Supreme Court hauls up defence ministry for Orop arrears delayAppearing on behalf of the petitioners, senior advocate Huzefa Ahmadi questioned how the government could unilaterally alter the deadline s...
28 Feb, 2023, 06.45 AM 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
BJP govt encashing valour of armed forces personnel for vote politics: Adhir Ranjan ChowdhurySpeaking during the Zero Hour, Chowdhury said the previous Congress-led UPA government had on February 17, 2014 promised to implement OROP ...
30 Mar, 2022, 03.27 PM IST
No constitutional infirmity in One Rank One Pension scheme: SCThe Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld the government's decision on One Rank, One Pension (OROP), and said that it does not find any constit...
17 Mar, 2022, 08.06 PM IST
Supreme Court finds nothing wrong with government's OROP policyThe letter, issued to the chiefs of the three defence forces, had defined OROP as the payment of uniform pension to armed services personne...
16 Mar, 2022, 11.37 PM 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
No 'One Rank One Pension' scheme for paramilitary forces: GovernmentThe principle of OROP for the Armed Forces has been accepted by the government, Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh said in a ...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.13 PM IST
OROP acceptable to large number of defence associations: FM Arun Jaitley"The mainstream organisations personally met me and thanked the government that their long-standing demand has been accepted," he said.
11 Jul, 2018, 01.37 PM IST
Mission Pension: Will 'pure VRS' cases be excluded from OROP?The underlying principle of OROP, that armed forces personnel retire early and get smaller pensions in comparison to other government emplo...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.04 PM IST
Government can look into 'any shortcomings' in OROP: Rajnath SinghAs the ex-servicemen refused to end their stir despite an announcement on OROP, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said if there is an...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.02 PM IST
OROP will be implemented soon, BJP has high regards for armymen: VK Singh"OROP would be resolved soon since PM Modi has himself said that the demand has been accepted. BJP always had high regards for armymen," Ge...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.44 PM IST
Kargil war martyr's mother supports One Rank-One Pension agitationShe further said that BJP had said in its poll manifesto that it would fulfil the OROP policy within hundred days of the NDA coming to powe...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
'One Rank, One Pension' issue: Ex-servicemen hold nationwide protestsThe Modi government has said that it is committed to OROP, one of its key poll promises, but has been unable to implement it till now.
11 Jul, 2018, 12.31 PM IST
One-rank, one-pension row: Ex-servicemen plan rally on June 14Anger is rapidly mounting among the 25 lakh-strong community of ex-servicemen against the Modi government's continuing delay in implementin...
11 Jul, 2018, 12.26 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
Government misleading ex-servicemen with 'diluted' OROP: CongressCongress alleged that several crucial issues had been "deliberately left in dark" with PM Modi engaging in "accounting jugglery" on the iss...
07 Sep, 2015, 06.55 PM IST
Ex-servicemen hold nationwide protests over 'One Rank, One Pension' policyHundreds of ex-servicemen took to the streets today across the country protesting delay in the implementation of the 'One Rank, One Pension...
14 Jun, 2015, 09.46 PM IST