The government has convened a Special Session of Parliament from September 18 to 22. The session began with PM Narendra Modi's address to the Lower House.
The Supreme Court asked the Defence Ministry to immediately withdraw its communication and told Attorney General R Venkataramani to prepare a note giving details of the quantum of payment to be paid, the modalities to be adopted and what's the priority segment.
The ministry had earlier decided to clear pending arrears of OROP to eligible pensioners in four yearly installments which was challenged by a group of ex-servicemen.
On January 9, the top court granted time till March 15 to the Centre for payment of total arrears of OROP. But on January 20, the ministry issued a communication that the arrears shall be paid in four yearly installments which has been challenged by a group of ex-servicemen.
"When BJP government was formed, within one year Modi ji delivered on his promise on One rank one pension (OROP). Modi ji gave OROP to our jawans, Congress gave 'only Rahul only Priyanka'," he said.
Bharatiya Janata Party media head and Rajya Sabha MP Anil Baluni said Gandhi was seen "standing with the corrupt" when the Congress-led government was in power between 2004 and 2014, but he did nothing for soldiers.
The NGT had on October 5 banned all protests and dharnas around the historic Jantar Mantar, which has been site of OROP protest for over two years.
The "surgical strike" showed that the Indian Army was no less than any army of the world, he said, adding that this has increased the morale of the soldiers
Delhi LG and Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government again confronted each other on Thursday, this time over city government’s decision to award Rs 1 crore ex-gratia to the family of an ex-serviceman who had committed suicide.
A retired soldier, who committed suicide in the national capital earlier this month, has been credited to his bank account the arrears due to him, the Rajya Sabha was told today. In a written reply,
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A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in Delhi High Court against the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party government for bestowing 'martyr' status on the deceased ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that 95 per cent of ex-servicemen are happy with the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme implemented by the Narendra Modi government.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has said that the opposition was desperate as they had no issue and wanted to ‘make capital’ out of the tragedy of an ex-serviceman's suicide.
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Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today slammed the opposition parties for indulging in politics over the suicide of an ex-serviceman, allegedly for delay in the implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme.
As a controversy raged over the suicide of an ex-serviceman over grievances with the implementation of the One Rank One Pension (OROP), the government is now mulling the creation of a centralised mechanism to resolve the problems related to the schem
In a new twist to the suicide of ex-serviceman Ram Kishan Grewal, it has been revealed that he had taken a Rs 3.5-lakh loan against his pension account that could have added to his frustration forcing him to commit suicide.
Senior BJP leader and Union Minister VK Singh today renewed his attack on the Congress and the AAP, accusing them of ‘doing politics over dead bodies’.
Rahul Gandhi was today detained by the Delhi Police on Thursday when he was at the Jantar Mantar in Delhi to protest over the suicide of ex-soldier Ram Kishan Grewal.
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