Sanjha Morcha

SC seeks govt’s response on plea by veterans on OROP

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the government’s response on a plea of an ex-servicemen’s body seeking implementation of One Rank-One Pension (OROP) as recommended by the Koshyari Committee with an automatic annual revision, instead of the current policy of periodic review once in five years. A bench comprising Justices Dipak Misra and C Nagappan issued notice and sought the response from the government in eight weeks. The Indian Ex-servicemen Movement and others have challenged the government’s policy of periodic review of pension once in five years saying it was dilution of the 2014 announcement. PTI