Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised during his Independ ence Day speech to deliver One Rank One Pension (OROP) for retired defence personnel, and now defence minister Manohar Parrikar has fulfilled that pledge. This is a great day for jawans and officers, fulfilling a justified demand of veterans that was outstanding for 42 years. UPA had announced OROP last year but the NDA government will actually implement it now.Under OROP all pensioners of the same rank and duration of service are treated on par and the date at which a soldier retires is irrelevant in determining pension. There are cogent reasons to use OROP as the underlying principle in fixing defence pensions.Though details of OROP announced by Parrikar may not have met with all expectations of veterans, in view of the economic constraints which challenge any government, veterans should accept it.
Soldiering has unique dimensions which make it imperative for governments to apply a different yardstick as compared to other arms of government service. A majority of soldiers retire between 35 and 37 years of age, unlike personnel in other arms of government. In addition, given the harsh conditions under which they serve, OROP was a justified demand. Pensions, however, cannot be considered in isolation. All governments face the challenge of prioritising allocation of scarce resources. In India, pensions have been one of the fastest growing expenses in union budgets, increasing by 22.45% between 2011 and 2014. In fiscal 2014 pension payouts recorded Rs 74,896 crore, almost 5% of total spending. In the immediate future, another Rs 8,000-10,000 crore will be spent on defence pensions on account of OROP. Today, defence personnel get about 62% of the aggregate pension payouts of the union government. OROP will further enhance their share. Hopefully, veterans who were initially unhappy with OROP details outlined by Parrikar will rethink their position.
India is set for another rise in salaries of central and state government employees 2016 onwards on the heels of suggestions which will be made by 7th Pay Commission. These suggestions must be temperate, keeping in mind the fragile economic situation of the country and the need for fiscal prudence. It is important to remember that India is a country with a young population. If government spends a large part of its finances on salaries and pensions there will be little left over for education and infrastructure, which will take its toll on India's youth.
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Soldiering has unique dimensions which make it imperative for governments to apply a different yardstick as compared to other arms of government service. A majority of soldiers retire between 35 and 37 years of age, unlike personnel in other arms of government. In addition, given the harsh conditions under which they serve, OROP was a justified demand. Pensions, however, cannot be considered in isolation. All governments face the challenge of prioritising allocation of scarce resources. In India, pensions have been one of the fastest growing expenses in union budgets, increasing by 22.45% between 2011 and 2014. In fiscal 2014 pension payouts recorded Rs 74,896 crore, almost 5% of total spending. In the immediate future, another Rs 8,000-10,000 crore will be spent on defence pensions on account of OROP. Today, defence personnel get about 62% of the aggregate pension payouts of the union government. OROP will further enhance their share. Hopefully, veterans who were initially unhappy with OROP details outlined by Parrikar will rethink their position.
India is set for another rise in salaries of central and state government employees 2016 onwards on the heels of suggestions which will be made by 7th Pay Commission. These suggestions must be temperate, keeping in mind the fragile economic situation of the country and the need for fiscal prudence. It is important to remember that India is a country with a young population. If government spends a large part of its finances on salaries and pensions there will be little left over for education and infrastructure, which will take its toll on India's youth.
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fine hpe PM will clear 4 pending demands soon.But we pre 2006 pensioners only deniied FULL PENSION(50% min) which was given to officers,post 2006 retirees,fml pensioner,civilians in defence, cen govt empoyees,railwayus and judges.CAN PM LOOK IN TO IT
ReplyDeleteDear all veterans, don't start calculating what you get. Let us continue with our protest. What all we heard on the net and news will be subjected to postmortem at nine tables. Just kindly understand which are these nine tables. If the bureaucrats can twist the language of Honourable Supreme Court what is the guarantee they honour the politicians and ministers promises, will they sign any letter granting us all that what the political leaders I mean Prime Minister and Defence Minister have promised us.The game by every one is to buy the time till Bihar elections are over. See the colours after the elections. Letr us go firm and try and get the implementation orders in writing with the OROP charts showing who gets what, and till then keep raising slogans of ONE RANK ONE PENSION IS OUR RIGHT. Please understand our fight is not over. The game is to win the elections in Bihar. This is the main aim over the OROP. Let us all intensify the strike again to demand the implementation letter well before the mandate of Bihar elections, then only we can decide what are we going to get. Let us not celebrate any achievement or victory now. Celebrate success and victory when you get what you lost in the past. Hope all of you understood what I said? Regards to every one, let us keep protesting till we get the implementation letter and its benefits to our account, may be a first instalment to officers. Jai Hind
ReplyDeleteThe system that disregards the Triclour under which the pledge was given on OROP breeds distrust. There is no equalization every year as promised. Time to activate Bihar chapter and prepare legal justice otherwise no OROP
DeleteCan someone tell us rankwise min and max pension in tabulated form to WK out likely gain.
ReplyDeleteDear Veterans, I submit something more about bureaucrats and their functioning further to what I said in my previous comment of the date. All of you are aware that the media has exposed as to how the MOD pension budget was allotted and spent. As per the media (TOI newspapers) the total MOD pension budget is Rs 54,000/- crores per year. Out of this 55% is spent on the pension disbursement to the defence AF veterans rest 45% is disbursed to the MOD civilian pensioners. The media also published that the AF pensioners represent 78% of the total defence pensioners (of MOD) and the MOD civilian pensioners are just 22%. Now let us calculate who gets what from this pension budget. If there are 100 pensioners there are 78 from the AF veterans and 22 are MOD civilian pensioners. Let the pension budget is Rs 100/-. As per the ratio of the AF and MOD civilian pensioners, the share of 78 AF pensioners is Rs 55, it means each one gets just 70 paise as pension per month where as the MOD civilian pensioners who are just 22 with a share of Rs 45, each one gets a pension of Rs 2.45. Where is the justification. See thge real facts and figures in my next comment.
ReplyDeleteIn continuation to my previous comment, total MOD pension budget as of today (before implementing OROP), is Rs 54,000 crores. The 78% AF pensioners get 55% of the budget which means Rs 29,700 crores and the 22% MOD civilian pensioners get 45% of the budget which works out to Rs 24,300 crores. Calculate yourself on the calculator. Now let us go ahead to find out what is the average share of each pensioner in AF veterans and MOD civilians pensioners. If 24 lac AF pensioners and 6 lack widows (30 lack) represent 78 percent of total pensioners with 55% of the total pension budget of Rs 54,000 crores, they get Rs 29,700 crores and the share of each one comes to Rs 99,000/- per year where as 22 percent of MOD civilian pensioners which works out to 846200/- get a share of 45% of the total pension budget of Rs 54,000 working out to Rs 24,300 crores divided by the number of MOD civilian pensioners 8,46,200, the average share per head comes to Rs 2,87,166/-. Is there any justification. Are the figures published by media are wrong? Has the bureaucracy went to this extent of manipulations and ditching the protectors of the nation (AF pensioners), do the ministers and other politicians know this game played by the bureaucrats? So many such questions will rise now. Why not we, after getting the facts from Times of India which published the statistics, point out to the ministers to get the whole case investigated.
ReplyDeleteSo far the MOD pension budget is Rs 54,000/- crores, with OROP the government says the pension budget goes to Rs 75,000/- crores (See today's Times of India news published in newspaper). Govt also says a sum of Rs 8000 to 10000 crores (also another bracket of Rs 10000/- to 12,000 crores) is required for OROP. If the OROP need is Rs 10000 crore a year then how come the annual pension budget is being now projected by the government to the tune of Rs 75,000 which is so far Rs 54,000 crores before implementation of the OROP. Does the bureaucract want to give OROP to their civilian pensioners also over above what they are gigin to their civilian employees more than double of the armed forces veterans who sacrifice lives. Why don't we understand the foul game by the bureaucrats, why don't we apprise politicians about the game plans of bureaucrats? A person who after knowing a fraud does not reveal it to the concerned authorities, is also a party to that fraud.
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ReplyDeleteContinuous down gradation of Defense Forces since Independence by the nexus of politicians and bureaucrats has certainly created a deep distrust and anger amongst defense personnel, a situation NOT conducive for well being of our Nation. Officers and men who join Armed Forces face risk to life, separation from family, hostile terrain, tough service conditions and early retirement, in contrast to very comfortable service conditions of IAS Cadre. Non functional up-gradation ensures pay and pension of joint secretary to all IAS Officers. In contrast, a large number of defense officers retire below Brigadier level on attaining age of 54 years. This results in massive difference in pay and pension earned by defense officers and IAS officers during their life time. This is totally unjustified. There is therefore need to adequately compensate defense officers for this prolonged injustice done to them. IAS will never support any measures towards this due to their inbuilt anti Army attitude. IAS officers should be made to spend at least first five years with Army in areas having sub-zero temperatures for necessary orientation. Similarly our MPs too, when elected, should spend at least a month with Armed forces on front line to give them first hand information regarding the service conditions of Army personnel. Sons/daughters of IAS officers and MPs too should join Army to serve the Nation.
ReplyDeleteContinuous down gradation of Defense Forces since Independence by the nexus of politicians and bureaucrats has certainly created a deep distrust and anger amongst defense personnel, a situation NOT conducive for well being of our Nation. Officers and men who join Armed Forces face risk to life, separation from family, hostile terrain, tough service conditions and early retirement, in contrast to very comfortable service conditions of IAS Cadre. Non functional up-gradation ensures pay and pension of joint secretary to all IAS Officers. In contrast, a large number of defense officers retire below Brigadier level on attaining age of 54 years. This results in massive difference in pay and pension earned by defense officers and IAS officers during their life time. This is totally unjustified. There is therefore need to adequately compensate defense officers for this prolonged injustice done to them. IAS will never support any measures towards this due to their inbuilt anti Army attitude. IAS officers should be made to spend at least first five years with Army in areas having sub-zero temperatures for necessary orientation. Similarly our MPs too, when elected, should spend at least a month with Armed forces on front line to give them first hand information regarding the service conditions of Army personnel. Sons/daughters of IAS officers and MPs too should join Army to serve the Nation.