The site of Bharat Ke Veer wasn't opening, I used my SBI portal for the job. Feeling good about it, even if we say that it's probably just the amount we would have spent in one visit to a luxury hotel or a pub, the fact is that we will still make that visit - but this cause delivers an inner satisfaction.

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Thank you for putting this thread on the homepage.
A lot of time we don't appreciate the sacrifice our Soldiers do for us. I can't even begin to imagine the emotions that the family of those martyrs go through. It takes a lot of guts to send your child to the Indian Army and we must respect those families. I made a habit of donating to Bharatkeveer twice a year on Independence and Republic Day, not only i donate myself i make sure i motivate others around me to do the same. I hope this thread motivates people to do the same. A good deed promotes another good deed. Please make a habit of donating money to the defense forces from time to time and make sure you motivate others to do the same. Bharat Mata Ki Jai.

This is a great initiative to show solidarity. Its our duty to show solidarity.

Right from the Dantewada massacre, in which we lost 76 CRPF personnel, I had been appalled by the lack of body armor and armored transport among these high incident forces.

We should immediately start an initiative for manufacturing(no more high TRP 'deals') BULLET PROOF VESTS and ARMORED VEHICLES for soldiers.

There are at least some local manufacturers of bulletproof vests who have contracts from the army and various paramilitary forces.

As for armoured vehicles, HVF Avadi, Chennai and VFJ Jabalpur have made these for a good while now, but at least in Dantewada that isn't too useful given jungle tracks.

The issue wasn't moving CRPF personnel in trucks, the issue was poor opsec in allowing the terrorist's scorpio to tailgate them all the way from Jammu before he finally succeeded in ramming one of the trucks - this despite intel received that suicide car bombs were planned, and despite a decades old history of this practice being in vogue among terrorists.

Anyway entirely off topic to contributing to the martyrs. If the mods want to start a new thread, and if the discussion can be done WITHOUT politics and blame games being played, I'd be glad to participate.

One can also donate via the UPI mechanism.

bharatkeveer@sbi

https://www.newsnation.in/india-news...le-214420.html

The payment gateway hasn't been optimized for AMEX cards with 15 digit CC numbers. Anyone (from the US) successfully paid through AMEX?

Worst case, I'll try with my VISA card tomorrow.

Did my bit and contributed to our Martyrs families. Feeling good. However, had to do it via SBI Fund Transfer Section as Bharat Ke Veer Website was timing out.

Slightly dissapointed I did not receive the Certificate with my name, that other members have posted earlier as i would have been proud to receive it. Will i receive it by Post? Also, wondering how will i be able to claim Tax Exemption for my contribution as i just received the SBI Payment Acknowledgement Slip. Not that it matters a lot.

Thanks.

All you need to do is to quote the donated organization's name and PAN in your tax return along with the amount concerned. Nobody asks you to produce any proof of payment unless your return is picked for scrutiny.

In this case they see a payment from SBI to the Bharat Ke Veer account, they see a matching claim in your tax return, and will then pass the claim.

If you quoted your PAN correctly in the donation form you're good to go.

Made through Google Pay UPI platform, as Google have already added "Bharat ke veer" as a default payee in the app. Payment was smooth and fast.

Please note, as mentioned by other BHPians, there is no immediate generation of certificate by making a payment through this platform. Anyway, very useful for those who are not exactly looking for a Tax exemption, but a speedy platform.

If you donate to them through whatever channel - paytm, google pay, your bank etc - whether or not you get a receipt you are entitled to claim the exemption. Dont worry about that part.

The Army Welfare Fund Battle Casualties, is a fund to assist next of kins of battle causalities with monetary assistance. A PIB release of 2016 states Indian Army's official twitter handle (@ADGPI) has also tweeted about the same.

From the wording / language of the PIB release, it seems that by casualties they mean fatal casualties.

I am sorry if I hurt anyone by my comments on facilities for soldiers in paramilitary forces. My intention was never to blame these organizations. I was just trying to figure out the the differences between armed forces and paramilitary forces.

I will like to state that my info is NOT based on hearsay. I did Short Service Commission in Indian Army (in Army Medical Corps to be specific) and was posted in J&K. Nearby, there were units of BSF as well. Occasionally, we used to get chance to interact with BSF officers in Brigade functions. That is how I came to know on ground differences.

I am glad to know that BSF has dedicated hospitals. But of course, their locations, resources and numbers can't match those of Indian Army. I don't know about CISF and CRPF. The way Indian Army cares for its veterans and their family is really good, at least for medical benefits. There is no other govt medical organization in the county which works with such professionalism.

I feel, the overall perks and benefits are much better in armed forces. The paramilitary forces are actually subjected to equally challenging tasks and hostile situations. But they are resource-poor as compared to armed forces. Most of their high-ranking officers are derived from IPS cadre. It will be better if these high-ranking officers rise from lowermost echelons of their officer cadre. Then they will lead and care for their men better. My knowledge about benefits in paramilitary forces is almost 8 to 10 yrs old, so ground realty might have changed by now.

I think, my discussion on this topic is going . Better to restrict it to the main topic.

Thanks.

Today, did my humble contribution for the great soldiers.

BharatKeVeer website is functional and smooth.

The website immediately sent certificate to registered email Id. (No. 113367107890460)

Salute the brave! Jai Hind!!!