OROP 7th CPC released. Col lamba

 Some good news for pensioners
Some bad news for disability pensioner
Some bad news for pre 2006 pensioner .Broad banding from 2006 only. Go to court
Bad news overall neither degradation removed nor NFU granted

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 OROP Latest News – Ex-Servicemen will receive a gift of increase in Pension

OROP Latest News – Ex-Servicemen will receive a gift of increase in Pension

An article published in the website of ‘Live Hindustan.Com‘ about the One Rank One Pension. We reproduced the article in English to understand the content for our readers…

Ex-Servicemen will receive a gift of increase in Pension

Ministry of Defence through the One Rank One Pension scheme will soon make a big declaration for the Ex-Servicemen. Thirteen and a half lakh Ex-servicemen will receive a gift of increase in Pension before the first anniversary of the NDA government.

The task of preparing the full and final blue print of this scheme was assigned to the Seventh Pay commission. Ie. After January 2016, Ex-servicemen will be granted better Pension according to the formula recommended by the Seventh Pay commission and the One Rank One Pension scheme will be fully implemented. This will benefit the Ex-servicemen receiving less pension.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar in an exclusive interview with ‘Hindustan’ stated that the government is very concerned about the welfare and Pension of the Ex-Servicemen. I believe that the Pension policy for them should be different and more Profitable than the general public. Surely they must get more pensions. He enlisted that the soldiers recruited in Defence at the Age of 17-18 usually retire after 18 years of service. Then their age is less than 40. Their children are small and their studies are at a critical juncture. The rest is the responsibility of the family. But after 18 years of military service when they retire, the retirement benefits (fund, gratuity, etc.) are much lower than those of the central personnel who retire in 60 years. Parikkar stated that, a bigger fact is that an Employee can experience the benefits of only one Pay commission in his entire life. Therefore there needs to be a better Soldiers Pension policy.

Argument on One Rank One Pension :
Since a soldier gets retired early, his Pension is less. The difference increases with increasing time, while today the cost of living has increased. Therefore the demand states that every Soldier retired in one rank should have equal Pension.

Problems faced by the Government :
The government has agreed on the One Rank One Pension scheme. The plan has been worked on before and pension has been increased. But still there is a big difference. There is a huge difference between the Soldier who retired in 1975 and he who retires today. According to the Ministry of Finance, there is no such system by which this can be made equal.

How many Soldiers :
There are 13,48,517 ex-servicemen in the country who are receiving pensions. Ex-Servicemen from 1970 are still alive.

Thousand Crore Allocation :
In the last budget of the NDA government, one thousand crores was allocated for the One Rank One Pension Scheme, but as the formula was not ready, the expense was not incurred.

The center prepared for the relief :
Defence Minister has stated that the necessary arrangements have been made to provide relief to the Ex-Servicemen. The announcement will be made before one year completion of the government. Using the existing formula, there will be an increase in pension for the period April 2014 to December 2015. Then the whole matter is placed before the seventh pay commission so that the commission prepares a single formula for One Rank One Pension. He stated that the central government will collectively pose the One Rank One Pension scheme in an effective way, by which the earlier retired soldiers will receive a satisfactory pension compared to the currently retired soldiers.

Source: www.livehindustan.com
[01/10 6:41 am] Col Lamba: AT LAST THE MOD, DESW HAVE RELEASED THE 7TH CPC RESOLUTION

FOR THE DEFENCE PENSIONERS ON 30.9.2016.


ARREARS WILL BE PAID FROM 1.1.2016.


The revision of pension using the 2nd Option based on fitment factor of 2.57 be implemented by

multiplying the pension drawn on 31.12.2015.


No change in the rate of Family Pension, Spl. Family pension


No change in the rate of Additional pension for old age pensioner.


No change in the DSC pension policy.


Request for inclusion of War Injury Element/Disability Element in computation of

Familyh pension Not accepted.


The slab rate of Disability is accepted.  Sep, Nk. & Hav with 5 & below levels

will get Rs.12000 for 100% disability.


Broad Bandidng of disability accep;ted for all including prematgure cases/

Voluntary retirees with 20% and above disability.


No change for War Injury pension who are retained in service
[01/10 6:44 am] Col Lamba: th Central Pay Commission notification for defence pensioners issued: Some Good News, Some Bad News- good on OROP fitment, very bad for rates of disability pension

The Ministry of Defence has today issued the notification for grant of pensionary awards based on the recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission. The same can be downloaded and accessed by clicking here.


While there is good news for regular pensioners in the sense that the Government has decided to grant a fitment of 2.57 on the pension drawn by pensioners as on 31 Dec 2015, which includes 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) pension drawn on the said date, the notification very regressively has reduced the amount of disability benefits admissible to disability pensioners. They have relegated the rates to the ‘slab system’ as was prevalent prior to the 6th Central Pay Commission thereby placing defence disability pensioners at a sharp disadvantage as compared to civil disability pensioners.
[01/10 6:54 am] Col Lamba: ArmyPayResearch
Friday, September 30, 2016
Some Good News for the Pre-2016 Defence Pensioners
Pension for pre-2016 retirees as on 01.01.2016 = Pension ( OROP as on 31.12.2015 ) *  2.57

Hence multiplication factor of 2.57 will be applied on the OROP figure and not on any other figure including that recommended by the 6th CPC.

OROP has been fixed in 2014 and the next revision is due in 2019. However a court case has been filed on the OROP in the SC. Defence personnel are likely to win the court case. This will lead to yearly revision of the OROP. Thus OROP will be revised based on the data of 2015. This OROP will be multiplied by 2.57, then.

             

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0z020a9568fi3f4/Defence+pension+notification+30+Sept+2016.pdf
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