Date: Saturday, 6 June, 2009, 10:24 PM
Dear Colleagues,
There is cause for apprehension that the government might not want to give OROP. Instead they may offer some kind of increase with a view to reducing the gap between the old and new pensioners. Such a step would be most unfair to those ESM who have been long struggling for equity and justice through total parity. It is fervently hoped that no veteran either individually or part of an ESM organisation would recommend, support or accept anything that falls short of OROP.
It is reasonable to assume that the government is fully cognisant of what OROP implies. They have even computed its cost, as widely reported in the media. No one could have worked out its financial outlay without understanding OROP.
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM
Chairman IESM
