Independence Day Orop

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.

Ten former service chiefs have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on One Rank One Pension or OROP, even as two retired armymen began an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar in protest against the delay by the government in implementing the scheme.

Disappointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurance that the government has accepted "in principle" their demand for 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP), ex-servicemen today announced intensification of their stir by deciding to launch an indefinite hunger strike from August 24.

A stunned silence was the reaction of protesting Indian military veterans to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the government's consultations on OROP would continue, and .

Railway employees too have raised the demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP), saying that they should not be ignored as like the defence personnel they also have dedicated their services to the nation.

Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of going back on his commitment on 'One Rank, One Pension'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged in his Independence Day address at the Red Fort today that he is yet to reach a resolution on the One Rank One Pension demand of ex-servicemen, but promised that his government had "accepted OROP in principle."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused in his Independence Day address today on measures his "Team India" has rolled out to include millions of poor Indians in the banking and insurance systems, policies for workers and farmers and successes in the battles against inflation and corruption.

At a time when the country debates the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) for its veterans, this video promises those who join the Indian Army ' a life less ordinary'.

Amid mounting pressure by ex-servicemen, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today said the Central government may soon make an announcement on One Rank One Pension.

An announcement on One Rank One Pension or OROP, expected to be the centerpiece of the Prime Minister's Independence Day speech tomorrow, might just be scaled down to another political promise, with talks stuck on financial math, say sources.

Pictures of Army veterans being pushed around in Delhi drew immediate public uproar, forcing the city's police to back off protests that it tried to truncate at Jantar Mantar, the capital's designated spot for public protests.

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.

Ten former service chiefs have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on One Rank One Pension or OROP, even as two retired armymen began an indefinite hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar in protest against the delay by the government in implementing the scheme.

Disappointed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's assurance that the government has accepted "in principle" their demand for 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP), ex-servicemen today announced intensification of their stir by deciding to launch an indefinite hunger strike from August 24.

A stunned silence was the reaction of protesting Indian military veterans to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the government's consultations on OROP would continue, and .

Railway employees too have raised the demand for One Rank One Pension (OROP), saying that they should not be ignored as like the defence personnel they also have dedicated their services to the nation.

Congress leader and former Defence Minister A K Antony today accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of going back on his commitment on 'One Rank, One Pension'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi acknowledged in his Independence Day address at the Red Fort today that he is yet to reach a resolution on the One Rank One Pension demand of ex-servicemen, but promised that his government had "accepted OROP in principle."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi focused in his Independence Day address today on measures his "Team India" has rolled out to include millions of poor Indians in the banking and insurance systems, policies for workers and farmers and successes in the battles against inflation and corruption.

At a time when the country debates the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) for its veterans, this video promises those who join the Indian Army ' a life less ordinary'.

Amid mounting pressure by ex-servicemen, Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore today said the Central government may soon make an announcement on One Rank One Pension.

An announcement on One Rank One Pension or OROP, expected to be the centerpiece of the Prime Minister's Independence Day speech tomorrow, might just be scaled down to another political promise, with talks stuck on financial math, say sources.

Pictures of Army veterans being pushed around in Delhi drew immediate public uproar, forcing the city's police to back off protests that it tried to truncate at Jantar Mantar, the capital's designated spot for public protests.