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‘One Rank One Pension’ more widely known by its acronym OROP, until 1973, was the basis for deciding pension of Indian Armed Forces Personnel In 1973, in the wake of Third Central Pay Commission (3CPC), when Indira Gandhi was Prime Minister, and Jagjivan Ram was Defense Minister, the Indian National Congress Government, ''“took ex-parte decision against the One Rank One Pension formula”''. One Rank One Pension (OROP) since then has become a contentious issue. Especially since 2006, the delay in restoring OROP has become a cause of disquiet in the Armed Forces, and has provoked unprecedented public protests and demonstrations, including surrender of war medals, by Armed Forces veterans. In 2010-11, Petitions Committee of the Upper House of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, in response to a petition, and the growing unease in the Armed Forces, examined the issue of grant of OROP to Armed Forces Personnel. The Parliamentary Committee, known as the Koshyari Committee after its Chairman, found that ''“there is merit in the demand for One Rank One Pension by Armed Forces Personnel”'' and strongly recommended that, ''“Government should implement OROP in the defence forces across the board at the earliest and further that for future, the pay, allowances, pension, family pension, etc. in respect of the defence personnel should be determined by a separate commission so that their peculiar terms”'' are properly taken into account. Despite the commitment by Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister in the UPA Government, and many commitments by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Government, including by Manohar Parrikar, the Defense Minister, and Narender Modi, the Prime Minister, to implement OROP, it remains unimplemented. The delay in the implementation of the OROP has provoked a fresh round of protest by Indian Veteran organizations. ==Composition of the Koshyari Committee == The Parliamentary Committee on Petitions on Grant of OROP, named after its Chairman, Bhagat Singh Koshyari, a veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Member of Parliament (MP), consisted of ten Members of Parliament drawn from all the major political parities in parliament. The committee members were: Bhagat Singh Koshyari Chairman, Ram Vilas Paswan, Nandi Yellaiah(INC), Rajeev Shukla, Avinash Pande(INC), Balavant Apte(BJP), P. Rajeev (CPM) , Veer Pal Singh Yadav ( Samajwadi Party), Paul Manoj Pandian(Anna DMK), and Rajaram. The Committee submitted its report on 19 December 2011. ==Concept of One Rank One Pension== “One Rank One Pension (OROP" according to The Koshyari Committee Report, and the deposition by Secretary (ESW), Ministry of Defence, before the Committee, ''"implies that uniform pension be paid to the Armed Forces Personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement and any future enhancement in the rates of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners.”'' The concept includes ''“bridging the gap between the rate of pension of the current pensioners and the past pensioners, and also future enhancements in the rate of pension to be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. In armed forces, equality in service has two components, namely, rank and length of service. The importance of rank is inherent in armed forces as it has been granted by the President of India and signifies command, control and responsibility in consonance with ethos of service. These ranks are even allowed to be retained by the individual concerned after his/her retirement. Hence, two armed personnel in the same rank and equal length of service should get same pension irrespective of date of retirement and any future enhancement in rates of pension be automatically passed on to the past pensioners. ”'' The definition of OROP by Koshyari Committee is in sync with definition of OROP by Ex service organisation (the grant of equal pension to soldiers of a particular rank, who have rendered the same length of service, irrespective of the date of their retirement.” ) , and has gained wide acceptance including by the formed UPA Government. Narender Modi, the PM, gave an impression in a recent interview that his BJP government is not in agreement with the Koshyari Committee definition of OROP, which has prompted widespread dismay amongst Armed Forces pensioners. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Koshyari Committee Report On Grant Of One Rank One Pension」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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