OROP Arrears Payment in Record Time
Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Dated: 21-March-2016
OROP Arrears Payment in Record Time
The Government of India which accords utmost importance to the welfare of Ex-Servicemen, has kept its promise with regard to the historic decision taken on 05 September 2015 to implement the more than four decades old demand of Ex-Servicemen for One Rank One Pension (OROP), by ensuring that payments have begun to the concerned in record time.
Orders had been issued with regard to this historic decision, through a notification on 07 November 2015 by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (ESW) of the Ministry of Defence.
Then within just three months of the issue of these orders, the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (ESW) brought out detailed OROP tables on 03 February 2016, which are also available on their website www.desw.gov.in. The 101 tables in these implementation orders contain revised pension of different ranks and categories. In the past implementation of CSC-2012 and 6th CPC had taken a longer time.
More than two-thirds of the Ex-Servicemen have now been paid the OROP arrears. Payments have now reached the accounts of 13.02 lakh pensioners amounting to about Rs. 2,293 crore. This amount has been released through Defence Pension Disbursing Offices (DPDOs), the State Bank of India (SBI) and the Punjab National Bank (PNB).
The details are as follows:-
As on March 17, the DPDOs have released an amount of about Rs. 606 crore to about 3.20 lakh defence personnel.
The SBI has as released upto March 17 an amount of Rs. 1,337 crore to 7.75 lakh pensioners which includes Family Pension cases. The PNB has released as on March 17, an amount of about Rs. 350 crore to about 2.07 lakh pensioners which includes Family Pension cases.
Other Banks who have also been assigned the task of disbursement of revised defence pension to Ex-Servicemen have been directed to complete the process of payment latest by March end.
Source: PIB
Surendra says
I am an exserviceman and am drawing my defence pension from Central Bank of India, but its unfortunate that the OROP arrears and revised pension has not been paid as yet i.e. till 02 Apr 2016 whereas Govt. Directives were to pay the arrears by end Mar’16.
Is the bank in a liberty to over-rule the Govt. Directives.
Can the concerned authorities pay heed to this and do the needful?
Needless to say, that the reply is expected.
anil Kumar Singh says
No 2891225F acp HAV Anil Kumar Singh
Ritayar date 31 – 03- 2014 mera arrear nhi aaya aur kitna aayega meri painsion kitni banegi
chandramouli says
UCO Bank is worse. They are behaving as if they are hearing about OROP for the first time in life
Dr Y N I Anand says
My bank has excuses not to pay in the immediate future. They say that there are 35 k pensioners to handle & it will take time despite sending them a work sheet along with a copy of the PPO. That is Canara Bank Pension Cell Bengaluru for you dear veterans!!
virat pal singh says
sir,I, 730356G Ex JWO Viratt Pal Singh PPO No.08/14/B/11953/2013 Dt 14/06/2013 by AFRO received NIL arrears of OROP. My Basic Pay as per PPO is Rs.11225.00 and in corresponding table of OROP Basic Pay is Rs.11205.00 for 26 years service. My DOJ is 26/06/1987 and DOR is 30/06/2013. Where is benefit of OROP. Pl. Reply . My Mob. No.9759259111.