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Over 2 lakh pensioners get OROP payments

New Delhi: The government on Monday announced that it has credited revised pensionary benefits along with arrears under One Rank-One Pension (OROP) scheme to more than 2 lakh pensioners drawing service and disability pensions.As to the more than 1.46 lakh family pensioners, the government will credit the new benefits by the end of this month, the Defence Ministry said. “The amount along with first instalment of arrears has been released and credited to the accounts of these pensioners on March 1, 2016,” a statement said. PTI