New Delhi: In a major development in the One Rank One Pension (OROP) row, the Finance Ministry officials on Tuesday discussed implications regarding the scheme.
According to sources, the Finance ministry will soon submit a report on OROP.
The fast-unto-death, which began with two people on August 16, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was expected to announce the implementation of OROP from Red Fort on Independence Day, has now been joined by four others, of which two are in hospital currently.
The Army veterans currently on fast-unto-death are Colonel Pushpender Singh, Havaldar Major Singh, Havaldar Sahib Singh, Havaldar Ashok Chauhan, Major Piar Chand Rana and Naik Uday Singh.
They have resorted to the hunger strike even as reports said that Modi is expected to meet them and likely to announce OROP on August 28, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the 1965 war.
Close to 22 lakh ex-servicemen and over six lakh war widows stand to be the immediate beneficiaries of the scheme, which envisages a uniform pension for the defence personnel who retire in the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement. Currently, the pension for ex-servicemen is based on the Pay Commission recommendations of the time when they had retired.
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