MoD clears pending pension orders -Tribune News :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Dear Veterans, Your wait is over.
Finally, MoD has issued the
notification on 8-3-2010. It will
soon reach all of you through net.

Veterans may please note that all this delay was due to
the fact that some of our own (R) own veterans, still having
a sway in MoD.,have been trying to get this delayed so that
JCOs. and below should carry on looking forward to them
for every thing and follow them like MAI BAPP as they did
during active service.
Now those veterans are oppsing the move of Govt. to
abolish the Tradition of Deployment of Sahayak with
officers in Army.
We,all, have to stand,firmly, against them and support
the Govt. in getting this tradition abolished.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal
PLS Retd.
President,
Ex Soldiers,Sailors andAirmen
Association( Regd.)

MoD clears pending pension orders:
Ajay BanerjeeTribune News Service

New Delhi, March 10.Just five days after Prime Minister

Manmohan Singh promised in Lok Sabha to address the

issue of pensions for ex-servicemen, the Ministry of

Defence today circulated instructions to implement two

pending matters.
This would increase the pensions of jawans and also

bring the much-awaited parity between persons who

were getting lesser pension than their juniors.
The Ministry has issued orders to bring about parity

between persons who retired before October 10, 1997,

and those who retired after that date. This will be

applicable to all persons below other ranks (PBORS)

of the Army, Air Force and the Navy.
About 12 lakh retired jawans, airmen and sailors, who

form the core of Defence Minister AK Antony’s long-term

welfare measures, will be benefited.
The second part of the latest instructions is to improve

the pensions as per the award of the Group of Ministers

in 2006. This mean the award has been accepted and orders

issued in this regard.
It may be mentioned that these two issues were pending

since last year’s Lok Sabha polls, and even ended up

creating a minor controversy. Media reports were then

published quoting unidentified sources that the same

had been cleared, even as the five-phase polling process

was on.
The Election Commission had sought a clarification and

the Ministry had to clarify that the said media reports

were false.
Sources in the Ministry of Defence today explained that a

Committee under the chairmanship of the Cabinet

Secretary has considered the demands of the ex-servicemen

and made seven recommendations. Five of these had been

cleared and two were pending.
The other five points cleared by the Cabinet Secretary

and implemented by the MoD were:

1.Inclusion of Classification Allowance for PBOR from 1.1.2006;

2.Removal of linkage of full pension with 33 years from 1.1.2006;

3.Revision of Lt Generals’ pension after carving out a separate

pay scale for them;

4.Broad banding percentage of disability/war injury pensions

for pre 1.1.2006 disability/war injury pensioners.

5.Removal of cap on war injury element of pension in the case

of disabled pensioners.
All these moves will collectively cost Rs 2,200 crore to the

exchequer annually.
Implementation of these orders will not only significantly

reduce the gap between the past and the current pensioners

but will also considerably improve the pension of

ex-servicemen, including disabled ex-servicemen. Last week,

the Prime Minister and BJP veteran LK Advani had an

exchange of sharp words over the matter. Advani has

accused the government of going back on its words of

helping the ex-servicemen in and implementing ‘one rank

one pension”.

Orders issued for pensionary benefits to ex-servicemen-ZEE News Com :Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Dear Veterans,
Find below a news item from ZEE News Com. With this it
is duly confirmed that the orders for Modified Parity in
Pension for JCOs. and below have been issued on
8-3-2010 by MoD.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Orders issued for pensionary
benefits to ex-servicemen

New Delhi: In a move that will bring relief to over 12 lakh
ex-servicemen, the Defence Ministry has issued orders to
implement pending pensionary benefits to them involving
an annual expenditure of about Rs 2,200 crore. The
decision followed recommendations by a high-level
committee and recent assurance in this regard in the Lok
Sabha by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

With these orders, the ministry has implemented all the
seven recommendations of committee headed by Cabinet
Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on pensions, which would
now be close to the 'One Rank-One Pension' demand of
ex-servicemen, senior ministry officials said today.

"The Defence Ministry issued the orders on March 8
this year to implement the remaining two of the seven
suggestions of the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar-
headed committee on 'One Rank-One Pension' demand,"
they said. The two recommendations for which the orders
were issued were bringing parity between pension of
pre- and post-October 10, 1999, personnel below officer
rank, and further improving their pensions based on award
of Group of Ministers in 2006. "With this order, the
pensionary benefits of officers and jawans comes to near
'One Rank-One Pension' (OROP) benefits sought by the
ex-servicemen," they added.
To queries on the order, Defence Ministry spokesperson
Sitanshu Kar saidimplementation of the orders would
not only significantly reduce the gap between the past
and current pensioners,but would also considerably
improve the pension of ex-servicemen including
disabled pensioners. "
It will benefit 12 lakh ex-servicemen at a cost of Rs 2,200
crore approximately annually," Kar added.Singh had
told the Lok Sabha on March 5, in reply to BJP leader
L K Advani's contention that OROP was not implemented,
that five of the seven recommendations of the
Chandrasekhar Committee were implemented and the
remaining two would be fulfilled soon. Among the other
recommendations already implemented were inclusion
of classification allowance for personnel below officer
rank from January 1, 2006 and removal of linkage of full
pension with 33 years from January 1, 2006 (the day Sixth
Pay Commission came into retrospective effect.The
government had also implemented revision of pension
for Lieutenant Generals after carving out a separate pay
scale for them; broad banding percentage of disability and
war injury pensions for pre-January 1, 2006, pensioners;
and removal of cap on war injury element of pension in the
case of disabled pensioners. Ex-servicemen organisations
had held protest marches all over the country last year to
press for the acceptance of their OROP demand by the
government and had also returned their service and gallantry
medals to President Pratibha Patil in protest over the delay
in its implementation. With these orders, the ministry has
implemented all the seven recommendations of committee
headed by Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar on pensions,
which would now be close to the 'One Rank-One Pension'
demand of ex-servicemen, senior ministry officials said
today.
"The Defence Ministry issued the orders on March 8
this year to implement the remaining two of the seven
suggestions of the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar-
headed committee on 'One Rank-One Pension' demand,
" they said. The two recommendations for which the
orders were issued were bringing parity between pension
of pre- and post-October 10, 1999, personnel below officer
rank, and further improving their pensions based on award
of Group of Ministers in 2006. "With this order, the
pensionary benefits of officers and jawans comes to near
'One Rank-One Pension' (OROP) benefits sought by the
ex-servicemen," they added. To queries on the order,
Defence Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said
implementation of the orders would not only significantly
reduce the gap between the past and current pensioners,
but would also considerably improve the pension of
ex-servicemen including disabled pensioners. "It will benefit
12 lakh ex-servicemen at a cost of Rs 2,200 crore
approximately annually," Kar added.Singh had told the Lok
Sabha on March 5, in reply to BJP leader L K Advani's
contention that OROP was not implemented, that five of
the seven recommendations of the Chandrasekhar
Committee were implemented and the remaining two
would be fulfilled soon. Among the other recommendations
already implemented were inclusion of classification
allowance for personnel below officer rank from January 1,
2006 and removal of linkage of full pension with 33 years
from January 1, 2006 (the day Sixth Pay Commission came
into retrospective effect). The government had also
implemented revision of pension for Lieutenant Generals
after carving out a separate pay scale for them; broad
banding percentage of disability and war injury pensions
for pre-January 1, 2006, pensioners; and removal of cap
on war
injury element of pension in the case of disabled
pensioners. Ex-servicemen organisations had held protest
marches all over the country last year to press for the
acceptance of their OROP demand by the government and
had also returned their service and gallantry medals to
President Pratibha Patil in protest over the delay in its
implementation. After the committee submitted its
recommendation early last year, Finance Minister Pranab
Mukherjee had announced in his budget speech on July 6,
2009, that the government had accepted the suggestions
and would implement it soon.