New Delhi, Oct 26
The notification on One Rank One Pension scheme will be issued “within days” of the Bihar poll process coming to an end as the model code of conduct is currently in place, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said on monday.
Asked if it would be a Diwali gift to the protesting veterans, he said, “I am trying to have it before Diwali (November 11).”
The counting of votes in Bihar will take place on November 8 but the model code of conduct will remain in place till November 12.