Latest news on OROP – Delegates of NeXCC discussing the OROP issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar
Delegates of National Ex-servicemen Co-ordination committee (NeXCC) discussing the OROP issue with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on 22.04.2015. The news published in the media as follows…
Ex-servicemen Meet Union Minister
Delegates of the National Ex-servicemen
Coordination Committee, led by chairman Thaneswar Sen, vice-chairman V S
John and secretary general V N Mishra, discussing the OROP issue with
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in New Delhi on Wednesday
KOCHI:Delegates of the National
Ex-servicemen Coordination Committee met Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar at his office in New Delhi on Wednesday and took up the issue
of ‘One-Rank-One-Pension’ (OROP), which is pending before the Ministry
for some time.
The Committee briefed the Minister about
the concerns of the ex-servicemen community over the non-implementation
of the OROP scheme by the Defence Ministry, though he had promised
prompt action at a meeting held on March 18.
National Ex-servicemen Coordination
Committee vice-chairman V S John, who was part of the delegation, said
the Minister assured that all modalities and formalities to implement
the One-Rank-One-Pension scheme were completed for issuing order.
However, the Minister said the matter required a second approval from
the Parliament. “The Minister was very considerate of the Pension of
Personnel Below Officer Rank issue, and assured that he would obtain the
approval of Parliament in the current session itself. The orders to
implement the decisions will be issued before the current Parliament
session concludes,” he said.
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