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Ex-servicemen meet Arun Jaitley, seek changes in OROP notification   

Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Jan 3, 2016
NEW DELHI: A delegation of ex-servicemen on Sunday met finance minister Arun Jaitley and submitted a memorandum seeking “corrections” in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) notification, as their protest on the issue entered the 203rd day. …

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Ex-servicemen accuse govt of manipulating definition of OROP    Hindustantimes.com
Nov 15, 2015
Major General (retd.) Satbir Singh, who is leading the One Rank One Pension (OROP) protest, on Sunday accused the government of manipulating the OROP’s definition, and said ex-servicemen would take their protest to the masses if a fresh notification was not issued. …

Ex-servicemen to hold rally today at Jantar Mantar to seek changes in OROP scheme      Zeenews.india.com
September 12, 2015
New Delhi: Ex-servicemen will hold a rally on Saturday at Jantar Mantar to press for changes in one rank one pension scheme (OROP). …

OROP: Veterans call off fast after PM clears air    Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Sep 7, 2015
NEW DELHI: In a significant de-escalation of ongoing protests following Prime Minister Narendra Modi clarifying that defence personnel who take voluntary retirement would also get the benefit of one rank, one pension (OROP) scheme, military veterans on Sunday withdrew their hunger strikes. …

After ex-servicemen, railwaymen demand One Rank One Pension     Hindustantimes.com
Aug 15, 2015
After ex-servicemen, railway employees too have raised the demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP), saying that they should not be ignored as like the defence personnel they also have dedicated their services to the nation. … 
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‘One-rank, one-pension’ scheme   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
June 01, 2015
PM Narendra Modi has reiterated his government’s commitment to implement the “one-rank, one-pension” scheme for ex-servicemen, but sought time to resolve its complexities. …

One-rank, one-pension row: Ex-servicemen plan rally on June 14   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 29, 2015
NEW DELHI: Anger is rapidly mounting among ex-servicemen against the Modi government’s continuing delay in implementing the much-promised one-rank, one-pension (OROP) for the 25 lakh-strong community around the country. …

Govt to announce one rank, one pension for ex-servicemen this month   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
May 18, 2015
NEW DELHI: The long-awaited one rank, one pension (OROP) for over 25 lakh ex-servicemen is set to be announced this month, with a corpus of about Rs 8,300 crore, after several false starts since the NDA government assumed office one year ago. …

SC stays AFT order on pro-rata division of colonel posts   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 26, 2015
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed an order of the Armed Forces Tribunal, which had directed pro-rata distribution of 750 colonel posts in Army faulting the allocation of majority of these posts to the combat corps leaving Lt Colonels in services corps high and dry. …

Tribunal strikes down divisive army promotion policy   Business-standard.com
The discriminatory policy rigged promotions in favour of the two biggest arms – the infantry and artillery – by allocating them an unfairly large number of promotion vacancies at the “commanding officer” rank of colonel
March 07, 2015 …

One rank one pension: Veterans meet defence minister, decide to wait   Timesofindia.indiatimes.com
Mar 4, 2015
CHANDIGARH: The ex-servicemen fraternity has now decided to wait and watch for the announcement of one rank one pension (OROP) — the much-awaited demand of veterans, which the finance minister did not mention in his budget speech. …

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