One Rank One Pension : Notification is likely to be issued before Diwali Defence minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said the government will issue a long-awaited notification that will clarify the specifications of the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme after the Bihar assembly elections. The notification is likely to be issued before Diwali.
Implementing OROP, 7th Pay Commission recommendations will not lead to cash crunch: Jayant Sinha The Minister of State for Finance, Jayant Sinha, has said that implementing the One Rank One Pension scheme for military pensioners and the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission will not bankrupt the nation. The Union Minister of Finance Arun Jaitley … Read more
One Rank One Pension : A proud daughter of a proud Artillery Veteran writes to Modi A letter to the PM – One Rank One Pension – By Shalini. Dear Mr.Prime Minister, For Your Information Sir. A war widow at the age of 78 has to walk 18 km every month to collect her martyr … Read more
One Rank One Pension : UFESM plans to return 10000 gallantry medals to PM Major General Satbir Singh(Retd.), leader and adviser of the United Front of Ex-Servicemen, says that the action will bring to the people’s notice that the Centre has not fulfilled our demands on One Rank One Pension. We have planned to return our … Read more
WRONG FIXATION OF PENSION OF JCOs/NCOs/ORs WEF 1.1.2006 BRIG S VIDYASAGAR VETERAN’S EXPLANATION Since IESM has taken my name and tried to buttress their argument that everything is honky dory on pension front of JCOs and OR and produce a commentary from Maj Navdeep singh whom I do admire a lot for his work in … Read more
OROP Protest Team Splits; No Change in Agitation Plans, says UFESM “The joint action organization that went on a fast unto death and relay fasts demanding the immediate implementation of OROP has split.” The United Front of Ex-Servicemen Movement (UFESM), which stood united and showed the kind of determination that made even the stubborn Centre … Read more
Ex-servicemen disappointed with OROP; protests to continue “Six of our demands have been rejected; the government has accepted only one demand – we are not happy, the protests to continue”. Government Announces One Rank One Pension Scheme for Ex-Servicemen The ex-servicemen’s United Front have said that they are only partially pleased on the announcement made … Read more
Spotlight of One Rank One Pension In simple terms, OROP implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed Forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement. Future enhancements in the rates of pension would be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. This … Read more
Arun Jaitley on OROP – Annual pension revision do not happen anywhere in the world “For the first time, a clause in OROP was openly rejected. The Finance Minister has refused to give annual increment for pensioners like servicemen get.” “The task of the finance minister is very much like the housewife’s. She has to … Read more
One Rank One Pension announcement likely on Friday (28.8.2015) “There is speculation that an OROP announcement could come as early as Friday, August 28, the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war with Pakistan”. OROP – Fasting protesters admitted to the hospital Retired servicemen from the armed forces are on a fast-until-death protest at New Delhi’s … Read more