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Mahesh

24/12/22 06:05 AM IST

One Rank One Pension

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  • The Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved revision of pension of Armed Forces Pensioners/family pensioners under One Rank One Pension (OROP) w.e.f. July 01, 2019.
About OROP
  • OROP for Defence Forces Personnel implies that uniform pension be paid to Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, regardless of their retirement date.
  • This will bridge the gap between the rates of pension of current and past pensioners at periodic intervals.
  • The historical decision to implement OROP was taken by the Government in 2015, with benefits effective from 1st July, 2014.
  • Pension of the past pensioners would be re-fixed on the basis of average of minimum and maximum pension of Defence Forces retirees of calendar year 2018 in the same rank with the same length of service.
  • The pension would be re-fixed every 5 years.
  • Approx. Rs 57,000 crore has been spent @Rs 7,123 crore per year in eight years in the implementation of OROP.
Beneficiaries
  • The Armed Forces Personnel retired up to June 30, 2019{excluding pre-mature (PMR) retired w.e.f. July 01, 2014} will be covered under this revision.
  • More than 25.13 lakh (including over 4.52 lakh new beneficiaries) Armed Forces Pensioners/family pensioners will be benefitted.
  • Pension for those drawing above the average shall be protected.
Source- PIB

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