Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar on Sunday assured the ex-service men of early
implementation of the 'one rank, one pension' scheme, saying that his Ministry
has fast-tracked the work on it.
The assurance came
when a 27-member delegation of the ex-servicemen called on Mr Parrikar at Kota
House in New Delhi, his residence for the time-being. A rally was also held here by the ex-servicemen, seeking early implementation
of the scheme.
Defence sources
said that Mr Parrikar assured the ex-servicemen of rolling it out at the
earliest. He said he is working hard on it and the Ministry will send its
views to the Finance Ministry by February 17.
Mr Parrikar
underlined that there are a lot of calculations and complications involved and
he is working towards solving them. "I will do my work," he was
quoted as telling the delegation.
Maj Gen Satbir
Singh (retd), Chairman of Indian Ex-Service Movement, said the meeting with Mr
Parrikar was "positive". He said that the Defence Minister has given
assurances to the delegation on four major issues relating to the scheme, including
"getting approval from the Finance Ministry before the Budget this
month".
One rank, one
pension scheme has been a long-standing demand of the over 2 million
ex-servicemen in the country. It 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
By the kind courtesy of Press Trust of India.
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