orop: After denying OROP, govt adopting ‘All Rank, No Pension’ policy: Congress

Over reviews that ex-servicemen didn’t get their pension for April, the Congress on Wednesday urged the federal government to instantly launch it, with occasion chief Rahul Gandhi saying insulting troopers is an insult to the nation. Citing the ‘One Rank, One Pension’ (OROP) situation, Congress mentioned this isn’t the primary time that there was an “assault” on the pursuits of the armed forces.

“After ‘One Rank, One Pension’ deception, the Modi authorities is now adopting the coverage of ‘All Rank, No Pension’. Insulting the troopers is an insult to the nation. The federal government ought to give the pension of ex-servicemen on the earliest,” Gandhi mentioned on Twitter.

Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala urged former troopers to intervene and guarantee justice to ex-servicemen, and mentioned that “this isn’t the primary assault on pursuits of armed forces, neither is it the final” by this authorities.

“Please peruse – denial of OROP, together with opposing it in Supreme Court docket. Taxing the incapacity pension. Chopping ECHS funds. Denial of non purposeful improve. Denying Brief Service Fee officers remedy in navy hospitals.

“Injustice in seventh Pay Fee- denial of pay stage and danger allowance akin to civilians. Denying allocation of petrol pumps/fuel companies/Coal India contracts for rehabilitation of ex-servicemen. Curbs on buy of things in CSD canteens and imposing GST,” he mentioned in a sequence of tweets.

Surjewala additionally urged “embellished champions such as you, @Vedmalik1, @rwac48 and different main veterans to take up the reason for our ex-servicemen in a bipartisan style and guarantee justice is finished”.

Whereas former military chief Gen Ved Malik mentioned “that is severe”, Lt Gen (retd) D S Hooda tweeted, “Veterans complaining of pension stopped with out rationalization. For many, that is the one supply of earnings.”

“Is that this how we are saying ‘Thanks in your service to the nation’? Request (Defence Minister) Rajnath Singh to intervene,” he mentioned.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) mentioned the disbursement of pensions to 58,275 defence pensioners was delayed this month as their banks couldn’t verify their identification by April 30.

With a view to keep away from hardship, a one-time particular waiver has been accorded to those 58,275 pensioners to get their identification completed by Could 25, it mentioned.

The MoD additionally mentioned that their pensions for April will likely be credited by the end-of-day on Wednesday.

Its assertion got here after the matter was reported within the media.