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OROP notification: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar had in September last year announced implementation of the long delayed OROP for ex-servicemen but the veterans have been continuing with their protest demanding "complete" implementation of the scheme. (AP)
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1. The government has not conceded the demands for an annual equalisation of revised pension, for pegging the pension to the maximum of the current pensioners, and for appointing an expert commission with serving military personnel and ex-servicemen representatives. (Reuters)
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3. OROP scheme: On the demand by ex-servicemen to include early retirees in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme, Manohar Parrikar said, "We want to differentiate between voluntary retirement for better prospects and premature retirement in the interest of the Army. …need to differentiate who is retiring for his own benefit and who is retiring for the nation's benefit". Parrikar added that the issue will be looked into by the one-man judicial committee formed on the matter. (Reuters)
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3. OROP means military personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service would get the same pension, irrespective of their date of retirement. Currently, a Colonel who retired earlier — under the mandate of earlier pay commissions — receives lesser pension than a Colonel who retired after the Sixth Pay Commission came into vogue in 2006. With the Seventh Pay Commission scheduled to submit its report by the end of the year, this difference would have increased further. (AP)
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4. The veterans wanted equalisation of pension every year, or at least every two years, but the government has notified that it would happen only once in five years. (AP)
5. They had wanted the revised pensions to be fixed at the maximum of the pension being received by current retirees, but the government has announced that only an average of the maximum and minimum will be given. But the pensions of those who are receiving a higher pension than average will not be reduced. (AP)
