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The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Navy Staff
The Chief of Air Staff
APPENDIX
One Rank One Pension to the Defence Forces personnel- Department of
Ex-Servicemen Welfare(DESW) Circular No 12(1)/2014/D (Pen/Policy)-Part-H
Dated: 03 February, 2016. OROP Order Annexure-A, OROP Order Annexure-B
and OROP Table Index Page 1 to 3 Image and Full PDF download here
No 12(1)/2014/D (Pen/Policy)-Part-H
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Click here for One Rank One Pension Table
New Delhi, Dated: 03 February, 2016
To
The Chief of Army Staff
The Chief of Navy Staff
The Chief of Air Staff
Subject: One Rank One Pension to the Defence Forces personnel.
*****
Sir,
The undersigned is directed to refer this Ministry’s letter No
12(1)/2014/D (Pen/Policy)¬Part- II dated 7th November, 2015 notifying
One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for Defence Forces personnel. Salient
features of the scheme have been mentioned at Para 3 & 4 of above
said letter with the provision that the benefit of the scheme shall be
implemented from 1.7.2014 to all pre-1.7.2014 pensioners. Para 6 of the
letter provides that detailed instructions relating to implementation of
OROP along with tables indicating revised pension for each rank and
each category, shall be issued separately for updation of pension and
payment of arrears by Pension Disbursing Agencies concerned.
2. The undersigned is directed to say that in order to quicken the
process of revision of pension/ family pension, total 101 pension tables
indicating rates of pension/family pension under OROP scheme notified
vide this Ministry’s order dated 7th Nov, 2015, are appended to this
order. The appended tables indicate revised rates of Retiring/Service/
Special/ Disability/ Invalid/ Liberalized disability/War Injury Pension
including disability/war injury element and ordinary/ special/
liberalized family pension of Commissioned Officers, Honorary
Commissioned Officers, jC0s/ORs and Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Army,
Navy, Air Force, Defence Security Corps & Territorial Army
retired/discharged/invalided out from service/died in service or after
retirement. The existing pension of all pre- 1.7.2014 pensioners/family
pensioners shall be enhanced with reference to applicable table for the
rank (and group in case of JC0s/ORs) in which pension with reference to
the actual qualifying service as shown in Column-I of the tables subject
to maximum term of engagement for each rank as applicable from time to
time. The rate of pension of pensioners/ family pensioners drawing
pension more than the rate of revised pension/ family pension indicated
in annexed tables, shall remain unchanged.
3. The undersigned is also directed to convey that full pension of PSU
absorbees who had opted for 100% commutation of pension, shall also be
revised under this order with reference to revised pension of the rank
determined for regular category of pensioners. However, there shall be
no change in restored amount of pension already notified by respective
PSAs in their case.
APPLICABILITY
4. The provisions of this letter shall be applicable to all
pensioners/family pensioners who had been retired/discharged/ invalided
out from service/died in service or after retirement in the rank of
Commissioned Officers, honorary commissioned officers, KO s/ORs and
Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Army, Navy, Air Force, Defence Security
Corps, Territorial Army & Ex-State Forces and are in receipt of
pension/ family pension as on 1.7.2014.
4.1 The provisions of this order, however, do not apply to UK/HKSRA/KCIO
pensioners, Pakistan & Burma Army pensioners, Reservist pensioners
and pensioners in receipt of Ex-gratia payments.
METHODOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION
5. All Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDAs) handling disbursement of
pension to Defence ensioners are hereby authorized to carry out revision
of Retiring/Service/ Special/Disability/Invalid/Liberalized
disability/War Injury Pension including disability/war injury element
and ordinary/special/liberalized family pension of all pre- 1.7.2014
pensioners drawing pension as on 1.7.2014 in terms of these orders with
applicable rates of dearness relief without calling for any applications
from the pensioners and without any further authorization from the
Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned.
6. Where the revised pension as on 1.7.2014 worked out in terms of these
orders, happens to be less than the existing pension/ family pension as
on 1.7.2014, the pension shall not be revised to the disadvantage of
the pensioner.
7. Arrears on account of revision of pension from 1. 7 .2014 till date
of its implementation shall be paid by the Pension Disbursing Agencies
in four equal half yearly installments. However, all the family
pensioners including those in receipt of Special/Liberalized family
pension and all Gallantry award winners shall be paid arrears in one
installment.
8. The initial Pension Payment Order (PPO) or its Corrigendum PPO (Corr
PPO) indicates rank,group and qualifying service for which the
individual has been pensioned. This information is available with
Pension Disbursing Agencies as they have revised pension of all such
pensioners in the recent past in terms of Government orders issued for
implementation of recommendations of Sixth CPC, CSC-2009 & CSC-2012.
In case, however, any information regarding qualifying service, rank,
group etc., is not available with Pension Disbursing Agencies, such
cases may be referred to Pension Sanctioning Authority concerned on the
proforma enclosed as Annexure-A. The Pension Sanctioning Authorities
concerned will provide the requisite information from the available
records within 15 days of the receipt of request from the Pension
Disbursing Agencies.
9. In case of any doubt relating to revision of pension in terms of this
order, pension disbursing agencies may immediately take up the matter
with nodal officers of respective PSAs details of which shall be
notified by Pr.CDA(P) Allahabad in their implementation instructions.
10. The OROP shall be basic pension from 1.7.2014 and therefore,
additional pension as applicable to the old age pensioners/ family
pensioners on attaining the relevant age (80 years and above) shall also
be enhanced by the PDAs from 1.7.2014 or the date from which the
pensioner attains the age of 80 years or more, whichever is later.
PAYMENT OF LIFE TIME ARREARS (LTA)
11. If a pensioner to whom the benefit accrues under the provisions of
this letter has died/dies before receiving the payment of arrears, the
Life Time Arrears of pension (LT A) shall be paid in the following
manner: –
a) If the claimant is already in receipt of Family Pension or happens to
be the person in whose favour Family Pension already stands notified
and the awardees has not become ineligible for any reason, the LTA under
the provisions of this letter should be paid to such a claimant by the
PDA on their own.
b) If the claimant has already received LTA in the past in respect of
the deceased to whom the benefit would have accrued, the LTA under the
provisions of this letter should also be paid to such a claimant by the
PDA on their own.
c) If the claimant is a person other than the one mentioned at 11(a)
& 11(b) above, payment of LTA shall be made to the legal heir/heirs
as per extant Government orders.
12. The following elements shall continue to be paid as separate elements in addition to the pension revised under these orders-
i) Monetary allowance attached to gallantry awards viz. Param Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra etc.
ii) Constant Attendance Allowance, where admissible.
iii) Dearness relief as sanctioned by the Government from time to time.
MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS
13. No arrears on account of revision of pension/family pension shall be admissible for the period prior to 1.7.2014.
14. No commutation of pension shall be admissible on revised/additional
amount of pension accruing as a result of revision of pension under
these orders. However, the existing amount of pension, if any, that has
been commuted will continue to be deducted from the revised pension.
15. As a result of these orders, there will be no change in the amount
of gratuity already determined and paid with reference to the rules in
force at the time of discharge/invalidment/ death.
16. Any overpayment of pension coming to the notice or under process of
recovery shall be adjusted in full by the Pension Disbursing Agencies
against arrears becoming due on revision of pension on the basis of
these orders.
METHODOLOGY FOR REPORTING
17. An intimation regarding disbursement of revised pension shall be
furnished by the Pension Disbursing Agencies to the Office of the Pr.
CDA(P) Allahabad in the format prescribed as Annexure¬B to this letter
in the following month in which revision takes place. PDAs shall also
ensure that an intimation regarding revision of pension is invariably
conveyed to the pensioners concerned for their information irrespective
of the fact the same is beneficial to them or not. The Public Sector
Banks who are disbursing defence pension through Central Pension
Processing Centres (CPPC), the progress report shall be furnished by the
CPPC of the bank directly to the office of the PCDA (Pensions)
Allahabad through electronic scrolls.
18. All other terms and conditions which are not affected by this order shall remain unchanged.
19. This issues with concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry
vide their ID No PC. 1 to 10(11)/2012/FIN/PEN dated 2.2.2016 .
(Manoj Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India
Annexure A
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Annexure-B
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APPENDIX
TO
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
LETTER
No. 12(1)/2014/D(PEN/POL) - (PART-II)
Dated 03 February, 2016
OROP Table Index Page-1
OROP Table Index Page-2
OROP Table Index Page-3
OROP-Table-Index.pdf
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