Orop Pay Commission

Armed forces clubbed with the scores of file-pushers ensconced in their offices on a strict 9-5, five-day routine.

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.

The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the near future", Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

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.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley exuded confidence that fiscal deficit will be within target.

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).

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.

Armed forces clubbed with the scores of file-pushers ensconced in their offices on a strict 9-5, five-day routine.

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.

The government has studied representations from the armed forces vis-a-vis the 7th Pay Commission and their concerns will be addressed "in the near future", Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said today.

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.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley exuded confidence that fiscal deficit will be within target.

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).

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.