Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank One Pension Demand, says Govt: Veteran Prabhjot Singh Chhatwal PLS Retd.

Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank
One Pension Demand, says Govt:
Pension Enhancement Close to One Rank One Pension
Demand,says Govt:In a move that will bring relief to over
12 lakhex-servicemen, the Defence Ministry has issued
orders to implement pending pensionary benefits to them
involving an annual expenditure of about Rs 2,200 crore.
The decision followed recommendations by a high-level
committee and recent assurance in this regard in the
Lok Sabha by Prim Minister Mr. Manmohan Singh.
With these orders, the ministry has implemented all
the seven recommendationsof the committee headed by
Cabinet Secretary Mr. K M Chandrasekhar on pensions,
which would now be close to the ‘One Rank-One Pension’
demand of ex-servicemen, senior ministry officials said
today.“The Defence Ministry issued the orders on March 8
this year to implement the remaining two of the seven
suggestions of the Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar-
headed committee on‘One Rank-One Pension’ demand,”
they said.The two recommendations for which the orders
were issued werbringing parity between pension of pre- and
post-October 10, 1997, personnel below officer rank, and
further improving their pensions based on award of Group
of Ministers in 2006.To queries on the order, Defence
Ministry spokesperson Sitanshu Kar said implementation
of the orders would not only significantly reduce the gap
between the past and current pensioners, but would also
considerably improve the pension of ex-servicemen including
disabled pensioners.