Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 10:04 PM
Dear Colleagues,
There has been some ‘breaking news’ on the TV this evening on the government having sanctioned OROP. Details are hazy on what exactly is given. These will be known in the print media possibly tomorrow.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
The emotive issue of Rank based Pension termed "OROP" by Maj Gen Surjit Singh (Retd): click me
Breaking News
Centre working on next-best option to one-rank, one-pay
26 Jun 2009, 0443 hrs
NEW DELHI: The government seems all set to upwardly revise pension of ex-servicemen to bring them closer to the long-demanded "one-rank, one-pension" mechanism.
Though holding that full OROP is neither financially nor administratively possible, the government promises to resolve the existing anomalies in the pension structures of ex-servicemen which have been accentuated by the 6th Pay Commission.
On Thursday, cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar, who heads the committee of secretaries (CoS) looking into the issue, made a presentation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is also said to have discussed the pros and cons of granting the OROP demand based on the nearly two-month study that the committee carried out on the subject.
Others present during the presentation included finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, defence minister A K Antony, home minister P Chidambaram and minister of state (personnel) Prithviraj Chavan. The UPA government has already committed itself to taking a decision on the subject by the end of June in President Pratibha Patil’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on June 4, 2009.
Just before the crucial fourth phase of polling on May 7, the defence ministry had declared that a committee headed by the cabinet secretary had been constituted to "reduce the gap in the pensionary benefits to officers and jawans, bringing it as close to OROP as possible".
Centre working on next-best option to one-rank, one-pay: TOI ..Click me
Other Media Reports
Thursday, June 25, 2009, PIB
CoS on One Rank One Pension makes Presentation to PM
20:28 IST
The Committee of Secretaries headed by Cabinet Secretary on matters related to “One Rank - One Pension” made a Presentation to the Prime Minister today and those present were Finance Minister, Raksha Mantri, Home Minister and MOS (Personnel).
SH/BS
CoS on One Rank One Pension makes Presentation to PM ...Click me
