OROP arrear payment: First withdraw January 20 communication, Supreme Court tells govtThe government had issued a notification on January saying that it would pay the OROP arrears in four instalments.
13 Mar, 2023, 01.23 PM IST
Centre increases defence pension, to pay arrears tooDefence pensioners will also get arrears as the government will revise all scales with effect from 2019. The revision had been held up sinc...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Cabinet approves revision of pension for defence personnel under One Rank One Pension schemeThe Union Cabinet on Friday approved the revision of the pension for family pensioners of armed forces under One Rank One Pension (OROP) fr...
24 Dec, 2022, 01.52 PM IST
Eyes on OROP: Centre mulls roll out of arrears for defence pensionersDefence pensioners are set to get arrears in excess of Rs 2,000 crore as the government will revise all scales with effect from 2019, with ...
22 Jun, 2022, 12.04 AM IST
OROP in Armed Forces: Govt can't be held to Parliament promise; Centre to SCEx-servicemen claimed OROP originally envisaged uniform payment of pension to ex-servicemen who retired with the same rank and same years i...
17 Feb, 2022, 12.16 AM IST
Government releases revised pensionary benefits under OROP to over two lakh defence pensionersThe amount along with first instalment of arrears had been released and credited by the Defence Ministry to the accounts of pensioners on M...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.43 PM IST
Cannot consider one-year pension revision under OROP: Manohar ParrikarParrikar said demand of armed forces veterans for annual revision of pension under OROP scheme could not be considered as definition of ORO...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.20 PM IST
Behaviour of protesting ex-servicemen unlike that of soldier: Manohar ParrikarParrikar said that if there are any grievances, the ex-servicemen can present their case to the judicial commission that will be set up for...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.29 PM IST
OROP: Long-standing demand of veterans and basis for itUPA had initially allocated only Rs 500 crore for OROP . The veterans were demanding that OROP be implemented from April 1, 2014.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.05 PM IST
OROP: Ex-servicemen meet Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, discuss modalitiesThe veterans said that OROP would be applicable to those who have sought voluntary retirement and are getting pension, also those getting d...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.05 PM IST
OROP: Government mulling committee to decide equalisation of pension issue"Government has accepted the OROP concept broadly," the Chairman of Indian Ex-Servicemen movement told reporters after the meeting.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.03 PM IST
OROP stir to continue if demands not met: Ex-servicemenAs the ex-servicemen's fight for their demand reached 82nd day, Maj Gen Satbir Singh (retd) appealed to the other retired personnel to join...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
Arun Jaitley's OROP remarks due to lack of understanding of issue: Ex-servicemenAs the agitation reached 79th day today, one more ex-serviceman, who has been on fast-unto-death since yesterday, had to be rushed to the h...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
Cannot have annual pension revision, says FM Arun Jaitley on OROPFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today virtually ruled out annual revision of pension as demanded by agitating ex-servicemen under 'One rank, ...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
Government may soon announce a 'new deal' for ex-servicemenSome of the mediators have suggested that the pension could be reset every three years but there are indications that the government is sti...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.58 PM IST
Chidambaram hits out at Centre on OROPFormer Union Minister P Chidambaram said problems would crop up during implementation if OROP is done contrary to what it was announced for...
05 Nov, 2016, 05.49 PM IST
Amit Shah assures early implementation of OROPBriefing reporters on the RSS' coordination meeting where the issue of OROP also figured, Sangh spokesperson Manmohan Vaidya said the BJP p...
04 Sep, 2015, 06.33 PM IST