Why are ex-servicemen disillusioned with successive govts?
October 7, 2014
Ex-servicemen have protested to PM Modi that his government too has failed to fulfil the promise of \'one rank, one pension\' –OROP that was part of his party\'s poll campaign and a definite promise to our veteran soldiers. Embarrassingly, for the BJP government, ex-servicemen plan a rally to ask why this government has yet to issue an order demand OROP
Moneylife Digital Team
The long-standing demand of ex-servicemen for ‘one rank, one pension’ (OROP) was accepted by the Indian government in February 2014 with the then Finance Minister P Chidambaram making an announcement in this regard in the Interim Budget.