OROP: Retired Paramilitary Personnel Protest At Jantar Mantar

Jantar Mantar here today demanding One Rank One Pension (OROP) benefits and other privileges under the ex-servicemen category. “Our major demands to the government are the granting of OROP to paramilitary veterans like military personnel, exemption of serving troops from contributory pension scheme and extending full benefits to these forces under the ex-servicemen category,” said Ex-servicemen Welfare Association national general secretary P.S. Nair. “The association has already sent a memorandum to the government in this regard and failing to get any reply we have decided to begin the protest here,” he added. Nair said that they have been waiting for over a decade for implementation of their demands.The association claims to have the support of a maximum number of state chapters in this regard and has even met senior government leadership for the same.