OROP Anomalies – Rajeev Chandrasekhar writes to RM on officers

OROP Anomalies – Rajeev Chandrasekhar writes to RM on officers

Rajeev writes to the Defence Minister on Additional Points – Anomalies in One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme – March 01, 2016

RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
RAJYA SABHA

Member of Standing Committee on Defence
Member of Consultative Committee on Defence
Member of Central Advisory Committee for the National Cadet Corps
Co-Chairman, vigilance & Monitoring Committee, Bangalore Urban District
Vice Chairman, National Military Memorial Management Trust, Bangalore

01 March 2016

Dear Raksha Mantriji,

Sub: Additional Points – Anomalies in One Rank One Pension (OROP) Scheme

Further to my letter to you dated 23 February 2016, with the subject “Anomalies in One Rank One Pension”, I am enclosing herewith a second representation with additional points on the change in definition of the OROP Scheme in various letters issued by the Government, and also anomalies in particular ranks that go against the principle of OROP.

The same may be annexed with my earlier representation and also find place in your Ministry’s reference to the One Rank Judicial Committee.

The attached list of issues requires immediate attention and revision in order to fully implement OROP in its true definition.

Sincerely,
sd/-
RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR

Click to view the Annexure: Additional Pionts: Anomalies in OROP Scheme

ADDITIONAL POINTS : ANOMALIES IN ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP) SCHEME

A. CHANGE IN DEFINITION OF ONE RANK ONE PENSION:

PI refer to:

1. MOD letter no 12(01/2014-D (Pen/Pol) dated 26 February, 2014
2. MOM of the meeting chaired by RM on 26 February, 2014 to discuss OROP
3. Response by MOS Defence, Shri Rao Inderjit Singh to my Parliamentary Question No. 962 dated 02 December, 2014 on ‘Implementation of One Rank, One Pension (OROP)’
4. GOI Press Release dated 05 September, 2015
5. GOI letter no 12(1)/2014 dated 07 November, 2015 and
6. GO1 letter no 12(01)/2014-D (pen/pol)- Part- 11 dated 14 December, 2015

a) One Rank One Pension (OROP) implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement and any future enhancement in the rates of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. This implies bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners, and also future enhancements in the rate of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners.

I. On 26 February, 2014, the Government vide letter No 1 2(01 /2014-D (Pen/Pol) accepted the principle of One Rank One Pension as defined above.

II. Minutes of the meeting chaired by the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri on 26 February also contained the above definition of OROP.

The reply given by Minister of State for Defence Shri Rao Inderjit Singh to a question raised by me in Parliament on 02 December, 2014 also gave the above definition of OROP.

However, in subsequent letters and press release issued by the Ministry of Defence, the definition of CROP was altered as follows:

b) One Rank One Pension PROP) implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. Future enhancement in the rates of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. This implies bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners at periodic intervals.

I. In the Press Release dated 05 September, 2014, the definition of OROP was altered from the accepted definition mention in letter dated 26 February 2014. “…future enhancements in the rate of pension to be automatically passed on to the post pensioners” to ‘.. this implies bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners at periodic intervals.”

II. The Government of India letter 12(1)/2014 dated 07 November, 2015 also defined OROP as “this implies bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners at periodic intervals.’

III. The Ministry of Defence Notification No. 12(01)/2014-D(pen/pol)-Part-11 announcing the appointment of the Judicial Committee to look into removal of anomalies that may arise of out implementation of OROP also repeated the definition as “OROP implies that uniform pension be paid to the Defence Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their date of retirement, which implies that bridging the gap between the rate of pension of current and past pensioners at periodic intervals’.

It is essential that the definition of (DROP be maintained in its true form in order to successfully implement the scheme. Failing to do so will deprive past pensioners and widows of equivalent pension as present retirees thereby violating the very principle of One Rank One Pension.

B. ANOMALIES EFFECTING PARTICULAR RANKS:

The pensions of ranks – Hon. Naib Subedar, Major and Lieutenant Colonel – require to be relooked at.

a) Pension of Havildars granted with rank of Hon. Naib Subedar in view of their exemplary service, are not granted pension of Naib Subedar, instead he continues to draw the pension of a Havildar. This makes the Hon. Ranks merely ceremonial. It is required that this anomaly be corrected and pension of Naib Subedar be granted. Similarly, this must be accepted as a principle and it should be applicable to all Hon. ranks in case of NCOs and JCOs.

b) PCDA (Pensions) Circular No. 555 Dated 04 February, 2016 with the subject ‘Implementation of One Rank One Pension to Defence Pensioners’, Para 11(a) states: “The officers retired on or after 1.1.1996 in the rank of Major and who have completed 21 years of service have been allowed the pay of Lt. Col. Accordingly, pension of these officers have been revised by issue of Corr. PPOs. It is therefore, requested to revise the pension of post- 96 Army Officer with rank Major and its equivalent in the Air Force and Navy who have completed 21 years.”

The above provisions have created two separate pensions for the rank of Major one pre-1996 retiree Majors and another for post-1996 retiree Majors with the same length of service.

II. The above provisions have been added in continuation to Government of India (MoD) letter No 1(13)/2009/D (Pen/Pol) dated 24 September 2012 and PCDA (P) Allahabad Circular No 14 dated 02 January 2013 wherein Majors, who retired on or after 01 January 1996 with 21 years or more were granted pension of Lt Col by issue of Corr. PPOs.

III. These Majors were granted pension of Lt. Col. as they were payed the pay of Lt.

Col. under the provisions of SAI 2/S/1998 during the currency of 5′ Central Pay Commission.

It goes against the principle of One Rank One Pension that the rank of Major be on two different pension scales. This anomaly should be corrected and all past retiree Majors with 21 years or more of service must be treated at par and paid uniform pension.

Click to read another letter to the Defence Minister on the Delay in Disbursal of Pension to Widows and/or Next of Kin of Martyred Soldiers – March 01, 2016

Click to read the response letter from Defence Minister – March 03, 2016

Click to read the letter to Defence Minister on the Anomalies in One Rank One Pension Scheme on 23.2.2016

IESM LETTER TO RM ON OROP ANOMALIES

OROP Tables for JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers 

7th CPC & OROP Allocation in Union Budget 2016-2017

7th CPC & OROP Allocation in Union Budget 2016-2017

After the Budget Speech, Arun Jaitley replied to a question about 7th CPC as below…

“Secretaries panel will decide the final burden on the government, a significant part of liabilities arising out of 7thCPC have already been factored in the Budget”, said Jaitley”

We looked into the Budget annexures to find the estimated allocation for 7th CPC and stumbled across the below while reading through the MACRO-ECONOMIC FRAMEWORK STATEMENT 2016-17 (file name: allfrbm.pdf) file which clearly has allocated the funds for OROP and 7th CPC.

The implementation of the Seventh Pay Commission due from 1st January, 2016 is to be implemented during the financial year 2016-17 as also the revised One Rank One pension scheme for the Defence services. The government has made provisions for the additional liabilities on these count.

On the plan side also a substantial increase of 15.3 per cent over RE 2015-16 has been provided for. This is unlike the previous financial year when on account of shrinking resources of the Centre on account of higher share of tax devolution to the States, the plan provision in BE 2015-16 was made with a marginal reduction over the revised estimates for 2014-15. In BE 2016-17 the total expenditure of the Government is estimated at about 13.1 per cent of GDP, thereby marking a marginal decrease over the RE 2015-16. This is against the increase in total expenditure of the Centre by 1.4 percentage points during 2008-09, when the Sixth Pay commission report was implemented

In BE 2016-17, the estimated expenditure on pension payments is ` 1,23,368 crore, which works out to about 0.8 per cent of GDP. The substantial increase in pension payments in the ensuing year is due to the provision made for the implementation of the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission as well as additionality provided in Defence (Pensions) towards One Rank One Pension (OROP). The total expenditure on pensions in the medium term is estimated at about 0.7 per cent of GDP.

As the Honourable Members are aware, the Seventh Central Pay Commission has submitted its Report. Following the past practice, a Committee has been constituted to examine the Report and give its recommendations. In the meantime, I have made necessary interim provisions in the Budget.

This clearly shows there has been plans and allocation for the 7th CPC and OROP recommendation and time will tell when it would be implemented and how much.

Read more at –7thpaycommissionnews.com

ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP) TABLES FROM 1 TO 101 AS PER MOD (DESW) ORDERS ISSUED ON 3.2.2016

ONE RANK ONE PENSION (OROP) TABLES FROM 1 TO 101 AS PER MOD (DESW) ORDERS ISSUED ON 3.2.2016

	CATEGORY
Table No.	RETIRING/SERVICE PENSION/ELEMENT
Table No.1	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.2	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.3	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.4	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.5	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.6	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.7	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.8	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.9	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	ENHANCED RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION
Table No.10	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.11	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.12	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.13	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.14	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.15	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.16	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.17	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.18	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	NORMAL RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION
Table No.19	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.20	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.21	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.22	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.23	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.24	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.25	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.26	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.27	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION
Table No.28	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.29	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.30	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.31	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.32	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.33	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.34	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.35	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.36	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	SPECIAL DEPENDENT FAMILY PENSION/2ND LIFE AWARD OF SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION
Table No.37	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.38	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.39	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.40	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.41	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.42	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.43	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.44	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.45	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION
Table No.46	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.47	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.48	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.49	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.50	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.51	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.52	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.53	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.54	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	LIBERALISED DEPENDENT PENSION/2ND LIFE AWARD OF LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION
Table No.55	Regular Commissioned Officers (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.56	Regular Commissioned Officers (Rates for Single Parents)
Table No.57	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.58	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC (Rates for Single parents)
Table No.59	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.60	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army (Rates for single parents)
Table No.61	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.62	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services (Rates for Single Parents)
Table No.63	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC) (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.64	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC) (Rates for single Parents)
Table No.65	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors (Rates for both Parents)
Table No.66	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors (Rates for single Parents)
Table No.67	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.68	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.69	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	DISABILITY ELEMENT
Table No.70	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.71	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.72	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.73	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.74	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.75	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.76	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.77	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.78	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	WAR INJURY ELEMENT (DISCHARAGE)
Table No.79	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.80	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.81	Commissioned Officers of Territorial Army
Table No.82	Commissioned Officers of Military Nursing Services
Table No.83	EC/SSC Officers (Other than AMC/ADC/RVC)
Table No.84	EC/SSC Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC doctors
Table No.85	JCOs/ORs including Honorary commissioned officers
Table No.86	JCOs/ORs of DSC in receipt of 2nd Pension
Table No.87	JCOs/ORs of Territorial Army
	WAR INJURY ELEMENT (INVALIDED OUT)
Table No.88	Regular Commissioned Officers (Excluding Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC/MNS/TA/EC/SSC)
Table No.89	Commissioned Officers of AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.90	War Injury Element for 100% Disability (Invlaid out cases) for Commissioned Officers of Territorial
Table No.91	War Injury Element for 100% Disability (Invlaid out cases) for Commissioned Officers and MNS
Table No.92	War Injury Element for 100% Disability (Invlaid out cases) of EC/SSC Officers of Armed Forces
Table No.93	War Injury Element for 100% Disability (Invlaid out cases) of EC/SSC Officers OOF AMC/ADC/RVC
Table No.94	War Injury Element (Invalidated out) for 100% Disability JCO and Other Ranks including Honorary Commissioned Officers
Table No.95	War Injury Element (Invalidated out) for 100% Disability JCO and Other Ranks of DSC
Table No.96	War Injury Element (Invalidated out) for JCO and Other Ranks of Territorial Army
	PRE 01-06-1953 DISCHARGED PERSONNEL
	ARMY PERSONNEL
Table No.97	Ordinary Pension for Army Personnel who become Non-Effective Prior to 1.6.1953
Table No.98	Mustering Out Pension for Army Pensioners who become Non-Effective Prior to 1.6.1953
Table No.99	Ordinary Pension for Honorary victory commissioned officers who become Non-Effective Prior to 1.6.1953
	AIR FORCE
Table No.100	Ordinary Pension for Air Force Personnel who become Non-Effective Prior to 1.6.1953
	STATE FORCE PERSONNEL
Table No.101	Pension for Erstwhile State Forces Pensioners

indian Express -Army veterans to take OROP battle to Supreme Court

November 26, 2015 Maha  one rank one pension, OROP, OROP latest order,OROP NEWS, OROP notification, OROP table Edit Post

Army veterans to take OROP battle to Supreme Court: Indian Express

Army veterans to take OROP battle to Supreme Court

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani has offered his services as the legal counsel for the army veterans
The veterans’ fight for the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) according to its original definition is set to enter a new phase with the battle now being taken to the Supreme Court.

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani has offered his services as the legal counsel for the army veterans. Addressing the media in Chandigarh on Sunday, Maj Gen Satbir Singh (retd), who has been leading a protest for OROP at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi for the past 161 days, said the president of Bar Council of India, Dushyant A Dave has also offered to fight for the veterans’ cause, along with his team, in the apex court for free.

Read more at: http://indianexpress.com/

 Leave a comment  orop latest orders, OROP Notification, orop orders, orop table

‘One Rank One Pension’ has been resolved, and it has been granted – Prime Minister

‘One Rank One Pension’ has been resolved, and it has been granted – Prime Minister

 November 12, 2015  Maha  OROP, OROP latest order, OROP NEWS, OROP notification, OROP table Edit Post

Long-pending issue of ‘One Rank One Pension’ has been resolved, and it has been granted – Prime Minister
The Prime Minister said that the long-pending issue of One-Rank, One Pension has been resolved, and it has been granted.

Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Prime Minister’s Office

11-November-2015 18:11 IST

PM visits 1965 war memorials in Punjab; spends Diwali with officers and jawans of the Indian Armed Forces

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today visited three memorials in Punjab which commemorate some of the spectacular successes of the Indian Armed Forces in the 1965 war.

The Prime Minister visited the Dograi War Memorial, and the Barki War Memorial. The battles of Dograi and Barki were decisive successes achieved by the Indian Army during the 1965 war

The Prime Minister visited Asal Uttar, the site of one of the biggest ever tank battles, where the Indian Armed Forces achieved a major victory. The battle of Asal Uttar is remembered for the heroics of Veer Abdul Hamid, who was posthumously awarded the Param Vir Chakra. The Prime Minister paid homage by laying a wreath on the memorial of Abdul Hamid.

The Prime Minister greeted and interacted with officers and jawans of the Indian Army and Air Force, at Dograi War Memorial, Barki War Memorial, and Air Force Station – Halwara.

The Prime Minister said that everyone wishes to spend Diwali with his or her family, and therefore, just as he had visited Siachen last year, he has chosen to spend Diwali with the officers and jawans of the Armed Forces this year as well. He said that as this year marked the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war, he has chosen to visit locations where the brave soldiers of the Indian Armed Forces had shed blood and made the supreme sacrifice during that war.

The Prime Minister said that the long-pending issue of One-Rank, One Pension has been resolved, and it has been granted.

Source: PIB News

 Leave a comment  OROP, orop latest orders, OROP Notification, orop table