At the outset
General Secretary welcomed the participants and mentioned about the topics for
consideration in the meeting especially the celebration of Elders’ Day. In his address the General Secretary gave a
brief account about the importance of Elders Day and gave a brief scenario and
the concern the United Nation as well as the Government of India has shown
towards senior citizens above 60 years of age. The UN have decided to name the
theme of 2019 Elders Day as “The Journey to Age of Equality. It was also mentioned that Govt. of India has
decided to create Elderly Care Infrastructure and Support System during
2019.
Later Baba Anand Bhikshu addressed the
audience and gave a detailed purpose about the nature of service being given to
citizens of our country in their Orphanage and Old Age Home. His preaching were very useful for the
members of VNSM.
The General Secretary also
welcomed the Chief Guest Baba Anand Bhikshu and Santosh Mata ji from Old Age
Home, Bhagola who were especially invited to address the members of VNSM on the
occasion of Elders’ Day. It was also
mentioned that likewise previous years this year also on the occasion of
Elders’ Day, VNSM will be honouring four of its members namely, Col.(Retd.) Gurdyal Bajaj, Shri G.S.Dhiman,
Shri K.G.Chhiber and Shir Jagdish Singh Verma who have attainedd 80 years of
age as on 30.9.2019 with shawl, Samman Patra etc.
Shri J.M.Sharma,
President in his address also gave a brief on the importance of Elders’
Day. He while welcoming the Chief Guests
also thanked the members of VNSM to be present on this occasion and witness the
felicitations to be given to four Super Senior Citizens, namely, Col.(Retd.)
Gurdyal Bajaj, Shri G.S.Dhiman, Shri K.G.Chhiber and Shir Jagdish Singh Verma
who have completed 80 years of age. The
President also gave a brief account of the decisions taken in the Apex
Committee meeting constituted by the Govt. of Haryana for Senior Citizens of
Faridabad District.
Shri
S.K.Thakkar, Vice President gave a brief intro in respect of the
Chief Guest Baba Anand Bhikshu and
Santosh Mata, the work being done by them in the service of orphans and old age
persons. The Chief Guest Baba Anand
Bhikshu and Santosh Mata were honoured with Shawl by Shri J.M.Sharma, President
and Ms. Bimla Grover, Executive Member of VNSM respectively.
While discussing
the formal agenda, General Secretary gave a brief on the decisions of last
meeting in confirming the minutes of the last meeting, brief on forthcoming
tour to Amritsar. The accounts of income
and expenditure during the period from last meeting to the present day were
displayed on the Board and Finance Secretary Shri R.K.Miglani requested members
to seek any clarification. Since there
were no comments the accounts were taken as read.
All the four
members namely Col.(Retd.) Gurdyal Bajaj, Shri G.S.Dhiman, Shri K.G.Chhiber and
Shri Jagdish Singh Verma who have completed 80 years of age as on 30.9.2019
were honoured with Garlands, Shawls and Samman Patras by identified delegates. Col Gurdyal also addressed the members and
shared his experience with the members of VNSM.
He advised his fellows members to not feel old even if they attained the
age above 60 or 70 or even 80 and above, keep themselves busy with one or the
other work so as to feel hail and healthy all the times.
The other item
on agenda was entertainment of the members with cultural program especially
rehearsed by the members of VNSM. Filmy
songs on sound tract were sung by S/Shri Narinder Sharma, R.K.Miglani, Sahni,
Marwah, Mohinder Kumar, Bhagwan Dass.
All the participants enjoyed the songs and appreciated the effort of
their fellow members.
Shri H.S.Malik
in his address shared his views on various important issues like care of senior
citizens by Apex Committee etc.
In the end the
General Secretary thanked the effort of various members of Executive Body in
making the celebration a success. The
conduct of program would have not been possible in case some financial help was
not available from outside since there always remains paucity of funds with
VNSM. The VNSM extends its gratitude to
the financial assistance of Rs.5100/- by Dr. R.D.Bansal and that of Rs.5000/-
by Shri H.S.Malik for conducting the program of Elders’ Day celebrations. VNSM is also thankful to Shri Mohinder Kumar
who made concerted efforts in making the cultural program a reality. The Governing Body of VNSM expresses its
gratitude to Shri Sunil Kumar and Vipul Trikha in their role to shoulder the
responsibilities assigned to them from time to time.
The meeting came
to an end with LUNCH for all the members present.
