December 25, 2022 1:46 pm
The Opposition party on Saturday claimed that the Modi government’s decision to revise pensions under the OROP scheme came just a couple of days after Rahul Gandhi met ex-servicemen in Haryana’s Nuh district during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
December 23, 2022 10:10 pm
The revision would be applicable to all retired defence personnel up to June 30, 2019, but not including those who too pre-mature retirement till July 1, 2014.
March 31, 2022 3:17 am
The ex-Servicemen association had sought the implementation of OROP as recommended by the Bhagat Singh Koshyari Committee with an automatic annual revision, instead of the current policy of periodic review once in five years.
March 17, 2022 11:47 am
The court said that it does not find any constitutional infirmity in the manner in which it is being implemented
February 24, 2021 11:51 pm
Though no FIR or police station was mentioned by the two in the bail petitions, their counsels told the Delhi High Court a police officer in civil dress had visited the house of one of them.
April 08, 2016 9:30 am
Projects, including pensioners’ portal and toll free call centre implemented.
April 07, 2016 4:35 am
The Defence Ministry said that 15.91 lakh pensioners had been given the first instalment of OROP till March 31, which amounts to Rs. 2,861 crore.
December 05, 2015 12:51 am
An agitated Hooda, however, staged a walkout for not having been given adequate time to raise the one rank one pension issue.
August 17, 2015 3:24 pm
Justifying the OROP demand, it said, "If rank is similar, pension should be the same as well. This is nature's law. But these people had to fight their own government to get justice. This demand is continuing from many years and it is also justified."
August 14, 2015 3:26 pm
"PM had announced complete support to One Rank One Pension...We have just done 18 months in power, wait and watch a lot of (things) will happen," Rathore said at the party headquarters in Jaipur.
February 25, 2016 9:53 am
New Delhi, Feb 25 (ANI): Expressing solidarity with the One Rank One Pension (OROP) veterans, Punjab Congress President Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday said it is his duty to stand with them. He said he was always available for the OROP veterans. He added that this issue has been raised for a long time by the Opposition and they would continue to do so till their demands were accepted.
January 17, 2016 7:49 am
New Delhi, Jan 17 (ANI): The ex-servicemen staged a protest outside Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's residence here on Sunday over the delay in implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP). One of the protestors said that Jaitley had assured the ex-servicemen of discussing OROP with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, but nothing has been done so far. OROP demands same pension, for same rank, for same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement.
August 28, 2015 12:58 pm