The briefing by service hq to Finance and Defence Minister has been completed. The briefing was attended by the
- Minister Sh Arun Jaitley
- Secretary Defence
- Secretary DESW
- Secretary Expenditure
- CGDA
- Armed Forces Pay cells heads of three services.
- Chairman IESM Maj Gen Satbir Singh
- Chairman IESL Maj Gen Balbir Singh
- Col Sharma of RDOA
The
briefing was conducted by Maj Gen Agarwal Head of Armed Forces Pay
cells. All relevant points were impressed upon. Expected question about
the expenditure came up during the presentation and the someone threw
the feeler that the exp is too much and there must be a mid way. It
looked as if it was already planted in the mind of Minister. It was
definitely pre-planned way to side track the correct definition of OROP.
Estimated exp of Rs 5000 crores.
At
this point Gen Satbir Singh interjected and let it be known to
everybody that there is only one correct definition of OROP which has
been approved by Koshiari Committee and also approved by Parliament in
Budget of UPA Govt on 17 Feb 14. Gen Satbir impressed upon that OROP
has been sanctioned by UPA Govt but they did not get the advantage of it
as they lacked conviction to implement it. Sh Raj Nath singh and Sh
Modi had given assurances to IESM and in many meetings that BJP
Government will implement it holistically. This is no time to go back on
your promises. Ex-servicemen family will not accept this and any
dilution of the definition of OROP.
He
further pointed out that following points do not find mention in the
DGL, If possible these should also be included in the DGL prepared by
Armed Forces Pay cells.
- OROP for disability pensioners and in that all cat of disability pensioners must be included
- All categories of family pensioners must be included in the OROP.
At the end one can
say that meeting ended with a positive note and hopefully work on
issuance of implementation letter will start in right earnest.
Source: Cmde Vijay Vaid (IESM)
UPA-II Govt announced OROP after dilly-dallying for yrs towards fag end of their tenure, presumably to win goodwill of ESM and hence votes during general elections held recently, but failed to implement it timely ( obviously either they did not have honest intention to implement it or they were so impotent that they could not exercise their authority over the Babus to issue orders for implementation of the same ) thus antagonizing 3 million ESM/families pensioners and consequently lost their votes and hence elections. It was apparently a case of cheating ESM by false assurance gone wrong. The present NDA Govt ( Read, Hon'ble PM Sh Narinder Modi ) has very emphatically assured ESM that OROP will be implemented but as it stands, the progress made so far is not bright to the expectations of the ESM community, who have already started feeling desperate and unsure about NDA intentions. We hope the NDA will live upto their assurance, unlike UPA-II. Lacs of crores of farmers loans were written off, lacs of crores were allotted as subsidies for LPG, Petrol, Diesel, food/rations for the poor, Electricity & water, lacs of crores were budgeted for uplift on SC/ST/OBC in budgets during UPA II, obviously not only for benefits to the poor but with the recents elections in view to garner votes, lacs of crores were pocketed by all and sundry from G-2, Coalgate etc scams and this did not hurt these Babus ( I mean Def Secy, Fin Secy, CGDA etc ) but few crores for the welfare of ESM ( as pensions increments ) who have scarficed their own comforts, their families welfare & even their lives for the nation, while not only the common man but also these crooked Babus slept peacefully, are hurting these crooked Babus. May we request the Hon'ble PM & RM/FM to curb these Babus from diluting the recommendations as per Koshiary Committee and the Service HQs and speed up the matter. The delay has already made the NDA suspect about their intentions like UPA-II. God speed.
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