OROP protests likely to intensify
“UFESM is not ready to believe the
assurances given by all the forces that constitute the power at the
Centre that the scheme would be implemented.”
This is because such assurances have
been given for a number of years by a number of parties and nothing had
happened. Therefore, this time, the UFESM is not ready to bow down.
Either the plan has to be announced, or
the Prime Minister has to announce the date on which the plan will be
implemented. Else, as per the current scenario, the protests are going
to intensify.
In more than 60 cities across the
country, protests are being held demanding the implementation of the
OROP scheme. Ex-servicemen from all over the country are arriving in New
Delhi to participate in the relay fast protest that is being conducted
at Jantar Mantar.
The UFESM has announced that
ex-servicemen shall henceforth boycott all the government-organized
functions. They have also decided to go to the court after hearing the
Prime Minister’s Independence Day speech to find out the Government’s
stand on the issue.
Army men are being granted pensions and
retirement benefits based on the current pay commission’s
recommendations at the time of their retirement. Since the pension
calculations are revised once every ten years, the OROP scheme seeks to
remove the resultant anomalies.
1 comments:
Government intentionally created a rift with false propaganda that the JCOs and OR will be denaid a fair deal if OROP is given in present form. If the government follows the accepted definition of OROP, then everybody will be happy. If there are any misgivings, they can be corrected by the government while forming a fair scales of pay and allowances for the JCOs and OR in the 7th CPC and will give better pensions to them. As a first step, do implement the OROP as per the accepted definition.
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