‘One rank, one pension’ scheme before next Budget: Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar
Parrikar today said the ‘one rank, one pension’ policy would be
implemented in the defence forces before the next Budget.
“One rank, one pension policy will be implemented. We are right now
working on its detailing,” Parrikar said. The implementation has lot of
financial implications which are being worked out, he said.
“It has a lot of financial implications. Details would be available only once we work it out,” Parrikar said.
‘One rank, one pension’ policy means soldiers of the same rank and same
length of service get the same pension irrespective of their retirement
date. Parrikar said the announcement to implement the policy was made in
the last Budget.
“Now we will have to implement it. I have kept a target that it will be
implemented before the next Budget. My effort is to ensure that it
should be implemented as soon as possible. My target is that it should
not wait for the next Budget,” he said.
Raising the issue in the Lok Sabha recently, the Congress had accused
the government of delaying the implementation of the scheme. The OROP
had been announced in the Interim Budget in February, but was yet to be
implemented, Congress MP from Rohtak, Deepender Hooda, said in
Parliament.
Deepender Hooda accused the bureaucracy of trying to dilute the original
meaning of OROP as defined by the Koshiyari Committee, which was the
petition committee of the Rajya Sabha. Hooda had asked the government to
come out and announce the implementation of OROP. — PTI
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