Will 'One Rank, One Pension' Take A Physical Form In Budget
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
BENGALURU: The government is likely to fulfill a long standing demand
of adopting ‘One Rank One Pension’ norms made by ex-personnel in
particular. It may categorize military pension as a different pension
category.
One rank one pension (OROP) is a demand by armed forces in order to
ensure that the military pension cannot be equated with other pensions.
This move is to bring a motivational and inspirational value to the
armed forces.
The information collected from The Times of India reveals that an estimation of
8,000 crore seems to be allocated by the government to accomplish its
commitment made to the ex- servicemen, who have been stridently
demanding one rank one pension for many years.
Predominantly, if an officer is retired in 1990 then he is not entitled
to get this enhanced pension if the same is implemented during the
later years.
The basic idea of OROP demand is that, the pension for the officers
with the same rank must remain same all the time since the cost of
living is reaching to the sky. OROP basically implies payment of pension
uniformly among the retiring army personnel with the same rank and
length of service.
The soldiers, airmen and the sailors retire much earlier than their
other civilian counterparts like BSF or CRPF receive aborted pension.
The government has taken it into account along with considering other
hardship factors like risky and life threatening duties and long hours
of efforts.
Being a long standing demand by 2 million ex- servicemen in the country
for OROP, the Modi’s budget seems to ensure to bring goods future for
army men in the long run.
