Overview

• Chief Minister Siddaramaiah declared the state will exempt excise duty on army canteens to back retired soldiers.
• Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said the proposal for a dedicated ex-servicemen welfare corporation will be tabled at the next cabinet meeting.
• Families of Ashoka Chakra awardees Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan and Colonel Jojan Thomas were honoured during the ‘Jai Hind Sabha’.
• The ‘Jai Hind Sabha’ drew over a thousand senior Army officers and veterans to Bengaluru’s Town Hall.
• Siddaramaiah emphasized that defending the nation is a shared duty of all 1.4 billion citizens, not solely the armed forces.