Government Committed to Provide Required Fund to Implement OROP: Antony The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has assured the Services that the Government was fully committed to implement the One Rank, One Pay (OROP) Policy and that required funds will be made available to ensure its implementation. Chairing a meeting of the top brass of … Read more
ONE RANK ONE PENSION ACCEPTED FOR DEFENCE SERVICES. fiscal deficit for 2013-14 will be 4.6 percent of GDP. Current Account Deficit (CAD) will be pegged to$45 billion. Food inflation still the main worry. declines sharply from 13.6 percent to 6.2 percent. In the current year, agriculture growth UP at 4.6 percent. merchandise export 2013-14 $ … Read more
One Rank One Pension to be implemented from 2014-15 The Government has allocated Rs. 500 crores to the Defence Pension Account in the current financial year itself for implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme for the Defence Forces of the country. Making the announcement in Parliament today during his Interim Budget Speech, the Finance … Read more
Around 3 million defence pensioners may finally see their long-standing demand of ‘one rank, one pension (OROP) fulfilled with Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi reportedly backing the proposal. Gandhi will meet a delegation of ex-servicemen (ESM) on Friday to discuss the OROP issue, which could boost the Congress’ fortunes in an election year. “He is taking … Read more
Implementation of Supreme Court Judgement on Rank Pay Case In compliance of the Hon’ble Supreme Court order dated 04.09.2012 which dealt with the rank pay matter, the Government has issued an order on 27.12.2012 for implementing the order of the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 2840 serving officers and 33814 retired officers of the Army, Navy and … Read more