QUESTION ON DISCREPANCIES IN ONE RANK ONE PENSION SCHEME BY HON'BLE .MPs, SMT SUSHMA SWARAJ, DR M THAMBIDURAI AND SHRI ARJUN SETHI IN LOK SABHA
THE FOLLOWING IS THE TEXT OF TODAY'S QUESTION, TO HON.DEFENCE MINISTER, FOR WRITTEN ANSWER, BY HON.MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
A) Whether the Government has fully implemented One
Rank One Pension Scheme;
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 the Scheme have been
brought to the notice of the Government; D) If so, the
details thereof including the details of
representations received in this regard; andE) The steps being taken by the Government to remove the
discrepancies.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
mob.098554-09128, Tele-Fax 0175-5000896.
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Monday, November 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Returning the Medals: a futile exercise: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Dear veterans,
Regards.Find below the statement of Col. S.S.Sohi for your information.
Tricity ex-servicemen decide against returning medals
CHANDIGARH: Some organizations of retired defence personnel from the Tricity have decided that their members will not return their gallantry medals on October 25 in Delhi, which had been planned to push their one-rank- one-pension (OROP) demand. The organizations’ members said they had severed ties with Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM), which had called for this protest Lt Col (retd) SS Sohi, spokesperson of Indian Ex-Servicemen League (IESL) said the decision was taken after prime minister Manmohan Singh assured that he would take personal interest in resolving the OROP issue.
He also stated that PM had spoken against negative remarks by a committee of seven IAS officers regarding OROP last month and directed defence ministry to hold fresh meetings with ex-servicemen to deal with this demand. He stated that surrendering medals despite PM’s assurance would be against the spirit of democracy.
He added that IESM’s Lt Gen Satbir Singh, who gave the call for this protest, was hand in glove with opposition parties.
Regards.Find below the statement of Col. S.S.Sohi for your information.
Tricity ex-servicemen decide against returning medals
CHANDIGARH: Some organizations of retired defence personnel from the Tricity have decided that their members will not return their gallantry medals on October 25 in Delhi, which had been planned to push their one-rank- one-pension (OROP) demand. The organizations’ members said they had severed ties with Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement (IESM), which had called for this protest Lt Col (retd) SS Sohi, spokesperson of Indian Ex-Servicemen League (IESL) said the decision was taken after prime minister Manmohan Singh assured that he would take personal interest in resolving the OROP issue.
He also stated that PM had spoken against negative remarks by a committee of seven IAS officers regarding OROP last month and directed defence ministry to hold fresh meetings with ex-servicemen to deal with this demand. He stated that surrendering medals despite PM’s assurance would be against the spirit of democracy.
He added that IESM’s Lt Gen Satbir Singh, who gave the call for this protest, was hand in glove with opposition parties.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
After effect of meeting of Senior Veterans withRRM on 16-09-2009.
Dear Veterans,
Regards . You, your self,have seen the result of Senior Veterans meeting with RRM on 16-09-2009. Some time back, I have sent an open letter to Senior Veterans for not to take any step till the orders for OROP (Improved pension) for Underprivileged Veterans (PBOR) as promised by the Govt. seethe light but of no avail.They could not wait. Result is those orders are,likely,to be delayed by the Govt. My letter was posted on... Indianexserviceman ...blog. Any how, still we should hope for the best .We are sure to get what is due to us.
Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
Meeting of Senior Veteran with RRM on 16-09-2009
Dear Veterans,
Please find the contents of discussion held between Senior Veterans and RRM in the meeting held on 16-09-2009 Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.
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MAJ.GEN.R.N.RADHAKRISHNAN (RETD.) MEETS RRM.
Here is What Maj.Gen. R.N.Radhakrishnan (Retd.) would like to share with the veterans after meeting the RRM.
Dear Veterans
I had an opportunity to meet the RRM on 16th at 1500 H; thanks to Brig RKS Gulia, the President IESL. Brig Gulia apprised the Minister of the IESL and the various problems that haunt the ESM community.
One point, he made that I would take the liberty to convey to you all, is for initiating periodic meetings with ESM community not only at the Center level but also at the State levels. IESL also presented a brief on the Cabinet Secretary’s (CS for short) Report of 30th June 2009.
In my turn, as I was given the opportunity to talk about our demand on pension, I focused on the two misperceptions on the part of the CS.
· First; his concentrated effort to drive home the fact that OROP was not approved by the Courts and the Ministers in the past, was based purely on the wrong perception of the interpretation of OROP. He had relied on the Ministry of Law and Justice’s comment describing OROP as one rank one pension with no regard to the difference in the service rendered thereby the difference in the average emoluments that count for the pension. I categorically pointed out to the RRM that presenting that argument is purely to divert the attention on the correct definition of our demand for pension as ‘same pension for same rank with same years of qualifying service’.
· Second; The CS has repeatedly equated the Armed Forces personnel with Civilian Government employees, in his report. I had highlighted to the RRM the various points to prove that there can never be any comparison leave alone equation. For details you may read my earlier mail on the ‘Analysis of CS’s Report’.
· However, I focused on the arbitrary gradation of the pension of the various ranks and the drastic difference in the pension of the senior of pre 2006 vintage to that of post 2006 vintage.
The point I am trying to make to you is not for any appreciation from you, but for your reconsideration of our efforts to get our dues from the Government.
· It is not what we want but what is projected to the Ministers on file that impresses the Minister and they take decisions on the basis of the information projected on the file. As we know that misinformation has been projected on the files over the decades, it is our bounden duty to replace the misinformation with the correct facts.
· We have to produce facts and figures to justify our demand. Can we expect that the bureaucrats shall do it for us? Or, do we expect that the Ministers should do it for us, getting convinced of authenticity of our demand, just because that we make emotional demand?
My submission is that we should form a task force to work out the implications of the implementation of our demand both financial and administrative in nature and present it to the Minister to convince him of the feasibility, and preferably in one voice. In my opinion, it is only method by which we can get our dream of OROP in its true meaning realized.
Regards RN Radhakrishnan
Here is What Maj.Gen. R.N.Radhakrishnan (Retd.) would like to share with the veterans after meeting the RRM.
Dear Veterans
I had an opportunity to meet the RRM on 16th at 1500 H; thanks to Brig RKS Gulia, the President IESL. Brig Gulia apprised the Minister of the IESL and the various problems that haunt the ESM community.
One point, he made that I would take the liberty to convey to you all, is for initiating periodic meetings with ESM community not only at the Center level but also at the State levels. IESL also presented a brief on the Cabinet Secretary’s (CS for short) Report of 30th June 2009.
In my turn, as I was given the opportunity to talk about our demand on pension, I focused on the two misperceptions on the part of the CS.
· First; his concentrated effort to drive home the fact that OROP was not approved by the Courts and the Ministers in the past, was based purely on the wrong perception of the interpretation of OROP. He had relied on the Ministry of Law and Justice’s comment describing OROP as one rank one pension with no regard to the difference in the service rendered thereby the difference in the average emoluments that count for the pension. I categorically pointed out to the RRM that presenting that argument is purely to divert the attention on the correct definition of our demand for pension as ‘same pension for same rank with same years of qualifying service’.
· Second; The CS has repeatedly equated the Armed Forces personnel with Civilian Government employees, in his report. I had highlighted to the RRM the various points to prove that there can never be any comparison leave alone equation. For details you may read my earlier mail on the ‘Analysis of CS’s Report’.
· However, I focused on the arbitrary gradation of the pension of the various ranks and the drastic difference in the pension of the senior of pre 2006 vintage to that of post 2006 vintage.
The point I am trying to make to you is not for any appreciation from you, but for your reconsideration of our efforts to get our dues from the Government.
· It is not what we want but what is projected to the Ministers on file that impresses the Minister and they take decisions on the basis of the information projected on the file. As we know that misinformation has been projected on the files over the decades, it is our bounden duty to replace the misinformation with the correct facts.
· We have to produce facts and figures to justify our demand. Can we expect that the bureaucrats shall do it for us? Or, do we expect that the Ministers should do it for us, getting convinced of authenticity of our demand, just because that we make emotional demand?
My submission is that we should form a task force to work out the implications of the implementation of our demand both financial and administrative in nature and present it to the Minister to convince him of the feasibility, and preferably in one voice. In my opinion, it is only method by which we can get our dream of OROP in its true meaning realized.
Regards RN Radhakrishnan
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