One Rank One Pension: Ex-servicemen demand implementation of OROP on Kargil Vijay Diwas

To mark the occasion of Kargil War Diwas, ex-servicemen today held a marathon run and demand implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.

Edited By: India.com News Desk

Updated: July 26, 2015, 10:52 AM IST

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New Delhi, July 26: To mark the occasion of Kargil War Diwas, ex-servicemen today held a marathon run and demand implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. ” Vijay Diwas is celebrated to honour those soldiers who fought for the nation during Kargil conflict. We have organised a run to pay tribute to those soldiers from Dhaula Kuan to India Gate…We also have a message that those soldier should get their right and that is OROP policy,” said one of the participants of the marathon.

Ealier today, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar along with Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan paid tribute to the heroes of the 1999 Kargil war at Amr Jawan Jyoti.

The OROP scheme has been a long-standing demand of ex-servicemen’s associations and relates to payment of uniform pension to defence forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. (ALSO READ: Kargil Vijay Diwas: Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and all three service chiefs pay tribute at Amar Jawan Jyoti)