New Delhi, Feb 4: Centre on Wednesday issued the tables for the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The annual expenditure for the ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) scheme has been estimated to be around Rs 7,500 crore, the Defence Ministry said.
The arrears from July 1, 2014 — the date of implementation as announced by the government — till December 31, 2015, will be approximately Rs.10,900 crore, the ministry said in a statement.
The statement said 86 per cent of the total expenditure on account of OROP will benefit Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and other ranks.
“The government of India had taken the historic decision to implement OROP in November 2015. This fulfilled the long standing demand of the defence forces personnel after 42 years benefited over 18 lakh ex-servicemen and war widows,” the statement said.
The government had in November, 2015 taken the historic decision to implement OROP, “fulfilling” the long-standing demand of defence personnel after 42 years.
The move that will benefit over 18 lakh ex-servicemen and war widows had been rejected by a section of the veterans who are still protesting saying there are a number of “lacunae” in the scheme.
