Now it is cleared by Mr PM that all soldiers who are drawing pension either taken prematured retirement after 15 yrs of service are entitled the OROP.The credit goes to our Exservicemen sangathan who tried and got success.Now we have to wait the corriendum and mod letter on orop.What wl be the average pension in yr 2013.Thanks and congratulations.

Alok see Good Bad and Ugly movie to find out what BOOZE does to a solder before entering the battle. These are peculiar to this profession.What will you do when you have to enter a zone of doubtful return.

40 Years and Now Real Progress.

Good Moving in the right direction.

Jai Hind

Now DM says there is no such thing as VRS in military - that means Finance ministry babus prepared the draft and got it approved from FM? How would PM know whether there is VRS in military or not, he is in Delhi only for 18 months. So the draft should have gone to defense ministry where military advisers are there! Military advisers are not allowed in PMO (what is the need NSA will take care).

Who are your advisers Mr Modi? Veterans have so much respect for you but you certainly do not have good advisers? Draft OROP was discussed with DM, who is head of department for veterans?

This PM and RM have to take a decision in case of a war tomorrow, and yet to master the Army terminology.

The real BOSS is out on visit to Turkey. Now if general Viz is complaining why RM did not take corrective measure on draft OROP (conveniently leaked to media) after meeting veterans - how could he ? FM had approved the draft after he got the draft prepared from his minions and handed over to PMO before he left for Turkey? Now RM told veteran leaders that he will talk to PM to get the draft corrected on VRS (RM has already promised that VRS in draft was a mistake) ? Is it so - but how come PM authorize any corrections in draft in the absence of BOSS, who is still on tour abroad? So much for the so called dictator PM? The BOSS delivered DELHI (a..la..Bedi - Amit Shah had no idea about credentials of Delhi CM candidates) and now in 2019 he will deliver INDIA (a..la..veterans)!

In the armed forces, every person has to serve a minimum number of years to become eligible for pension. Once that person meets that requirement, he is eligible to put in his papers to quit and retire with a pension. This is the legally acceptable situation. So there is no VRS in the armed forces. You can call it VRS only if the personnel quit the service before completing their minimum number of years of service to become eligible for pension. Armed forces are pyramidal in structure. Unlike in the civil service, where there are scores of secretaries, commissioners and other chiefs in various departments, in the armed forces there can be only one general, admiral or air chief marshal and all others will be eventually passed over for promotion. Further the armed forces are required to be lean, mean, young and active. So, those who could not make it to higher ranks or have no more hope of future promotions will opt out to retire. Otherwise they will be eventually serving under their juniors who would have overtaken them. That situation is the most dreaded one and nobody wants to be in that situation. .

NDA announced OROP and still did not earn the goodwill and respect of the Veterans and the Serving Military men.

No one can ever be perfectly satisfied. Same is with OROP. However people in defense services would agree that this is a HUGE step by Modi government . All Congress did was talk for decades!

Ahh! UPA Ulluks did not get a chance to come in between to stir it up!

I am a civilian and saw the drama by the Sardarji who was leading the veterans.
He could not get anything from all the previous regimes but knowing fully well that this government will fulfill the demand, made a such a show of rejecting all the promises like a trade union leader.
He forgot that everybody in this country serves the nation and if defence is important, so is the farming,medical, transport or sweeping the roads.. Don'r forget that people working in other sectors are equally serving the nation. What will the defence alone do if everybody stops working and start demanding things on gunpoint?

Very well said. They waited for 42 years and now rejecting this offer as trade union leaders. Infact the real soldiers are very happy only the Gandhi family stooge this sardar is on fire.

For ten years BJP or its earlier avatar Jan sangh was in the Govt. We had lot of faith in Modiji as a strong leader. He took time but delivered on his promise and deserves our gratitude. Leaving out 44% of the personnel as they retire due to no further promotion avenue was not correct and we hope he has corrected it.

It is true that you are a bl**dy civilian. The "Sardarji" you saw at Jantarmantar is a Veteran Maj.General. He has led troops from front against enemy.He is not a bl**dy civilian trade union leader who sends their followers in front and get beaten up by police.
Service personnel are deployed at risky places .They do not demand overtime for job after 8 hrs.Civilians run away on hearing the sound of a blast. But servicemen rush to the spot.When natural calamities take place, who comes for your rescue.When terrorists hit you from behind, who comes for your rescue.
Do not compare servicemen job with civilian job.
In services, different ranks have to get retired at different ages.Do you think all retired Officers and men get reemployment on release.
A nation and its citizens who depend on a disciplined Defence service, is duty bound to lookafter their veterans.

Watch your language bl**dy anti-national. You can't be an Indian soldier. You are a khalistani.

Ya.. Being a railway driver is more life on the line job to run joke of a country called India..
"He is not a bl**dy civilian trade union leader who sends their followers in front and get beaten up by police."- aren't soldier on foot for the same reason

In defence people lay down the life for others...... Every job is important but to be ready to lay down life is a different thing all together

Why choose the job that you consider risky or just doing for money. Most of the service men are from Rajasthan, MP, Haryana, UP, Utrakhand, HP and Bihar and yet Panjab walk away with all the benefits.

Ya.. Being a railway driver is more life on the line job to run joke of a country called India..

Very right, very apt.

Also.. There should be a clause that only veterans with battleground roles and front line role should be considered.. There must be a lot of roles that doesn't involve putting life on the line.. They should be treated like other government services

Well if other government services get better benefits than armed forces.. That's wrong.. But you know making lies is part of any leftists privilege during .protest.. Can't be sure what ppl say

Ya whose money would you pay.. Would you also collect tax arriars front independence day

It was disgusting to see mafia gang ex ministers Mr Clean Antoney and Mr zero Sibal appeared as Congress item girls to spin the news.

Great work by govt. NDA always known to solve long pending issues like border issues with Bangladesh. Opposition should co-operate with PM. Next GST

Why mafia people will cooperate with us or PM. Any we need to support this PM during tough times otherwise gangs will come back and loot us. Next time we will not be having any option and it will become like Syria, Iraq , Pakistan, Sudan , Egypt etc . So I request my fellow citizens to be careful

Modi Govt delivered a bonanza to veterans. It is an open secret that officers are biggest beneficiaries. Thus they were leading the agitation. Now these veteran shall come out with other reform in armed forces, Equal Ration to all soldiers/officers, no mate/domestic aid to officers, no liquor from CSD. Do they have courage?

Yes. Rations are recommended as per the work done by officers and Jawans. Probably you are not aware that jawans get more protiens than officer due to nature of work.No mate or domestic provided only sahayaks in field appoints. Are you aware that IAS babus get telephone attendant allowance which is pocked? regarding liquor it is purchased not issued free but at a rate without excise duty. you may call it subsidy. Haven't all citizens getting cooking gas and kerosene etc on subsidy at tax payers money and kerosene etc Let us remove subsidy on all items. It is misonomer that items are cheaper in CSD canteen. Except toiletries all items are cheaper particularly electronics etc out side canteen with dealer discounts etc.

The GOVT should also consider woes of other employees who are worst sufferer of GOVT APATHY. The retired Coalmine employees are getting onetime fixed pension for whole life where there is no provision of DA & its increase in basic pension according to inflation as admissible to other retiree in govt. This is gross injustice done to COAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE ALSO SACRIFICING THEIR LIFE FOR NATION by living in remotest area with so many health hazards which is causing several dreaded diseases. The working conditions in underground mines are very haphazard which can not be visualized by politicians & bureaucrats sitting in air conditioned chamber in Delhi. So the govt must consider REVISION OF PENSIONS of retired Coal Employees with variable DA to offset galloping inflation prevailing in this country by wide spread corruption prevailing in every walks of life which is beyond control of govt. Otherwise Coal workers have also to resort to similar agitation as done by ex-service men or may call for indefinite strike in COAL Mines. This matter needs to be vigorously followed by COALMINES WORKERS FEDERATION IN FUTURE WAGE AGREEMENT WITH GOVT WHICH IS DUE NOW. THE GOVT MUST EXTEND PENSION AT PAR WITH GOVT EMPLOYEES. The trade unions for Coalmine Workers should fight for this demand.

Shame on Mr Anthony. What he was doing when he was defence ministers. He enjoyed cars, bungalows and AC rooms and sit in the house and make meaningless, worth less comments. Shame sir, U made Ex service men suffer all these years. U will also suffer like them one day. It is the curse of 50 lakhs military people and their widows.

60 years of congress rule created problems of the Himalayan proportions and now people blame modi for finding the solutions!!!!. We are a ungrateful nation.

Very well said. Indians are ungrateful.

Government has insulted and denigrate the Veterans. They seem to be begging for everything which should have been the fundamental right.

Oh! Your father was begging for 40 years you Paki?

Hola Paki ! Itching ???

Shame on the part of Veterans for blackmailing Government on the pretext of ex-service men. Were they sleeping alll these 20 years. Why no dharna or Demonstrations during congress regime? Which party is running this show in the Capital? Stop this nonsense and insulting the people. Modi government has done maximum justice to these so called sacrificers by announcing OROP. It is time they stop wandering on the roads. What message they are sending to the school going children. Is this the sacrifice? Monemongers.

Congrats on upvoting yourself.

You are right, the previous governments have insulted and denigrated the vets. The servicemen who defend the country from "Pakistani" terrorists deserve better.

Ignore him. He's a notorious Paki pest.

Congratulations to both Government and Servicemen for coming to agreement. This government has achieved what the previous governments have completely ignored. Our servicemen deserve the best. This may not be the best but it is sure is the first step towards the country paying back to the servicemen.

OROP issue could have been solved years ago ( by congress government) but left for NAMO to resolve. Every issue that is taken up by congress are those which were once with them, but failed to resolve.This is how congress is helping BJP to get more votes in the coming elections of all nature - state / center.Wish bkp wins any coming election with thumbing majority.