I read the following statement in today’s issue of
the Deccan Herald, Bangalore Edition, on page 8 under a news item titled
Parrikar promises OROP before Bihar elections attributed to a statement by
Voice of Ex-Servicemen Society, inter alia,“The soldiers pointed out to
Parrikar that they needed OROP more than retired officers, who retire mostly in
their 50s and get a handsome pension in any case. The OROP idea was mooted to
compensate the jawans who were compulsorily retiring between 35 and 40 years….”
On 6th June 2014, I wrote a letter to
the Prime Minister apprising him of certain issues that Ex-Servicemen face. In
that letter I made a statement that JCOs/ORs are already in receipt of OROP and
I received a fusillade of written “bullets” that I was wrong. Unable to bear
certain personal attacks by a few of my critics I did not clarify, and so
failed miserably in maintaining the sanctity of the only aim of this blog,
“Being Informed is the Best Weapon.”
For the past few weeks a lot of hard work has been
put in to verify through different, but knowledgeable sources, and my friends
from Accounts branch and the Pay Accounts trade with expertise in Excel using
the pay and pension tables as well as Circular Nos. 501 & 502, on a table
of OROP for JCOs and equivalent ESM and SNCOs & ORs and equivalents on this
blog. The findings, in respect of OROP for JCOs and equivalents, have shocked
me as much as they will shock readers of this blog.
Maj Navdeep Singh (retd) wrote on his blog,
“….the benefit of the upward revision (of
the 17 Jan 2017 letter) would be differently applied to ranks other than
Commissioned Officers since they had been granted pensions based on the
maximum of 5th CPC scales fitted into the 6th CPC pay
bands with effect from 01-07-2009 while officers and all civil employees
were granted pensions based on minimum of pay of the pay bands.”
Therefore, JCOs and equivalents are already OROP
compliant and may benefit minimally, if and when OROP is implemented.
Tables below elucidate this aspect.
Table 1
Naib Subedar (Nb Sub)/Chief
Petty Officer (CPO)/Junior Warrant Officer (JWO)
NOTE: In pre-06 retirees not many JWO and equiv will have less than 28 years of service. The top
of the scale is higher for them hence in OROP now they will not gain.
|
|
QS
|
Pay in PB
|
Grade Pay
|
MSP
|
Incre*
|
Total
|
Pension
|
Modified Parity (Cir 501)
|
|
01-Jan-06
|
19
|
10460
|
4200
|
2000
|
440
|
16660
|
8330
|
7764
|
|
01-Jan-07
|
20
|
10900
|
4200
|
2000
|
460
|
17100
|
8550
|
8088
|
|
01-Jan-08
|
21
|
11360
|
4200
|
2000
|
470
|
17560
|
8780
|
8411
|
|
01-Jan-09
|
22
|
11830
|
4200
|
2000
|
480
|
18030
|
9015
|
8735
|
|
01-Jan-10
|
23
|
12310
|
4200
|
2000
|
500
|
18510
|
9255
|
9056
|
|
01-Jan-11
|
24
|
12810
|
4200
|
2000
|
510
|
19010
|
9505
|
9382
|
|
01-Jan-12
|
25
|
13320
|
4200
|
2000
|
530
|
19520
|
9760
|
9705
|
|
01-Jan-13
|
26
|
13850
|
4200
|
2000
|
550
|
20050
|
10025
|
10029
|
|
01-Jan-14
|
27
|
14400
|
4200
|
2000
|
560
|
20600
|
10300
|
10352
|
|
01-Jan-15
|
28
|
14960
|
4200
|
2000
|
580
|
21160
|
10580
|
10675
|
*Add increment from Row 2 onwards
Post 2006 retirees: Similarly for current
retirees also after 25 years of service the current top is higher than the
pension based on their last pay drawn. Hence they also do not benefit.
|
|
QS
|
Pay in PB
|
Grade Pay
|
MSP
|
Incre*
|
Total
3+4+5
|
Pension
|
Modified Parity
(Cir 501)
|
|
01-Jan-11
|
19
|
10520
|
4200
|
2000
|
450
|
16720
|
8360
|
7764
|
|
01-Jan-12
|
20
|
10970
|
4200
|
2000
|
460
|
17170
|
8585
|
8088
|
|
01-Jan-13
|
21
|
11430
|
4200
|
2000
|
470
|
17630
|
8815
|
8411
|
|
01-Jan-14
|
22
|
11900
|
4200
|
2000
|
490
|
18100
|
9050
|
8735
|
|
01-Jan-15
|
23
|
12390
|
4200
|
2000
|
500
|
18590
|
9295
|
9056
|
|
01-Jan-16
|
24
|
12890
|
4200
|
2000
|
520
|
19090
|
9545
|
9382
|
|
01-Jan-17
|
25
|
13410
|
4200
|
2000
|
530
|
19610
|
9805
|
9705
|
|
01-Jan-18
|
26
|
13940
|
4200
|
2000
|
550
|
20140
|
10070
|
10029
|
|
01-Jan-19
|
27
|
14490
|
4200
|
2000
|
560
|
20690
|
10345
|
10352
|
|
01-Jan-20
|
28
|
15050
|
4200
|
2000
|
580
|
21250
|
10625
|
10675
|
* Add increment from Row 2 onwards
Table 2
Subedar/Master CPO II/Warrant
Officer
NOTE: In pre-06 retirees, not many WO and
equivalent at the top of the scale is higher for them hence in OROP now they
will not gain
|
|
QS
|
Pay in PB
|
Grade Pay
|
MSP
|
Incre*
|
Total
|
Pension
|
Modified Parity
(Cir 501)
|
|
01-Jan-06
|
19
|
10460
|
4200
|
2000
|
440
|
16660
|
8330
|
7764
|
|
01-Jan-07
|
20
|
10900
|
4200
|
2000
|
460
|
17100
|
8550
|
8088
|
|
01-Jan-08
|
21
|
11360
|
4200
|
2000
|
470
|
17560
|
8780
|
8411
|
|
01-Jan-09
|
22
|
11830
|
4200
|
2000
|
480
|
18030
|
9015
|
8735
|
|
01-Jan-10
|
23
|
12310
|
4200
|
2000
|
500
|
18510
|
9255
|
9056
|
|
01-Jan-11
|
24
|
12810
|
4200
|
2000
|
510
|
19010
|
9505
|
9382
|
|
01-Jan-12
|
25
|
13320
|
4200
|
2000
|
530
|
19520
|
9760
|
9705
|
|
01-Jan-13
|
26
|
13850
|
4200
|
2000
|
550
|
20050
|
10025
|
10029
|
|
01-Jan-14
|
27
|
14400
|
4200
|
2000
|
560
|
20600
|
10300
|
10352
|
|
01-Jan-15
|
28
|
14960
|
4200
|
2000
|
580
|
21160
|
10580
|
10675
|
* Add increment from Row 2 onwards
Post 2006 retirees: Similarly for current
retirees also the current top is higher than the pension based on their last
pay drawn. Hence they also do not benefit.
|
|
QS
|
Pay in PB
|
Grade Pay
|
MSP
|
Incre
|
Total
|
Pension
|
Modified Parity
(Cir 501)
|
|
01-Jan-11
|
24
|
13320
|
4200
|
2000
|
530
|
19520
|
9760
|
10520
|
|
01-Jan-12
|
25
|
13850
|
4200
|
2000
|
550
|
20050
|
10025
|
10882
|
|
01-Jan-13
|
26
|
14400
|
4200
|
2000
|
560
|
20600
|
10300
|
11245
|
|
01-Jan-14
|
27
|
14960
|
4200
|
2000
|
580
|
21160
|
10580
|
11608
|
|
01-Jan-15
|
28
|
15540
|
4200
|
2000
|
600
|
21740
|
10870
|
11970
|
|
01-Jan-16
|
29
|
16140
|
4200
|
2000
|
610
|
22340
|
11170
|
11970
|
|
01-Jan-17
|
30
|
16750
|
4200
|
2000
|
630
|
22950
|
11475
|
11970
|
|
01-Jan-18
|
31
|
17380
|
4200
|
2000
|
650
|
23580
|
11790
|
11970
|
|
01-Jan-19
|
32
|
18030
|
4200
|
2000
|
670
|
24230
|
12115
|
11970
|
|
01-Jan-20
|
33
|
18700
|
4200
|
2000
|
690
|
24900
|
12450
|
11970
|
- Add increment from Row 2 onwards
Subedar Majors/MCPOs-I/Master Warrant Officers will also have similar situation as for the Sub/MCPO-II/WO.
The
current top of scale pension is higher than the pay and pension drawn by the
current retirees.
Please also refer to tables on pages 16 to 31 in
the PCDA (P) Circular No. 501 and notes therein which are reproduced below for
ready reference: -
1. The qualifying service
shown in Col No. 1 is actual qualifying service (i.e. the actual QS for which
pension has been sanctioned), the amount of revised pension indicated against
is inclusive of rank weightage.
2. Any
rank granted ACP-I will be eligible for pension of next higher rank & ACP-II will be eligible for further next
higher rank of ACP-I.
3. Where revised pension for junior rank is
higher than senior rank for the same group and qualifying service, pension of
senior rank has been stepped up to the level of the pension for junior rank.
4. The rates of pension above terms of
engagement are in respect of those who were retained in service compulsorily
beyond their engagements during emergency period.
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