After the implementation of OROP the pension related anomalies will be reduced – Manohar Parrikar
Enhancing Military Capabilities is the Top Priority– Manohar Parrikar
The Defence Minister Shri Manohar
Parrikar has said that his top priority is to enhance military
capabilities of the country with due focus on modernization of the armed
forces. Inaugurating a two-day Controllers’ Conference of Defence
Accounts Department, here today, he said, high serviceability levels of
equipment and weapon systems and high morale of soldiers is also
necessary which is possible with an effective and optimum resource
utilisation. He stressed on working as an integrated whole with shared
resources of data and information, specifically in area of pension,
payments, compilation and accounting preferably on real time basis. The
Defence Minister emphasized that faster and transparent decision making
and focus on “Make in India” are the two pillars of our strategy for
leapfrogging our economy to a higher growth. Shri Parrikar cautioned the
Defence Accounts officials against any attack of hackers on their
database.
Shri Parrikar also inaugurated Pension
Call Centre for dealing the queries from the pensioners and their
families regarding their entitlement and pension payments. The Pension
call centre for Army pensioners has been established in the office of
PCDA (Pension) at Allahabad and can be accessed through the toll free
number 1800 180 5321. The Defence Minister also hinted that an order
regarding implementation of One-Rank-One-Pension (OROP) may be issued
very soon. He said after the implementation of OROP the pension related
anomalies will be reduced. On this occasion a statistical hand book on
defence expenditure was also released by the Defence Minister. Earlier,
Director General of Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Shri MJ Joseph
presented a ISO 9001 certificate to Controller General of Defence
Accounts (CGDA) Shri Arvind Kaushal for its Delhi Defence Accounts
Office.
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal
Arup Raha, Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh, CGDA Shri Arvind
Kaushal and Financial Advisor (Defence Services) Ms Vandana Srivastava
were amongst the dignitaries who graced the inaugural function.
The theme of the conference is ‘Good
Governance through strategic collaboration. During the conference, four
business sessions concerning shared Database, E-Governance,
Strengthening of IFAs System and HRD issues have been planned covering
the Department’s working and emphasizing synergy with its client etc. of
the defence services. Senior officer of the department as well as
defence forces will lead the panel discussions on these issues and
provide a road map for collaborated system improvements.
Source: PIB News
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