High-level committees to look at ex-servicemen’s ‘One Rank, One Pension’ demand

July 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has accepted the one-rank-one-pension (OROP) demand for armed forces officers and personnel below officer rank (PBOR) and will also set up a separate pay panel for the military, parliament was informed Monday. However, from Defence Minister A.K.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that the Government has decided to substantially improve the pension of pre 01.01.2006 defence pensioners below officer rank and bring pre 10.10.1997 pensioners on par with post 10.10.1997 pensioners. Presenting the Budget proposals for the year 2009-10 in Lok Sabha, Mukherjee said that it was based on the recommendation of the Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary on One Rank One Pension (OROP).

June 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A committee looking into the defence personnel's demand for pay review Thursday made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official release said. "The committee of secretaries headed by the cabinet secretary (K.M.

June 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - President Pratibha Patil Thursday said that the cabinet committee formed to look into the long standing 'one rank one pension' demand of armed forces veterans will submit its report by the end of June. The welfare of ex-servicemen will continue to be accorded high priority.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The government has not constituted a committee to consider a demand for reducing the gap in the retirement benefits of armed forces personnel, the Election Commission was told Monday. The Commission last week issued notice to Cabinet Secretary K.M.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Shaken by the large numbers of ex-servicemen returning their medals to protest the government's rejection of their demand for one-rank-one-pension, a high level committee has been formed under Cabinet Secretary K.M. Chandrasekhar to examine the extent to which this could be achieved.

April 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Retired personnel of Indian defence services on Sunday staged a massive protest rally here, to express their anguish over Central Government's delay over their long-pending demand for 'One Rank-One Pension'. Ex-servicemen of varying ranks also returned their medals to the government.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Democratic Alliance (NDA) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, who has assured retired soldiers that he will fulfil their 'one rank, one pension' demand, met former defence personnel here Thursday and heard their grievances.

March 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National Democratic Alliance (NDA) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani, who has assured retired soldiers that he will fulfill their 'one rank one pension' demand, will meet the former defence personnel here later Thursday to hear their grievances.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani Monday held out a promise that his party would implement the 'One Rank One Pension' policy for ex-servicemen if voted to power in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani, on Monday acknowledged the need of implementation of one-rank one-pension for ex-defence servicemen. "Armed forces are a category apart.

March 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In pursuit of their demand for 'one rank one pension', retired soldiers of varying ranks here Saturday returned 7,500 medals won in combat and for distinguished service. Thousands of veterans gathered earlier in the day at the Jantar Mantar observatory in the heart of the national capital for the protest.

March 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Continuing their long-running fight for 'one rank, one pension', ex-soldiers have met President Pratibha Patil, the supreme commander of the armed forces, and reiterated their demand for pension parity. A seven-member delegation of the Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM) submitted a memorandum in this regard to Patil late Monday evening.

February 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unmoved by India's ex-soldiers' highly emotive plea of for 'one rank one pension', which even saw some of them returning their medals, the government has finally nixed the demand, pointing to the logistical and financial problems it would create. 'The demand for one-rank one-pension stands already examined in detail and was not found acceptable due to administrative, financial and legal reasons,' Minister of State for Defence M.M.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Disillusioned with the system, a former naval officer Monday filed an application under Right to Information (RTI) Act asking the government on what basis was the demand for 'one rank one pension' overlooked. 'In 2008, the defence minister in a written reply to a question told parliament that the government has not found acceptable the demand of ex-servicemen for one rank one pension.