Army Pension Issue

A city-based organisation of war disabled and battle casualties has taken strong exception to the Army's endorsement of a government move to tax the disability pension, saying any "discrimination or invidious distinction" while making an official statement, affects the morale of the entire military community.

In a circular issued June 24, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said pensions drawn by personnel who retired under normal circumstances would be taxed. It also clarified that disability pensions, which are additional payments, measured by rank, made to personnel who suffer disabling injuries in the line of duty, would remain tax free

Seven days after ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal allegedly committed suicide on November 1 over "One Rank One Pension" (OROP) issue, the government had credited the arrears of Rs 53,978 to his bank account, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

At BJP's second 'parivartan rally' in Bundelkhand in the run up to the Uttar Pradesh elections, Home Minister Rajnath Singh took the stage to speak yet again on army's surgical strikes and to accuse the Congress of politicizing the issue of One Rank One Pension or OROP.

AAP today accused Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of "lying" on the issue of OROP for the ex-servicemen.

Rahul Gandhi will meet several ex-servicemen today keeping up his campaign on the cause of 'one rank, one pension' which is back in limelight after the suicide by a former army man.

Army veteran Ram Kishan Grewal, who took poison over his pension, may have been instigated into suicide, sources in the Defence Ministry suggested on Wednesday as politics peaked over the death.

Ex-servicemen agitating over 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) issue today threatened to intensify the protest if their demands were not met by the Centre within three weeks.

Four ex-servicemen climbed on top of a water tank in Ludhiana and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off it if their demands regarding the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue were not met.

Armed forces veterans staging a protest in New Delhi to press their demand for 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) said today that they have no faith in Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement that the OROP notification would be issued after the Bihar polls.

Continuing their agitation over the One Rank, One Pension scheme, army veterans today said there were some issues in the scheme that remained unresolved and the protest will continue.

Talks between the government and the army veterans demanding the implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme held this evening has remained inconclusive. The veterans have again turned down the government's suggestion of implementing the scheme from 2015 instead of 2014, the key issue on which the talks have been stuck, sources told NDTV.

Colonel Pushpendra Singh, one of the retired military officers on a fast-unto-death over the One Rank One Pension issue, or OROP, has been rushed to the hospital after his health deteriorated today.

In his latest Mann ki Baat radio broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his government's commitment to implementing the one rank one pension (OROP) scheme for the armed forces. Noting that this was a "complex issue, vexed issue", he asked ex-servicemen and soldiers to give him more time to address the matter.

This government will find a solution to the the One Rank One Pension issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the defence forces this morning in his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat.

A city-based organisation of war disabled and battle casualties has taken strong exception to the Army's endorsement of a government move to tax the disability pension, saying any "discrimination or invidious distinction" while making an official statement, affects the morale of the entire military community.

In a circular issued June 24, the Central Board of Direct Taxes said pensions drawn by personnel who retired under normal circumstances would be taxed. It also clarified that disability pensions, which are additional payments, measured by rank, made to personnel who suffer disabling injuries in the line of duty, would remain tax free

Seven days after ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal allegedly committed suicide on November 1 over "One Rank One Pension" (OROP) issue, the government had credited the arrears of Rs 53,978 to his bank account, Lok Sabha was informed on Tuesday.

At BJP's second 'parivartan rally' in Bundelkhand in the run up to the Uttar Pradesh elections, Home Minister Rajnath Singh took the stage to speak yet again on army's surgical strikes and to accuse the Congress of politicizing the issue of One Rank One Pension or OROP.

AAP today accused Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar of "lying" on the issue of OROP for the ex-servicemen.

Rahul Gandhi will meet several ex-servicemen today keeping up his campaign on the cause of 'one rank, one pension' which is back in limelight after the suicide by a former army man.

Army veteran Ram Kishan Grewal, who took poison over his pension, may have been instigated into suicide, sources in the Defence Ministry suggested on Wednesday as politics peaked over the death.

Ex-servicemen agitating over 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) issue today threatened to intensify the protest if their demands were not met by the Centre within three weeks.

Four ex-servicemen climbed on top of a water tank in Ludhiana and threatened to commit suicide by jumping off it if their demands regarding the One Rank One Pension (OROP) issue were not met.

Armed forces veterans staging a protest in New Delhi to press their demand for 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) said today that they have no faith in Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement that the OROP notification would be issued after the Bihar polls.

Continuing their agitation over the One Rank, One Pension scheme, army veterans today said there were some issues in the scheme that remained unresolved and the protest will continue.

Talks between the government and the army veterans demanding the implementation of One Rank One Pension scheme held this evening has remained inconclusive. The veterans have again turned down the government's suggestion of implementing the scheme from 2015 instead of 2014, the key issue on which the talks have been stuck, sources told NDTV.

Colonel Pushpendra Singh, one of the retired military officers on a fast-unto-death over the One Rank One Pension issue, or OROP, has been rushed to the hospital after his health deteriorated today.

In his latest Mann ki Baat radio broadcast, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated his government's commitment to implementing the one rank one pension (OROP) scheme for the armed forces. Noting that this was a "complex issue, vexed issue", he asked ex-servicemen and soldiers to give him more time to address the matter.

This government will find a solution to the the One Rank One Pension issue, Prime Minister Narendra Modi promised the defence forces this morning in his monthly radio address Mann ki Baat.