Veterans renew OROP stir, want anomalies removed & full implementation in letter and spirit
Veterans , who have been protesting at Jantar Mantar for the last 853 days for full implementation of the One Rank, One Pension scheme, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone back on his promise.
Gurez announcement
“Till Diwali, Prime
Minister Narendra Modi kept saying that they have given OROP. Then in
Gurez he said only two instalments were given. He has accepted that what
was announced is not OROP. We are unhappy that the PM has not kept his
promise. We have been on the road. We appeal to the PM that he announce
the removal of anomalies in OROP so we can move from here,” Maj. Gen
Satbir Singh (retd), Chairman of IESM, said on Sunday, speaking at a
rally at the Jantar Mantar in the national capital.
Celebrating Diwali with jawans in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month, Mr. Modi had said the government had given OROP which has been stuck for 40 years and added that two instalments have been given and the third would be completed soon.
OROP implies uniform pension to personal based on rank and length of service and irrespective of the date of retirement. It was one of the key election promises of the BJP in the run up to Lok Sabha polls in 2014. However, with the delay in announcement by the government, ex-servicemen began protests in 2015. The government issued the formal notification implementing OROP on November 7, 2015 and the arrears were to be given in four instalments.
While few veterans’ groups welcomed the announcement, a large section of them rejected it, saying it was incomplete and deviated from the accepted definition as approved by the Parliament.
He said the veterans were in anguish and felt betrayed. “He [PM] has not kept the assurances given. Please implement OROP and do not downgrade forces,” he added. Meanwhile, a report by one-man judicial commission on OROP has not been made public so far.
Celebrating Diwali with jawans in Gurez sector of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month, Mr. Modi had said the government had given OROP which has been stuck for 40 years and added that two instalments have been given and the third would be completed soon.
OROP implies uniform pension to personal based on rank and length of service and irrespective of the date of retirement. It was one of the key election promises of the BJP in the run up to Lok Sabha polls in 2014. However, with the delay in announcement by the government, ex-servicemen began protests in 2015. The government issued the formal notification implementing OROP on November 7, 2015 and the arrears were to be given in four instalments.
While few veterans’ groups welcomed the announcement, a large section of them rejected it, saying it was incomplete and deviated from the accepted definition as approved by the Parliament.
He said the veterans were in anguish and felt betrayed. “He [PM] has not kept the assurances given. Please implement OROP and do not downgrade forces,” he added. Meanwhile, a report by one-man judicial commission on OROP has not been made public so far.
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ReplyDeleteLeave OROP. WHAT ABOUT SHORT SERVICE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS . FOURTEEN YEARS SERVICE RENDERED NO PENSION. THEIR SERVICE NOT EXTENDED TO 15 YRS UOPN LIABILITY TO PAY PENSION. SHORT SERVICE COMMISSIONED OFFICERS TREATED CASUAL LABOUR. OUPON 14 YRS THRWON WITH NO BENEFIT. WHO IS GOING TO TAKE THE ISSUE. BEFORE 14 YRS SERVICE THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO RETIREMENT WITH PENSION.PLEASE ADVISE 14 YRS SHORT SERVICE commission OR LONG SERVICE commission. SHORT SERVICE commission pilot 14 YRS engagement NEITHER extendable nor terminate prior to period of engagement. A FIGHTER PILOT WITH 14 YRS ENGAGEMENT SHORT SERVICE COMMISSION GOING TO BE WITH US WITHOUT ANY PENSIONERY BENEFIT.
ReplyDeleteThe promise given by the present government must have fulfilled in the interest of the armed forces, besides no action has so far been taken by the defence ministry for the one man committee report already been submitted the retired honorable judge.
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