Date: Thursday, 29 January, 2009, 10:12 PM
Dear Colleagues,
It was yet another active day at Jantar Mantar battlefront. A group of 30 ESM/ spouses from NOIDA paid an inspirational visit. We also had Lt Gen Sher Amir Singh, who was visiting Delhi from his MHOW abode and made it a point to be at the venue. Our grateful thanks to all of them.
From Mumbai
37 cheques from new officer/PBOR members have been received from Mumbai (Names later). We must thank Brig Dharam Prakash for being the motivational anchor and for giving the Movement a great push in that city.
New Members
We heartily welcome the following new members and thank them for their generous contribution to the cause:
1. Lt Gen Satish Talwar
2. Brig SM Sriram
3. Brig SVS Chowdhury
4. Brig A Thyagarajan
5. AVM Navin Chandra Shah
6. Brig KM Rao
7. Brig CK Maitra
8. Brig Atma Ram
9. Col K Mohandas
Discussion Point
While interacting with the media or with our civilian friends, you may like to emphasie that in the existing dispensation and without provision of OROP, the following disparities exist between the new and the old pensioners (Examples of only a few ranks are quoted here to make the point):
Pension in Rs
Rank/ Pre 1.1.1996/ Pre 1.1.2006/ Post 1.1.2006
Sepoy/ 3,764/ 4,667/ 6,860
Hav/ 5,008/ 5,239/ 8,030
Major/ 14,464/ 18,137/ 22,135
Colonel/ 26,050/ 26,050/ 30,375
Brig/ 26,150/ 26,150/ 31,170
Ironically, by way of percentage the greatest disparity is at the level of the Sepoy. The disparity is not only intra-rank but also inter-rank; it may be noted that a post 1.1.2006 Sepoy gets 37% higher pension than a pre- 1.1.1996 Havildar. How can anyone resist fighting for OROP?
Best regards,
Lt Gen (Emeritus) Raj Kadyan, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,
Chairman IESM,
Tribune Forum 2006: Sample response
Q: Should there be “one rank, one pension” for defence personnel?
R: Give soldiers their due: THE ex-servicemen in India are the lowest paid strata of society. It hardly needs to be stressed that the outstanding demand of one rank, one pension is a genuine one. Its genuineness can simply be gauged by the fact that all political parties, including the Congress that ruled the country uninterruptedly nearly for half a century, have supported this demand while occupying the Opposition benches. But once in power, every party tends to forget the promises made earlier. The reason is that ex-servicemen are not united. Also, they are forbidden to bargain collectively during service. Our bureaucracy too have raised many objections to stall this genuine demand..........Lt-Col ANGAD SINGH (Retd)
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