Ensure Grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) Without any Further Delay
Ensure Grant of One Rank One Pension (OROP) Without any Further Delay
The Issue
Number of political parties, in the national arena, have been including One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen in their election manifestos for decades but have fallen short of implementing same. It is not intentioned to go into historical background of OROP; however some happenings of not too distant past are being placed on record to highlight how promises are not kept.
While addressing Ex-Servicemen; after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Shri Narendra Modi, during his first rally at Rewari spoke of OROP. In 46th minute of his speech, he said, as reproduced from transcript
“Today I publically demand from the Government of India on behalf of the army men and ex-service men of this country, to publish a white paper on the status of ‘one rank, one pension’ scheme. And Friends, I am sure that if in 2004, Vajpayee Ji would have formed government, and then today this problem of one rank one pension would not have been complicated..!”
Not to be outdone the then UPA government announced OROP for military personnel in Interim Budget on 17 February 2014. Then Finance MinisterP Chidambaram said that OROP decision will be "implemented prospectively" for armed forces from 2014-2015, with the government transferring Rs 500 crore to the defence pension account in the current fiscal to "close the gap for all retirees (pre-2006 and post-2006) in all ranks". This came in less than a week after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told a group of ex-servicemen that he fully backed their OROP demand.
Shortly after taking over as the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi had assured “My government is committed to One-rank One-pension (OROP),” while addressing all ranks on board INS Vikramaditya,
On new government’s policy of OROP, finance cum defence minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, referring to budgetary allocation for defence , said “we reaffirm our commitment to our brave soldiers. A policy of ‘one rank one pension’ has been adopted by the government to address the pension disparities. We propose to set aside a further sum of Rs 1,000 crore to meet the year’s requirement”.
During pre-election rallies, to both Haryana and Maharashtra Assemblies, the Hon’ble PM declared that previous government did not give OROP in 60 years and his government has already given the same.
But our Hon’ble Defence Minister, in a recent TV interview has said that a Tribunal to decide the matter is being contemplated. Before such a Tribunal is set up it may be worthwhile to go thru entire background and analysis of the dichotomous situation created what Hon’ble PM staes and doubts of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri which is largely covered in ‘Trinunal, GOM or EGOM, what is the difference?’ link http://sharad10525.blogspot.in/
Notwithstanding promises of implementation, very unfortunately, in the nearly six months of BJP’s Maximum Governance & Minimum Government and its promise to deliver on commitments; nothing has changed on OROP. Net-net; whether it was 60 years of Congress and UPA Governments or now 180 days of BJP led NDA Government, OROP still remains an unfulfilled promise.
Foregoing has given rise to a dichotomous situation - we have the Hon’ble Prime Minister saying that OROP has been given and Hon’ble Defence Minister wanting to refer OROP to a Tribunal.
Are we, ex-Faujis, in last days of life; to wait for ‘Tariq par Tariq’ and unfulfilled promise after promise? And die without seeing a Government that fulfils its promises?
i, therefore, call upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister to resolve the present impasse and direct that orders for OROP be issued without any further delay
Brigadier Vijay Raheja
Indian Army Veteran
Number of political parties, in the national arena, have been including One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen in their election manifestos for decades but have fallen short of implementing same. It is not intentioned to go into historical background of OROP; however some happenings of not too distant past are being placed on record to highlight how promises are not kept.
While addressing Ex-Servicemen; after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Shri Narendra Modi, during his first rally at Rewari spoke of OROP. In 46th minute of his speech, he said, as reproduced from transcript
“Today I publically demand from the Government of India on behalf of the army men and ex-service men of this country, to publish a white paper on the status of ‘one rank, one pension’ scheme. And Friends, I am sure that if in 2004, Vajpayee Ji would have formed government, and then today this problem of one rank one pension would not have been complicated..!”
Not to be outdone the then UPA government announced OROP for military personnel in Interim Budget on 17 February 2014. Then Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that OROP decision will be "implemented prospectively" for armed forces from 2014-2015, with the government transferring Rs 500 crore to the defence pension account in the current fiscal to "close the gap for all retirees (pre-2006 and post-2006) in all ranks". This came in less than a week after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told a group of ex-servicemen that he fully backed their OROP demand.
Shortly after taking over as the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi had assured “My government is committed to One-rank One-pension (OROP),” while addressing all ranks on board INS Vikramaditya,
On new government’s policy of OROP, finance cum defence minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, referring to budgetary allocation for defence , said “we reaffirm our commitment to our brave soldiers. A policy of ‘one rank one pension’ has been adopted by the government to address the pension disparities. We propose to set aside a further sum of Rs 1,000 crore to meet the year’s requirement”.
During pre-election rallies, to both Haryana and Maharashtra Assemblies, the Hon’ble PM declared that previous government did not give OROP in 60 years and his government has already given the same.
But our Hon’ble Defence Minister, in a recent TV interview has said that a Tribunal to decide the matter is being contemplated. Before such a Tribunal is set up it may be worthwhile to go thru entire background and analysis of the dichotomous situation created what Hon’ble PM staes and doubts of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri which is largely covered in ‘Trinunal, GOM or EGOM, what is the difference?’ link http://sharad10525.blogspot.in/
Notwithstanding promises of implementation, very unfortunately, in the nearly six months of BJP’s Maximum Governance & Minimum Government and its promise to deliver on commitments; nothing has changed on OROP. Net-net; whether it was 60 years of Congress and UPA Governments or now 180 days of BJP led NDA Government, OROP still remains an unfulfilled promise.
Foregoing has given rise to a dichotomous situation - we have the Hon’ble Prime Minister saying that OROP has been given and Hon’ble Defence Minister wanting to refer OROP to a Tribunal.
Are we, ex-Faujis, in last days of life; to wait for ‘Tariq par Tariq’ and unfulfilled promise after promise? And die without seeing a Government that fulfils its promises?
i, therefore, call upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister to resolve the present impasse and direct that orders for OROP be issued without any further delay
Brigadier Vijay Raheja
Indian Army Veteran
The Issue
Number of political parties, in the national arena, have been including One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen in their election manifestos for decades but have fallen short of implementing same. It is not intentioned to go into historical background of OROP; however some happenings of not too distant past are being placed on record to highlight how promises are not kept.
While addressing Ex-Servicemen; after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Shri Narendra Modi, during his first rally at Rewari spoke of OROP. In 46th minute of his speech, he said, as reproduced from transcript
“Today I publically demand from the Government of India on behalf of the army men and ex-service men of this country, to publish a white paper on the status of ‘one rank, one pension’ scheme. And Friends, I am sure that if in 2004, Vajpayee Ji would have formed government, and then today this problem of one rank one pension would not have been complicated..!”
Not to be outdone the then UPA government announced OROP for military personnel in Interim Budget on 17 February 2014. Then Finance MinisterP Chidambaram said that OROP decision will be "implemented prospectively" for armed forces from 2014-2015, with the government transferring Rs 500 crore to the defence pension account in the current fiscal to "close the gap for all retirees (pre-2006 and post-2006) in all ranks". This came in less than a week after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told a group of ex-servicemen that he fully backed their OROP demand.
Shortly after taking over as the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi had assured “My government is committed to One-rank One-pension (OROP),” while addressing all ranks on board INS Vikramaditya,
On new government’s policy of OROP, finance cum defence minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, referring to budgetary allocation for defence , said “we reaffirm our commitment to our brave soldiers. A policy of ‘one rank one pension’ has been adopted by the government to address the pension disparities. We propose to set aside a further sum of Rs 1,000 crore to meet the year’s requirement”.
During pre-election rallies, to both Haryana and Maharashtra Assemblies, the Hon’ble PM declared that previous government did not give OROP in 60 years and his government has already given the same.
But our Hon’ble Defence Minister, in a recent TV interview has said that a Tribunal to decide the matter is being contemplated. Before such a Tribunal is set up it may be worthwhile to go thru entire background and analysis of the dichotomous situation created what Hon’ble PM staes and doubts of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri which is largely covered in ‘Trinunal, GOM or EGOM, what is the difference?’ link http://sharad10525.blogspot.in/
Notwithstanding promises of implementation, very unfortunately, in the nearly six months of BJP’s Maximum Governance & Minimum Government and its promise to deliver on commitments; nothing has changed on OROP. Net-net; whether it was 60 years of Congress and UPA Governments or now 180 days of BJP led NDA Government, OROP still remains an unfulfilled promise.
Foregoing has given rise to a dichotomous situation - we have the Hon’ble Prime Minister saying that OROP has been given and Hon’ble Defence Minister wanting to refer OROP to a Tribunal.
Are we, ex-Faujis, in last days of life; to wait for ‘Tariq par Tariq’ and unfulfilled promise after promise? And die without seeing a Government that fulfils its promises?
i, therefore, call upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister to resolve the present impasse and direct that orders for OROP be issued without any further delay
Brigadier Vijay Raheja
Indian Army Veteran
Number of political parties, in the national arena, have been including One Rank One Pension (OROP) for ex-servicemen in their election manifestos for decades but have fallen short of implementing same. It is not intentioned to go into historical background of OROP; however some happenings of not too distant past are being placed on record to highlight how promises are not kept.
While addressing Ex-Servicemen; after being declared BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate, Shri Narendra Modi, during his first rally at Rewari spoke of OROP. In 46th minute of his speech, he said, as reproduced from transcript
“Today I publically demand from the Government of India on behalf of the army men and ex-service men of this country, to publish a white paper on the status of ‘one rank, one pension’ scheme. And Friends, I am sure that if in 2004, Vajpayee Ji would have formed government, and then today this problem of one rank one pension would not have been complicated..!”
Not to be outdone the then UPA government announced OROP for military personnel in Interim Budget on 17 February 2014. Then Finance Minister P Chidambaram said that OROP decision will be "implemented prospectively" for armed forces from 2014-2015, with the government transferring Rs 500 crore to the defence pension account in the current fiscal to "close the gap for all retirees (pre-2006 and post-2006) in all ranks". This came in less than a week after Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi told a group of ex-servicemen that he fully backed their OROP demand.
Shortly after taking over as the prime minister, Shri Narendra Modi had assured “My government is committed to One-rank One-pension (OROP),” while addressing all ranks on board INS Vikramaditya,
On new government’s policy of OROP, finance cum defence minister, Shri Arun Jaitley, referring to budgetary allocation for defence , said “we reaffirm our commitment to our brave soldiers. A policy of ‘one rank one pension’ has been adopted by the government to address the pension disparities. We propose to set aside a further sum of Rs 1,000 crore to meet the year’s requirement”.
During pre-election rallies, to both Haryana and Maharashtra Assemblies, the Hon’ble PM declared that previous government did not give OROP in 60 years and his government has already given the same.
But our Hon’ble Defence Minister, in a recent TV interview has said that a Tribunal to decide the matter is being contemplated. Before such a Tribunal is set up it may be worthwhile to go thru entire background and analysis of the dichotomous situation created what Hon’ble PM staes and doubts of Hon’ble Raksha Mantri which is largely covered in ‘Trinunal, GOM or EGOM, what is the difference?’ link http://sharad10525.blogspot.in/
Notwithstanding promises of implementation, very unfortunately, in the nearly six months of BJP’s Maximum Governance & Minimum Government and its promise to deliver on commitments; nothing has changed on OROP. Net-net; whether it was 60 years of Congress and UPA Governments or now 180 days of BJP led NDA Government, OROP still remains an unfulfilled promise.
Foregoing has given rise to a dichotomous situation - we have the Hon’ble Prime Minister saying that OROP has been given and Hon’ble Defence Minister wanting to refer OROP to a Tribunal.
Are we, ex-Faujis, in last days of life; to wait for ‘Tariq par Tariq’ and unfulfilled promise after promise? And die without seeing a Government that fulfils its promises?
i, therefore, call upon the Hon’ble Prime Minister to resolve the present impasse and direct that orders for OROP be issued without any further delay
Brigadier Vijay Raheja
Indian Army Veteran
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Petition created on 31 October 2014