Questions regarding pension of veterans raised in Lok Sabha and reply by the Defence Minister.

Discrepancies in One Rank One
Pension Scheme
†1645. SHRIMATI SUSHMA
SWARAJ:
DR. M. THAMBIDURAI:
SHRI ARJUN SETHI:
Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has fullyimplemented
One Rank One PensionScheme;
(b) if so, whether the personnel of all the three services
in various ranks will be equally benefited by the scheme;
(c) whether some discrepancies in thescheme have been
brought to the notice ofthe Government;
(d) if so, the details thereof includingthe details of representations
received inthis regard; and
(e) the steps being taken by the government to remove the
discrepancies.

The minister said that after a Committee under
Cabinet Secretary considered all the aspects of
One Rank One Pension issue, the proposal was not found
administratively feasible to be implemented as such.
"However, several other recommendations by the Committee
to substantially improve pension benefits of jawans and
commissioned officers have been made, which have been
accepted by the Government," Antony added. These
measures include removal of linkage of full pension from
33 years of service, revision of Lt General pensions after
carving out a separate pay scale for them and removal
of cap on war injury element of pension.

Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
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