ONE RANK ONE PENSION LATEST SITUATION
Reksha Manthri was forthcoming and explained the latest
situation. OROP file has been moving upwards as predicted. At the last stage an
official from Finance Ministry has put an observation about the SC ruling
regarding SPS Vains case. RM was fully apprised of the SPS Vains case and told
the delegation that this observation is not applicable to OROP case. Hence
suitable reply will be given on file by MOD and file will be sent back
for approval.
RM further stated that he is working to issue Government
letter latest by June end that is within one year of NDA Government being sworn
to power. He sounded very confident that OROP is foregone conclusion and the
next step is issuance of notification for OROP and the tables. He assured Ex-Servicemen
delegation that the notification for OROP will be issued soon.
RM that stake holders must be involved in finalizing
Government letter and the relevant tables for OROP. He confirmed that calculations
for his note were done by Armed Forces pay cells and he would keep this in
mind.
Ex-Servicemen delegation came back fully assured that OROP
is in safe hands of RM Sh Manohar Parikkar who will make sure that OROP will
see the day light after 30 yrs of struggle.
14/04/2015
