Indian Military Veterans
OROP: Army plans special day for
veterans
The Army
headquarters has identified January 2016 as the month for launching these
initiatives. This coincides with the Army Day celebrations, which will take
place January 6-15.
As the
protests by military veterans over their demand for “One Rank, One Pension”
(OROP) continue, the Army is planning a slew of measures to honour and engage
the ex-servicemen community. These include establishment of a new Directorate
of Army Veterans, launching a veterans magazine and institutionalising a
“veterans day”.
The Army
headquarters has identified January 2016 as the month for launching these
initiatives. This coincides with the Army Day celebrations, which will take
place January 6-15. The celebrations will include debate, quiz and painting
competitions, besides a band concert at the Amar Jawan Jyoti, an Army Raahgiri
Day at Delhi’s Connaught Place and a two-day Army seminar. The celebrations
will culminate in the traditional wreath-laying at India Gate and an Army Day
parade at Delhi Cantt.
Army Day
is celebrated on January 15 every year to mark the ascension of the first
Indian officer, Lt General (later Field Marshal) KM Cariappa, as the
Commander-in -Chief of independent India.
As part
of these 10-day celebrations, the Army has mooted plans to celebrate January
14, 2016, as Veterans Day or the Army Veterans Remembrance Day. It will also
launch a veterans magazine and inaugurate the Directorate of Army Veterans the
same day. The Directorate of Army Veterans will be established in the Army
headquarters, and will be the first such organisation among the three defence
services. These issues will form part of the deliberations during the Army
commanders’ conference scheduled to be held October 12-16.
The
“revision of policy related to pensions and pensioners grievances” is also on
the agenda of the meeting. Sponsored by the Army’s Adjutant General’s branch,
the discussion is expected to cover all the issues related to OROP.
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