PM Modi likely to announce One Rank One Pension scheme for ex-servicemen
If implemented, the scheme will benefit about three million-strong ex-servicemen and war widows in the country.
Ex-servicemen have been agitating with the demand for long.
One Rank One Pension scheme seeks to ensure that a uniform pension is paid to defence personnel who retire at the same rank with the same length of service, irrespective of their date of retirement.
During a Lok Sabha election rally in early 2014 Modi had said, "If Atal Bihari Vajpayee had come to power in 2004 then the One Rank One Pension problem wouldn't have come up. He would have given retired defence officials and serving personnel the means to live with dignity."
Again while visiting Army jawans in Siachen on October 23, 2014, Modi had said, "The promise of OROP has been fulfilled. We want all our defence personnel to live with dignity."
But his promise remains unfulfilled so far.
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