<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar attended the 7th Armed Force Veterans Day in New Delhi on Saturday.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The three Service Chiefs highlighted the important welfare measures undertaken by various welfare departments under the veterans vertical of the Armed Forces.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">They also commended the selfless service rendered by the veterans in Nation Building.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The event witnessed the release of SAMMAAN magazine, a yearly journal published by Directorate of Indian Army Veterans (DIAV) covering informative articles and various topics of interest to the veteran community.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Indian Air Force also released the VAYU SEMVEDNA magazine.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Addressing the veterans during the event, the Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande, said that nation is proud of the army veterans for their contribution in the live of duty.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mr Pande also informed that the Army has also signed MoUs with Railway, Metro and leading corporate houses for job opportunities for the army veterans after retirement.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He said that the Army is also planning to increase the number of empanelled hospitals and reimbursement claims for the veterans.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Speaking at the event, Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari said Armed Forces Veterans day is a momentous occasion to commemorate and honour made by the veterans.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mr Chaudhari also said that the Directorate of Air Veterans has done creditable work in assisting air veterans with their financial matters and finding placements in the civil sector through placement cells.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He also paid homage to all those veterans who sacrificed their lives in the line of duty.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">The Chief Of Naval Staff Admiral R Hari Kumar who was also present in the event, said that the digital mission initiative like 'Sparsh' has been operationalised to bring transparency in the pension processing.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">He said Indian navy follows multi-prolonged approach including care, creative solutions and communication.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Mr Kumar added that the care and welfare of the veteran community is a top priority of the Armed forces.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">As part of the celebrations, the Chief of Defence Staff, three Service Chiefs, CISC and some ex-servicemen laid wreaths and paid homage to the fallen heroes at the National War Memorial in New Delhi to mark the occasion.</span></p>