Most defence associations accepted OROP: Jaitley
New
Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said government's OROP
(One Rank One Pension) formula for retired defence personnel has been
accepted by most associations and only a small section had some issues
on it.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley at Agenda Aaj Tak in New Delhi on Saturday.
"The
government has already announced its decision. Most personnel in their
(defence) organisations have accepted that. If one faction or the other
have reservations, I think it's for all of you to sit together and
decide ...within the organisation itself. The mainstream organisations
personally met me and thanked the government that their long-standing
demand has been accepted," he said.
The Minister was responding to a question on the implementation of OROP at 'Aaj Tak Agenda' programme.
As
approved by the government in September, the OROP will be implemented
from July 2014 and arrears alone would cost the exchequer about Rs
10,000-12,000 crore.
Inputs with PTI
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