New Delhi (NVI): On the occasion of five years of One Rank One Pension (OROP), Prime Minister Narendra Modi today saluted the veteran soldiers for courageously protecting the nation.
PM Modi took to twitter and wrote, “Today, five years ago, India took a historic step towards ensuring the well-being of our great soldiers, who courageously protect our nation. #5YearsOfOROP is a momentous occasion. India waited for OROP for decades,” Prime Minister Modi tweeted.
“I salute our veterans for their remarkable service!” he added.
Today, five years ago, India took a historic step towards ensuring the well-being of our great soldiers, who courageously protect our nation. #5YearsOfOROP is a momentous occasion. India waited for OROP for decades.
I salute our veterans for their remarkable service! pic.twitter.com/VmZUsJCAJP
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) November 7, 2020
The OROP scheme has been effective since 1 July, 2014. Under the scheme, the armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service gets the uniform pension, regardless of their date of retirement.
So far, the Centre has disbursed over Rs 42,700 crore to 20.6 lakh retired Defence personnel under the OROP scheme since its inception.
-CHK
