One Rank One Pay

Rahul Gandhi today questioned Modi government's resolve to work for soldiers' welfare, asking the Prime Minister to first implement the 'one rank, one pension' scheme in a meaningful way and redress their pay anomalies and other grievances.

Overruling service chiefs, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked them to implement the 7th Pay Commission without any delay.

The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said it expects the economy to grow by 7.6 per cent in the current fiscal year on the back of a favourable monsoon, a notch lower than the upper end of the government's range of 7-7.75 per cent.

With absence of an explicit overall provision for the Seventh Pay Commission in Budget raising questions, government on Wednesday said the once-in-a-decade pay hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries and Budget numbers were credible.

Budget for the next fiscal needs to provide Rs 1.10 lakh crore for implementing the One Rank One Pension (OROP) and 7th Pay Commission award, besides a higher allocation for the farm sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.

The government said on Friday that it was on course to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent of GDP for 2015-16, and 3.5 per cent next fiscal year, despite pressure of additional outgo on account of the Seventh Pay Commission and One Rank One Pension (OROP).

Retired personnel of various paramilitary forces of the country today declared they will intensify their protests in support of their demands of getting the One Rank One Pension (OROP) and special pay and pension allowances.

With the 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme for military veterans set to be notified soon, officials of central paramilitary forces, too, may be in for good news soon as the government is likely to take a final decision on granting of "organised services" status to them.

Implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) and an increase in salary bill due to 7th Pay Commission will not strain government's fiscal position, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said on Monday.

The Government is working on a plan to absorb retiring soldiers into the para-military and police, top Government officials told NDTV. This will allow soldiers to work till the age of 60, negating the need for enhanced pension under One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The rationale given by ex-servicemen demanding OROP is that nearly 80 per cent of...

Days after the government announced the One Rank One Pension Scheme for ex-servicemen, the men in the Indian Police Service - too say they want the same thing.

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.

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.

Under coach Boris Becker, Novak Djokovic has won two Grand Slam titles, taking his total to seven, and built an overwhelming lead as world number one - now nearly 4,000 ranking points, almost 45 percent more than his closest rival, Roger Federer.

Rahul Gandhi today questioned Modi government's resolve to work for soldiers' welfare, asking the Prime Minister to first implement the 'one rank, one pension' scheme in a meaningful way and redress their pay anomalies and other grievances.

Overruling service chiefs, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has asked them to implement the 7th Pay Commission without any delay.

The Reserve Bank of India on Tuesday said it expects the economy to grow by 7.6 per cent in the current fiscal year on the back of a favourable monsoon, a notch lower than the upper end of the government's range of 7-7.75 per cent.

With absence of an explicit overall provision for the Seventh Pay Commission in Budget raising questions, government on Wednesday said the once-in-a-decade pay hike has been built in as interim allocation for different ministries and Budget numbers were credible.

Budget for the next fiscal needs to provide Rs 1.10 lakh crore for implementing the One Rank One Pension (OROP) and 7th Pay Commission award, besides a higher allocation for the farm sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today.

The government said on Friday that it was on course to meet the fiscal deficit target of 3.9 per cent of GDP for 2015-16, and 3.5 per cent next fiscal year, despite pressure of additional outgo on account of the Seventh Pay Commission and One Rank One Pension (OROP).

Retired personnel of various paramilitary forces of the country today declared they will intensify their protests in support of their demands of getting the One Rank One Pension (OROP) and special pay and pension allowances.

With the 'One Rank, One Pension' (OROP) scheme for military veterans set to be notified soon, officials of central paramilitary forces, too, may be in for good news soon as the government is likely to take a final decision on granting of "organised services" status to them.

Implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) and an increase in salary bill due to 7th Pay Commission will not strain government's fiscal position, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said on Monday.

The Government is working on a plan to absorb retiring soldiers into the para-military and police, top Government officials told NDTV. This will allow soldiers to work till the age of 60, negating the need for enhanced pension under One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. The rationale given by ex-servicemen demanding OROP is that nearly 80 per cent of...

Days after the government announced the One Rank One Pension Scheme for ex-servicemen, the men in the Indian Police Service - too say they want the same thing.

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.

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.

Under coach Boris Becker, Novak Djokovic has won two Grand Slam titles, taking his total to seven, and built an overwhelming lead as world number one - now nearly 4,000 ranking points, almost 45 percent more than his closest rival, Roger Federer.