Social and emotional aspect of denial of pensionary and provident fund benefits to Short Service Officerssocial / emotional aspects.

I've been talking about mostly just legal aspects of denial of pensionary and provident fund benefits to Short Service Officers. Let's have a bit of social / emotional aspects.

- Prior to 2004, civil central govt servants including paramilitary forces and Coast Guard personnel were getting full pension in just 10 years of service. Armed forces personnel were getting it at 15/20 years (glaring discrimination against the entire Armed Forces).

- MPs and certain other "VVIPs" get pension at 5 years of service.

- Some states like Haryana are/were giving pension at 8 years of service.

- Some states like Kerala are/were giving pension at just 2 years of service, for certain govt posts.

- Many people are enjoying two pensions. Not just people in the Defence Security Corps but also civilians. Like one RBI officer who's getting one pension from the Indian Railways and another from RBI.

- Many people like employees of SBI, RITES, etc are getting the benefits of NPS AND EPF at the same time.

This is a highly complicated research and the list goes on.

Different rules and policies have been applicable at different times to different people.

Since 1962, SS officers have been getting absolutely nothing. It's incredible that we are still required to fight it out in the court and that we still face resistance from people.