Decision will benefit over 25 lakh ex-servicemen

New Delhi, December 23

The Union Cabinet has approved revision of the ‘One Rank One Pension’ scheme for defence personnel and family pensioners. This was announced by Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur at a press conference in New Delhi on Friday.The decision will benefit over 25 lakh ex-servicemen. The benefit would also be extended to family pensioners, including war widows and disabled pensioners. It will impose Rs 8500 crore further cost on the union exchequer.