The government today ruled out annual revision of pension under the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme for ex-servicemen even as the protesting veterans said they are ready for a biennial increase.
Underlining that the government will safeguard interests of soldiers retiring at an early age through higher pensions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that annul revision in pensions does not happen anywhere in the world.
He said the government was committed to OROP but the “only difficulty” is the “arithmetical translation”.
I have my own formula on what OROP means. Somebody else may have their own formula on OROP but it has to be within reasonable and rational criteria. You can’t have an OROP where pensions are revised every month or every year.
— Arun Jaitley, Finance Minister
He said that recommendations of 7th Pay Commission for government employees were coming shortly. Ex-servicemen have been agitating for 78 days at Jantar Mantar here demanding implementation of OROP.
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