LETTER TO PM BY IESM

Sub: ISSUANCE OF GOVERNMENT ORDER FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP)

 Hon’ble Prime Minister,

1.  We the ex-servicemen were elated to hear your speeches and your promise to deliver on OROP. May we remind you that UPA Govt had approved OROP in its dying moments but were under pressure from anti OROP lobbies within Government and hence did not issue implementation letter. Three months have passed and one presentation to Raksha Mantri Sh Arun Jaitley on concept of OROP but the file has not even moved an inch from where it was in Feb 14. As usual there are lobbies in South Block who do not want to give full OROP as approved by Koshiari committee and also approved by Parliament in its budget presented on 17 Feb 14. DESW and CGDA are offering bargains on the basic principle of OROP, which have been rejected by the ex-servicemen family outrightly. Any dilution in the definition of OROP will once again result in denying the OROP as per the approved defination and therefore,  is not acceptable to ex-servicemen.Definition of OROP as approved is given below. 

  “OROP implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed Forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement and any future enhancement in the rates of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. This implies bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners, and also future enhancements in the rate of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners”

 It further implies that Pensions of past defence retirees will be equal to that of a person with same rank and length of service retiring wef 01 Apr 2014, and future enhancement in the rates of pensions will be automatically passed to the past pensioners.

  2.  Our hopes of OROP have been rekindled by your statements of Good Governance and delivering on your promises. We also know that you have the courage and conviction to over-rule the anti Defence Forces lobbies.  Over 30 Lac ex-servicemen and widows are requesting your personal intervention and are looking towards an efficient Government which has determination to deliver on all promises made before and during the election. 

Ex-servicemen family is hoping to see the implementation letter before budget. 

 With regards,

Maj Gen (Retd) Satbir Singh, SM
Chairman IESM
Mob: +919312404269, 0124-4110570
Email ID: satbirsm@gmail.com
28th June2014 

PROJECTED OROP OFFICERS

QS	LT	CAPT	MAJ	LT COL	COL	BRIG	M.Gen	Lt Gen/ HAG+
10	16715	17560	22546	23246	23596	23696
11	17130	18000	23133	23833	24183	24283
12	17555	18450	23737	24437	24787	24887
13	17995	18915	24359	25700	26050	26150
14	18445	19395	25000	26385	26735	26835
15	18910	19890	25660	27815	27815	27915
16	19390	20400	27115	27815	28920	29020
17	19885	20925	27860	28560	28560	28660
18	20395	21465	29400	30100	30495	30595
19	20920	22020	30095	30795	31980	32080
20	21460	22595	31790	32490	32850	32950
21	22015	23185	31790	32490	33770	33870
22	22590	23795	32515	33215	34520	34620
23	23180	24420	32515	33215	34535	34785
24	23790	25065	32525	33225	34535	35555
25	24415	25600	32525	33225	34560	35605
26	25060	25600	32525	33225	35275	36420
27	25060	25600	33295	33995	36080	37255
28	25060	25600	33295	33995	36095	37255
29	25060	25600	33295	33995	36930	37275
30	25060	25600	33295	34765	36940	37280
31	X	X	X	34765	36950	37975
32	X	X	X	34765	36975	39020
33	X	X	X	X	38865	39025
34	X	X	X	X	38865	39025
35	X	X	X	X	38865	39035
36	X	X	X	X	X	39035
37	X	X	X	X	X	39035
38	X	X	X	X	X	39035
39	X	X	X	X	X	X	41500	42500  / 43000

Rank	Lt	Capt	Maj	Lt Col	Col	Brig	M.Gen	Lt.Gen/ HAG+
OFP	15036	15380	19977	20859	23319	23421	24900	25500 / 25800
100% Disability	13036	15380	19977	20859	23319	23421	24900	25500 / 25800

Note:

1.                Table has been made using real date available and best across three Services.

2.                For Majors, pension has been fixed based on the pension  of higher rank

3.         For Lts and Capts, pension is based on VI CPC pay fixation.

4.         MSP has been granted notionally to Major Generals and above to grant higher pension vis-à-vis Brigadiers.

5.         The Enhanced Ordinary Family Pension will be equivalent of the re-fixed retiring pension. Special Family Pension will be 120% of the re-fixed retiring pension and Liberalised Family Pension will be 200% of the re-fixed retiring pension. 

6.         For lower disability less than 100%, the above figures will be reduced as applicable.