Introduction

1. “Marshal of the Air Force & Mrs. Arjan Singh Trust” was registered on 22nd September 2004 in Delhi. The Trust office is located next to the Air Force Association, 412 Air Force Station, Race Course, New Delhi-110003. The Marshal of the Air Force Arjun Singh generously donated Rs. 2 Crores towards the Corpus of the Trust. The interest earned, on this Corpus amount, is to be distributed as grant/assistance to ex-Service personnel.

3. The Trust shall have the following powers exercisable in furtherance of its objects.

(a) To present, promote, organise, provide, manage and produce films, musical concerts, entertainment, exhibitions, courses, workshops, conferences etc to promote the objects of the Trust.

(b) To employ staff and/or agents and to make provision for the proper remuneration of any such person.

(c) To undertake and execute any charitable trust which may lawfully be undertaken by the trust and may be necessary for its objects.

(d) To borrow and raise money for the purpose of Trust.

(e) To invest the money of the Trust not immediately required for its purpose, consistent with the provisions of Income Tax Act.

The Board of Trustees shall comprise of a minimum of 12 Trustees. The present Trustees are as follows:-

The following are the trustees of the trust in their ex-officio capacity.

(a) President, Air Force Association Chairman
(b) Sr. Vice President, AFA Member
(c) Air Officer-in-charge Administration, Air HQ. Member
(d) Vice President, AFA Managing Trustee
(e) Air Officer Commanding, 412 AF Station Member
(f) Legal Adviser, AFA Member
(g) Director of Personnel Services, Air HQ. Member

Presently the Trustees are: -

(a) Air Chief Marshal FH Major PVSM, AVSM, SC VM(Retd)
(b) Air Marshal KS Chaturvedi PVSM,  VSM (Retd)
(c) Air Marshal JN BurmaAVSM, VSM AOA, Air HQ
(d) AVM VK Tiwari (Retd)
(e) Air Cmde AS Bhonsle VSM AOC, 412 AF Stn. N Delhi
(f) Gp Capt KS Bhati (Retd) Legal Adviser
(g) Gp Capt AK Kapur DPS, Air HQ.
(h) Sqn Ldr Amit Luthra - Non ex-officio Trustee
                     

5 The Board of Trustee meetings are held minimum twice a year The Chairman may call additional meetings as necessary. A 21 days notice will be issued normally, extra ordinary meeting may be held with shorter notices. Any Trustee may request the Chairman to hold a meeting for a specific reason. The Chairman has the discretion to accept, modify or reject the request.

6 The applications for financial grants are screened by a Screening Committee every quarter. The Screening Committee consists of the following: -

(a) Managing Trustee
(b) DPS Air HQ.
(c) Manager Trust

7 There-after the recommendations of the Screening Committee with appropriate remarks are put up to the Executive Committee for the final consideration and approval of the grants to most needy personnel. The Executive Committee consists of the following members: -

(a) Chairman
(b) Vice Chairman
(c) Managing Trustee
(d) AOC 412 AF Station
(e) Legal Advisor

8 The Executive Committee must assemble at least once every quarter. The Chairman/ Sr VP, AFA may call additional meetings as necessary. Meeting notices should be at least seven days in advance. Extra ordinary meetings may be held with shorter notices.

9 Category Prioritisation of Individuals: - Any individual may make an appeal for a grant from the Trust. However, as it may not be possible to satisfy all valid demands that may be received, gravity of financial distress being the same, categorization of priority may have to be set for individuals filing a request for financial grant. The following categorization is set in descending order of priority:-

(a) An AFA member or his/her dependant
(b) An IAF person retired/serving or his/her dependant ;
(c) Any retired defence services person or his/her dependant ;
(d) Any Government service person, serving/retired or his/her dependant ;
(e) Any other individual :
(f) Individuals who do not have any other avenue for financial assistance be given priority over those who have possibilities for help from other sources.

9 Limits of Grant : Dispensation will be made quarterly/annually. The maximum one-time grant, may be authorized from the Trust to any individual, shall be limited to Rs 50,000/- (BOT meeting No 02/04).

10 Routing of Applications :

(a) The applications for financial grant are to be submitted as per the format given at Appendix ‘A’ (modified) to these Instructions.

(b) Applications for grants from the Trust may be received by any of the following agencies :-

(i) Trust office C/O AFA Head Office, 412 AF Stn, Race Course, New Delhi – 03
(ii) AFA Head Office at 412 AF Stn , Race Course, New Delhi – 03
(iii) AFA Branch/Chapter Offices.
(iv) Air HQs/Command HQs.
(v) Any Air Force Station.
11. Wg Cdr OS Sareen (Retd) is the Manager Trust and looks after the day to day functioning of the trust and Wg Cdr TC Sood (Retd) is the Chief Accounts of the trust.

12. The needy ex-Air Force personnel and their widows can download the Application Form for Financial Assistance and forward the same through the Air Force Association of their State or through the nearest Air Force Station for consideration of financial grants. The applications may be sent through their respective state branches by the applicants.

                         DONATION TO THE TRUST TILL DATE

(1)  Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh DFC                -        Rs 2, 00, 00,000/-

(2)  Sqn Ldr AK Luthra (Retd)                                            -        Rs.      5, 00,000/-

(3)  Wg Cdr Vipin Sagar (Retd)                                          -        Rs.          30,000/-

(4)  Sqn Ldr VS Rana                                                          -        Rs.          40,000/-

(5)  Shri Vivek Sagar                                                           -        Rs.          30,000/-

(6)  IAF, CWF                                                                      -        Rs.    50, 00,000/- 

(7) Wg Cdr PS Sanadi (Retd)                                              -        Rs.            5,000/-

(8   Wg Cdr S Mukherjee                                                    -        Rs.          50,131/-

(9)  AOC – in – C, HQ MC, IAF                                        -        Rs.      1, 50,000/-

(10) AOC – in – C, HQ TC, IAF                                         -        Rs.      5, 00,000/-

(11) AOC – in – C, HQ EAC, IAF                                      -        Rs.      2, 29,831/-

(12) Stn Cdr 27 Wing, AF                                                   -        Rs.            8,500/-

(13) Agrami HQ SFC, Delhi Cantt                                     -        Rs.          15,930/-

(14) AOC-in-C HQ WAC, IAF                                            -        Rs.      5, 51,000/-

(15) AOC J&K                                                                     -        Rs.            5,500/-

(16) AOC-in-C HQ CAC, IAF                                             -        Rs.        2,00,000/-

(17) AOC-in-C HQ SWAC, IAF                                          -        Rs.       3,00,000/-

(18) Wg Cdr S Soares (Retd)                                              -        Rs.         19,000/-

(19) Ex Jwo SK Verma                                                        -        Rs.              108/-

(20) AOC  5 Wg, AF                                                            -        Rs.          22,000/-

(21) Gp Capt SP Daulay                                                      -        Rs.          30,000/-

(22) AVM AS Rikhy (Retd)                                                 -        Rs.          20,000/-

(23) Ex WO Bankey Upadhyay                                           -        Rs.            1,000/-

(24) Wg Cdr Narender Singh                                              -        Rs.          11,000/-

(25) Wg Cdr RK Choudhary (Retd)                                    -        Rs.          10,000/-

(26) Sqn Ldr Pritam Singh (Retd)                                       -        Rs.          12,000/-

(27) Ayesha Soares                                                              -        Rs.             5000/-

(28) Ex Mwo S Deepak                                                       -        Rs.            5,000/-

(29) Ex Mwo K Setumadhavan                                           -        Rs.            1,000/-

(30) HFO HL Saini (Retd)                                                   -        Rs.        26,000/-

(31) HFO JL Saini (Retd)                                                    -        Rs.            1,100/-

(32) Ex Sgt Jai Chandran                                                    -        Rs.            1,000/-

(33) Smt Lakshmy Kutti                                                      -        Rs.           1,000/-

(34) Ex MWO VM Jolly                                                      -        Rs.           3,100/-

(35) Ex Sgt R sounder Rajan                                              -        Rs.            2,000/-

(36) Air Cmde P Bhagat                                                      -        Rs.        11,000/-

(37) Ex Sgt R Dorairaj                                                        -        Rs.           5,000/-

(38) Ex Sgt RP Bajpai                                                         -         Rs.            1,000/-

(39) AVM ES Lala VSM (Retd)                                           -        Rs.       1,11,111/-

(40)AVM AS Ricky (Retd)                                                   -        Rs.         25,000/-

(41) Ex MWO K Sethumadhavan                                                 Rs              1,000/-

(42) Air Mshl CKS Raje PVSM AVSM (Retd)                    -        Rs.         100000/-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Total: -       Rs.  2,80,40,311/-