OROP Latest News Today 2022

On December 23, 2022, the Union Cabinet Committee authorised a pension revision for armed services members and family pensioners under the One Rank One Pension (OROP) plan.

The Union Cabinet Committee, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the second OROP adjustment for military retirees and family pensions on December 23, 2022. The adjustment would go into effect on July 1, 2019, and it was approved by the Union Cabinet Committee.

The most recent news on OROP is that the basic pension for armed forces pensioners and family pensioners who retired by June 30, 2019 would be altered (excluding pre-mature retired with effect from July 1, 2014). According to the PIB report, over 25 lakh pensioners will gain from the OROP pension modification.

Based on the average of the minimum and maximum pensions for personnel with the same rank and service period for the entire calendar year 2018, the OROP pension will be modified. On November 7, 2015, the Central Government published the OROP pension policy letter, and the first OROP pension for Defense pensioners and family pensioners was revised on July 1, 2014.

According to a press statement issued by PIB on December 23, 2022, arrears will be paid in four semi-annual instalments. However, all family pensioners, including those receiving a Special/Liberalized Family Pension and recipients of the Gallantry Award, shall be paid arrears in a single instalment.

Arrears will be determined for the time frame of July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022, citing the PIB report. From July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2021, and from July 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021, there will be a 17% Dearness Relief. Arrears will be determined by using 31% of DR. For the time frame of January 1, 2022, to June 30, 2022, the DR rate is 34%.

The comprehensive rank-wise OROP pension modification Tables for Defense pensioners and family pensioners will be published by the PCDA and CGDA soon! For all ranks of Defense pensioners, the PCDA and CGDA offices published the first OROP pension revision tables on February 4, 2016. The OROP Circular No. 555 included 101 OROP amended pension tables in total. As an illustration, OROP Table No. 7 contains 22 columns of revised pension amounts for the following ranks: Sepoy, Hony Naik, Hony Naik, Hony Naik (TS), Hony Havildar, Havildar, Havildar Naib Sub, Artificer III-I (Navy), Naib Subedar, Subedar, Subedar Major, Hony Lieutenant, Hony Captain, and NCs(E) and equivalent ranks. To find out their exact new pension, all retirees from the armed forces and their families are awaiting the PCDA or CGDA OROP pension modification tables.