It is Really OROP? A Different View

Is It  One Rank One Pension (OROP), Or is it Commitment Regurgitated Average Pension (CRAP)

Govt’s Announcement	Comment
Opening remarks including reading out the definition of OROP from the MoD's ID dated 26th February 2014 & 42 years old commitment, definition, UPA earmarked Rs 500 crore, BJP has set aside Rs 10, 000 crore to Rs 12000 crore	The definition is as was decided in a meeting convened by UPA’s RM on 26th February 2014 and conveyed to Shri Rajeev Chandrasekar in MoD ID No. 12 (01)/2014-D(Pen/Pol). It befits politics to state that UPA made a joke of OROP by setting aside Rs 500 crore, but the NDA’s RM-cum-FM made it a bigger joke by adding Rs 1000 crore as against a requirement of approx Rs. 8300 crore.
Review Every 5 years	NFU and consequently Grade Pay is revised for lakhs of Civilian Govt Officers annually so that their pensions are not affected. Is the Govt ready to accept that ESM who reach the top of the pension table will continue to get that for whatever period till the next 5 years review? Isn’t that a loss to the State? What happens to some one who retires on 30 June with 30 years of service and another retires on 31 July with 30 years? Does the former wait for the next 5 yearly review?
Effective date 01 Jul 2014 Arrears – 4 half yearly instalments; widows imm	By taking an average it become One Rank Average Pension;
Calendar year 2013	Does it mean 31 Dec 2013; but what about the reiteration of the definition and date repeated by Shri Parrikar at the beginning of his announcement, which is the same as what UPA Govt stated on 26 Feb 2014 vide MoD   No. 12 (01)/2014-D(Pen/Pol)
PR (VRS) not entitled	First the Defence Services Regulations – Army Pension Rules 2008 Chapter VII Sec 5: - Pension after PR is obviously Service pension because there is also retirement pension, which obviously means pension on retirement;    Sec 9 (b) states pension can be withheld, suspended or discontinued only under conditions (i) Offences against the State during the period of service, including service rendered upon re-employment after retirement, as listed in Chapter-VI of the Indian Penal Code. Relevant provisions of the Indian Penal Code are reproduced below. (1) Waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the Government of India; (2) Conspiracy to commit offence punishable by section 121 I.P.C. (3) Collecting arms etc. with intention of waging war against the Government of India. (4) Concealing with intent to facilitate design to wage war. (5) Assaulting President, Governor etc. with intent to compel or restrain the exercise of any lawful power. (6) Sedition. (7) Waging war against any Asiatic power in alliance with the Government of India. (8) Committing depredation on territories of powers at peace with the Government of India. (9) Receiving property taken by war or depredation mentioned in sections 125 and 126 Indian Penal Code. (10) Public servant voluntarily allowing prisoner of State of war to escape. (11) Public servant negligently allowing such prisoner to escape. (12) Aiding escape of, rescuing or harbouring such prisoner. (ii) Other serious crimes under Indian Penal Code, Official Secrets Act or any other special law of the land and grave misconduct; as defined in Notes to Regulation 8 of these Regulations. (iii) To recover the whole or part of any pecuniary loss caused to the Government in cases where in any departmental or judicial proceedings, the pensioner/individual is found guilty of misconduct or negligence committed during the period of service including service rendered on re-employment after retirement/discharge, leading to the said loss; (iv)Unauthorized by continuing to occupy the residential accommodation including hired one provided by the Government; (v) When a report is received after sanctioning the pension, that departmental or judicial proceedings (for the offences committed while in service or during the period of re-employment) are in progress against the individual; (vi)When an individual obtains re-employment after retirement without obtaining Govt permission
No ORAP for PR	Next by doing so about 45% to 50% of ESM will not be covered. Then it leaves out all the cases ORAP will be only for superannuated cases below average in rank and length of service. By average pension about 20% who are already drawing higher pension will not get even ORAP The outgo will be about Rs 2000 to Rs 3000 crore and not Rs 8269 crores.
One member judicial committee	Farcical because Cab Sec Committee of a phalanx of Secretaries could only recommend in Aug 2012 sending the OROP to the 7th CPC; yet … one member and 6 months!!!

I was on CNN IBN at 7 and reiterated these view in a more succinct manner.

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