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OROP Scheme Notification Before Diwali: Parrikar

OROP scheme notification before diwali: Defence minister Manohar Parrikar

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Miffed over delay in the issuance of the notification for ‘One Rank One Pension’ (OROP) Scheme, protesting veterans announced on Thursday they will return their service medals across the country from next week even as Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said the notification will be issued before Diwali.

The government has delayed the notification of OROP under the pretext of Model Code of Conduct in place due to Bihar polls. We fear that the notification will not take into account our demand for which we have been on protest over the last 145 days at Jantar Mantar and across the country.
Group Captain V K Gandhi (Retd), general secretary of Indian Ex-servicemen Movement

He added that they will also scale up the protest next week.

Meanwhile, Parrikar said the formal OROP notification would be issued before Diwali.

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