One Rank, One Pension stuck between Services and Defence Ministry
New Delhi | February 28, 2015 5:01 pm
Reinstating
government’s commitment on implementing the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ policy,
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said the issue is pending as the
method of calculating pension is stuck between the Armed Services and the
Defence Ministry. “I have already in the last Budget said that we are going to
implement ‘One Rank, One Pension’. This need not be stated on every occasion.
We are completely committed to it,” Jaitley told reporters here when asked
about the delay in launching the scheme.
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Explaining the reasons behind the delay, the
Minister said: “The methodology of calculating the One Rank, One Pension is an
issue pending between the Services and the Defence Ministry.” As and when that
idea is formulated, not only it should be implemented, it will be implemented,
he added. “You may only notice that I have today, despite the squeeze,
increased the allocation for Defence by almost Rs 25,000 crore,” Jaitley said. Last
month, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had said that ‘One rank, One pension’
scheme will be rolled out soon. The scheme, which seeks to ensure that a
uniform pension is paid to defence personnel who retire at the same rank with
the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement, has been
a long-standing demand of the over two million ex-servicemen in the country.
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