This is an archive article published on November 7, 2020
Most OROP beneficiaries from UP, Punjab: Centre
The government said in a statement that Rs 10,795.4 crore has been disbursed to 20,60,220 defence forces pensioners and family pensioners as arrears on account of the implementation of OROP.
The decision to implement OROP was communicated through an order on November 7, 2015, giving retrospective benefits from July 1, 2014. The Centre Friday released data for pension paid under the One Rank One Pension scheme since 2014. The government said in a statement that Rs 10,795.4 crore has been disbursed to 20,60,220 defence forces pensioners and family pensioners as arrears on account of the implementation of OROP.
“The yearly recurring expenditure on account of OROP is about Rs 7,123.38 crores and for about six years,” the statement said. The total recurring expenditure “worked out to approximately Rs. 42740.28 crore”.
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The Centre said OROP beneficiaries “also got the benefit of fixation of pension under 7th CPC [Central Pay Commission] while calculating the pension by multiplication factor of 2.57”.
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