Indian Military Veterans
NEW DELHI: TNN | May 30, 2015, 10.01 AM IST
NEW DELHI: TNN | May 30, 2015, 10.01 AM IST
A day after the protests by war veterans, Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Saturday said that his government is committed to the long-awaited One
Rank One Pension (OROP) policy for ex-servicemen.
In a tweet, the PM said, "On OROP
- the Govt is committed to OROP & there's no doubt about it."
OROP scheme is aimed
at ensuring that all retired soldiers, who have the same rank and the length of
service receive the same amount of pension, irrespective of their date of
retirement. Currently, all those soldiers who retired before 2006 receive less
pension than their counterparts and even their juniors.
"The previous goverments don't
have the right to speak about it because they did nothing when they were in
power," PM Modi said in an interview to an English Daily, The
Tribune.
On Friday, defence minister Manohar
Parrikar had said that there is no timeframe that could be specified for its
implementation as a couple of administrative steps were still pending. "There
cannot be a date specified to implement OROP. This scheme was not understood by
the previous government properly. There are many fine prints and aspects that
need to be considered. After taking a lot of time, I have crystallised the
department...There are two-three administrative steps that are still
pending," Parrikar had said.
(Source- TOI)
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