Monitoring Mechanism for OROP Implementation
The status of payment to the Defence Forces Pensioners / Family Pensioners on account of implementation of OROP order, as on 22.11.2016 are as under:-
| No. of cases paid (1st instalment and lump sum payments |
Amount disbursed (Rs. in Crores) | No. of cases paid 2nd instalment | Amount disbursed (Rs. in Crores) |
| 1957925 | 3984.76 | 1541316 | 2267.71 |
Public Grievances Cell in the Department is receiving grievances of the Pensioners / Family Pensioners and taking up the matters with the concerned offices e.g. Controller General of Defence Accounts (CGDA), Principal Controller of Defence Accounts (Pension) for redressal of their grievances in a time-bound manner. Service Headquarters and CGDA also have dedicated grievance directorates / cells for redressal of grievances of Ex-Servicemen. Disposal of the grievances is monitored at the highest level in the Government.
This information was given by Minister of State for Defence Dr. Subhash Bhamre in a written reply to Smt Ambika Soni and Dr. T Subbarami Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.
It is true and well come . However OROP scheme is not implemented to APS officers who have in the army as a combanat for more than 30 years. CGDA says that pension of APS officers is not sanctioned by the defence accounts. While in service their pay is disbursed by the PAO of APS and they are considered as defence service person. But after superannuation they are not considered as defence person on OROP benefit ONLY even though the same PAO of APS is paying pension. The barrier in this case has to be broken by the competent authority and make way to pay the OROP benefit for APS officers also.