. C. Kunju 2000

AWRWA thanks the following members for their

Donations to AERWA

Tapas Kumar Basu 1000

M. G. Phadnis 1000

K. C. Kunju 1000

M.M. Godbole 5000

M.P. Chougaonkar 2000

P S Rao 2500

V K Rajgor 2000

Many members have contributed towards

furnishing the AERWA office in last few


months. Dr V. K. Panday, CEO, International

Environmental Consultants New Delhi has

contributed Rs 29,000/- towards this end. Dr.

Panday is a 6th

batch Training School graduate

and was with BARC till

1990 working in the areas

of advanced analytical

chemistry & Health

Physics. AERWA sincerely

thanks Dr Panday for his

kind gesture.

Announcements about AERWA’s Activities viz.

various functions, annual trips etc are

regularly posted on its website

https://aerwa.wordpress.com . Members are

requested to visit the website regularly to

keep informed about AERWA’s activities.

Sad Demise: AERWA deeply mourns the sad

demise of our following members and share the

grief of their families. May God keep the soul

each of them in peace.

Shri R K Varma, Ex BARC (P

482) passed away on Dec 31,

2016. He was 80 and is

survived by wife, two sons and

grand children.

Shri V.K Kulkarni (P 316),

ex-Head CED BARC

Passed away on January 8,

2017. He was 80 yrs and is

survived by wife, two sons,

and grand children.

Dr. V Ramshesh, (P567), Ex

BARC left for heavenly abode

on January 10, 2017. He was

74. He leaves behind his

wife, daughter and a son.

An Appeal: Death is an inevitable landmark of

one’s life and everyone meets death sooner

or later. Still, the near and dear ones of the

deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and

condolences from the friends and well

wishers. It is for this purpose that AREWA

News Letter seeks your help in informing us if

you know that our AERWA member friend

has passed away. Please inform the news

demise of your friend, if any, along with his

photograph to [email protected]

10 Vol. 18(2) Mar-April 2017

CEO, International

has

Dr.

batch Training School graduate

vities viz.

various functions, annual trips etc are

regularly posted on its website

Members are

requested to visit the website regularly to

AERWA deeply mourns the sad

and share the

soul of

Shri R K Varma, Ex BARC (P-

482) passed away on Dec 31,

2016. He was 80 and is

wo sons and

Passed away on January 8,

2017. He was 80 yrs and is

survived by wife, two sons,

Dr. V Ramshesh, (P567), Ex-

BARC left for heavenly abode

He was

leaves behind his

Death is an inevitable landmark of

one’s life and everyone meets death sooner

or later. Still, the near and dear ones of the

deceased seek a solace in the solidarity and

from the friends and well

wishers. It is for this purpose that AREWA

News Letter seeks your help in informing us if

our AERWA member friend

of

demise of your friend, if any, along with his

India Consumer Price Index for Industrial

Workers AICPI (IW)(Base of 261.4

as on 1/1/2016)

Month CPI

base

1982

=100

12 mth

total

12 mth

average

%incr.

Above

261.4

for

DA/DR

Jan-16 269 3152 262.67 0

Feb-16 267 3166 263.83 0

Mar-16 268 3180 265 1

Apr-16 271 3195 266.25 1

May-16 275 3212 267.67 2

Jun-16 275 3226 268.83 2

Jul-16 280 3243 270.25 3

Aug-16 278 3257 271.42 3

Sep-16 277 3268 272.33 4

Oct-16 278 3277 273.08 4

Nov-16 277 3284 273.67 4

Dec-16 275 3290 274.17 4

In last issue of NL, expected DR was estimated

assuming constant WPI index of 278 for Nov and Dec

16. Fortunately, inflation has come down and indices

reduced to 277 for Nov 16 and 275 for Dec 16. The DR from January 17 is therefore 4% or DR rise is 2%."

* Created by Shri G B Kale

AERWA is happy happy to announce the

opening of AERWA Library at our office in

Anushaktinagar. Many members have

generously donated books of great interest.

To name a few, we have books on philosophy

by great authors like Aldous Huxley, History

titles like Discovery of India by Nehru, Science,

self improving titles by famous authors like

Stephen Covey and thriller titles by famous

Jeffrey Archer for your reading pleasure. The

books are available for issue and return on all

the office working days. Please do come and

rediscover joys of reading. P Gururaj Rao

Did you know?

7. Poison toxiphobia

8. Poverty peniaphobia

9. Speed tachophobia

10. Water hydrophobia


Important: 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. 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

AERWA News Letter requires good articles

from its members. Please send to

[email protected] . They will be

considered for publishing.

Published & Printed by: Braj Mohan Misra on

behalf of AERWA, at Sai Enterprises, 6 Shah

Industrial Estate and published at: Project Square,

Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar Branch, Mumbai

400 094. Managing Editor: M P. Chougaonkar

AERWA website https://aerwa.wordpress.com is

updated regularly. Please make it a habit to visit

frequently. Comments/suggestions may be sent to

[email protected]

Important: Complaints are being received from a

few members about non receipt of AERWA News

letter. It is clarified that AERWA take all care to

ensure that the AERWA News Letter is posted

promptly to all the members except those who

have opted for the soft copy. A problem with the

postal delivery system is the major reason for

the non deliverance of AERWA News Letter and

members are requested to check up with postal

authorities regarding this issue.

Another probable reason for non deliverance is

change in the postal address of the members

that members forget to inform AERWA. Please

do inform the change of address to

[email protected] or by writing to AERWA

Secretary at office address given on the top of

first page.

Name and Address

If not delivered please return to:

Atomic Energy Retirees Welfare Association (Regd).,

Project Square, Opposite to SBI Anushakti Nagar

Branch, Mumbai 400 094.

Important: Do you really need a printed copy of

News Letter? The Soft copy of News Letter is

emailed to all those who have opted for it even

before it is printed. It is more colorful and very

much liked by readers. Please opt for Soft copy

by emailing your request to [email protected]

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