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OROP impasse to end? Ex-servicemen ready to accept revision every two year: reports

The revision period remains to be the sole contentious point between the centre and the veterans over the OROP row.

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Army veterans have agreed to a biennial revision instead of an annual one, which was their earlier demand.
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The government and ex-servicemen who are protesting over One Rank One Pension are coming to an understanding, reports The Hindu. The report says that the army veterans have agreed to a biennial revision instead of an annual one, which was their earlier demand. 

According to earlier TV channel reports, the revision period remains to be the sole contentious point between the centre and the veterans over the OROP row. The veterans have been also been insisting on pegging the base year at 2013-14 with implementation date of April one, 2014. But government had initially wanted the pay out date be pushed forward from April 1, 2014 to April 1, 2015, a proposal rejected by the veterans.

In subsequent talks, the government had pushed the payout date from April 1, 2014 to September 1, 2014,the veterans had said.

However, earlier today, agitating ex-servicemen had accused the government of "constantly shifting goalpost" and not coming out with any "concrete proposal" to resolve the issue. 

Close to 26 lakh retired servicemen and over six lakh war widows stand to be immediate beneficiaries of the scheme, which envisages a uniform pension for the defence personnel who retire in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement.

Currently, the pension for retired personnel is based on the Pay Commission recommendations of the time when he or she retired. So, a Major General who retired in 1996 draws less pension than a Lt Colonel who retired after 1996.

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