2 min readNew DelhiAug 27, 2015 01:36 AM IST
First published on: Aug 27, 2015 at 01:35 AM IST
Ex-servicemen during their protest over the delay in implementation of ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: PTI)
Over the past two days, the Centre has offered to make at least two changes in its position on the proposed One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. It has showed willingness to change the base year of pension implementation and to allow pension equalisation every five years. The protesting ex-servicemen, however, have rejected both the offers.
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The veterans were apprised of the offers by Army Chief General Dalbir Singh and Principal Secretary to PM Nripendra Mishra during meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday. However, they refused to budge from four demands—no dilution in the definition of OROP approved by Parliament, retrospective date of implementation from April 1, 2014, base year of 2013-14 for calculating pension and a raise every year to match the annual increments.
“We are demanding that 2013-14 be considered the base year for calculating pension. The government has asked us if 2012 could be considered the base year. Earlier, they said 2011 would be considered… Secondly, we are demanding that pension be equalised every year… The government had earlier proposed that the equalisation be done every 10 years as per Pay Commission recommendations…On Tuesday, they proposed the revision could be done every five years,” Group Captain V K Gandhi, general secretary of Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement said.
Ex-servicemen during their protest over the delay in implementation of ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Source: PTI)
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