Sainya Matri Shakti (सैन्य मातृ शक्ति)
India has resolved to develop itself as a nation in all spheres, especially, since Mid 2014. To achieve this objective, it is essential to integrate in our social programmes the women power of our country – a big source of energy, besides, being the basis of our families, as also, the society. Accordingly, the ABPSSP decided to create an organisation of our women folk called ‘SAINYA MATRI SHAKTI (SMS). It commenced functioning with effect from 14th April 2006.
Objectives
a) To make our women folk truly healthy and strong and imbue them with good values (sanskars), besides, empowering them to make them self-confident and independent.
b) To take special personal care and well being of the disabled persons of all the three wings of our Defence Services as well as ESM and their families including those of the deceased soldiers.
c) To associate with and become a partner in the activities of various Governmental & Non Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in the fields of Women’s Welfare & Women’s Empowerment in our country, eg- National /States Commissions for Women, Kendriya Sainik Board of Ministry of Defence, Rashtra Sevika Samiti, Gayatri Parivar (Women’s Wing), etc, with the concept of ‘Sainik Hit, Samaj Hit and ‘Rashtra Hit’ – the three basic tenets of the ABPSSP.
d) To make meaningful efforts to eradicate various social evils.
Programmes / Activities
a) To select and nominate suitable families to take care and well being of the families of disabled and deceased soldiers and monitor the same form time to time.
b) To enable our women folk (Matri Shakti) to participated in all important functions organised by the ABPSSP, eg- VIJAY DIWAS (16th Dec) , NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE JAYANTI (23rd Jan) , AZAD HIND FAUJ DIWAS (14th April), etc.
c) To impart necessary training for the empowerment of our women folk (Matri Shakti), eg- unarmed combat, martial arts, besides, aiming and shooting with toy gun, as well as bow and arrows.
d) Arrange talks by doctors on various important health care & wellness issues, to create awareness of the same among our women folk (Matri Shakti).
e) To undertake any other activity for the fulfilment of aims of ABPSSP.
Membership
The women folk (Ladies including wives, daughters and daughters-in-laws and other young girls) of the families of serving Defence Services Personnel and ESM ,as also, of any other families) are eligible to become a member of the SMS.
Organisation
a) For fulfilment of aims and objectives of any organisation, it is essential to have persons to function as work force. For proper utilisation of the work force, it is necessary that they meet together, periodically, resulting not only in mutual introduction of the members but lends to better understanding and increased cooperation and harmony. Hence, periodic get together are an important basis of the functioning of SMS.
b) It is planned to arrange weekly meetings of the members of SMS, at least for duration of 100 minutes. It is ensured that this system of unison is termed as ‘Shakti- Punj’. These weekly programmes are not only interesting but help in greater awareness of important relevant issues pertaining them and thus indeed prove to be indeed useful to them. An attempt is made to make the lady members healthy, strong and self independent – besides imbibing in them good values (Sanskars).