MoD ID No. 1(1)/2023/D (Pen/Pol) dated 18.05.2023

रक्षा मंत्रालय/ Ministry of Defence
पूर्व सैनिक कल्‍याण विभाग /Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare
रक्षा पेंशन (नीति)/D (Pension/Policy)

Room No. 220A, B-Wing,
Sena Bhawan, New Delhi-110011.

Subject: Separate table No. 8 issued with OROP letter dated 20.01.2023 for post 01.01.2016 retired JCOs/ORs who were drawing Group X pay @ Rs. 6200/- after implementation of 7th CPC recommendation – reg.

This Department has been receiving several representations of pre-01.01.2016 retirees for making them eligible for revised Group X Pay of Rs. 6200/- which was granted to post-01.01.2016 retired PBORs in implementation 7th CPC recommendation.

2. As per recommendations of the 6th CPC, groups X and Y were given a common 7th pay scale w.e.f. 01.01.2006, i.e. they are at the same notches in Pay Bands 1 and 2 and receive the same grade pay, with one distinguishing feature viz, ‘X-pay’ to those in Group X.

3. The 7th CPC vide para 6.2.88 of their Report have recommended:

• (i) X Pay for JCOs/ORs in Group X at Rs. 6200/- PM for all X trades which involve obtaining a qualification which is equivalent of a diploma recognized by AICTE. This amount is the difference in the minimum of the Pay level 6 (corresponding to Grade Pay of Rs. 4200/- in VI CPC) and Pay level 5 (corresponding to Grade Pay of Rs. 2800/- in VI CPC).
• (ii) X Pay for JCOs/ORs in Group X at Rs. 3600/- PM (standard fitment of 2.57 on the existing X pay of Rs. 1400), for those currently in X pay, but not having a technical qualification recognized by AICTE.

4. The above recommendation of the 7th CPC has been accepted by the Govt. and the X Pay of the X-Group personnel were revised accordingly, w.e.f. 01.01.2016. The recommendations of the 7th CPC are applicable to those personnel who were in service on or after 01.01.2016 and drawing pay in the revised pay scales applicable w.e.f. 01.01.2016. The recommendations of the 7 CPC are not applicable to those who have already retired from service before 01.01.2016. 

5. Hence, there are two rates of X Pay w.e.f. 01.01.2016 for X-Group Personnel and they are eligible for pension as per reckonable emoluments drawn by them at the time of retirement from service. Reckonable emoluments towards pensionary benefits includes Pay in Pay matrix, Military Service Pay and X-Group Pay & Classification Allowance, if any, drawn by the JCOs/ORs. Accordingly, the JCOs/ORs who have drawn the X Pay of Rs. 6200/- during their service are eligible for benefits of the higher rate of X-Pay in pension also. Other are eligible for lower rate of X-Pay. 

6. in the OROP revision w.e.f. 01.07.2019, the pension of all the Defence Forces pensioners/family pensioners has been re-fixed on the basis of the average of minimum and maximum pension of Defence Forces personnel retired in calendar year 2018 in the same rank with the same length of service. The scheme of two different rate of X Pay has been made operational from 01.01.2016 and the same can be applied prospectively. Hence, separates tables have been prepared for pre-01.01.2016 retirees and post-01.01.2016 retirees. Pension Table No. 7 applicable for the personnel who retired before 01.01.2016 and table No. 8 has been prepared for those who have drawn the higher rate of X Pay i.e. Rs. 6200/- w.e.f. 01.01.2016.

7. it may also be pointed out that Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated 16.03.2022 in WP(C) No. 419/2016 has observed that “It is not a legal mandate that the pensioners who held the same rank must be given the same amount of pension. The varying benefits that may be applicable to certain personnel which would also impact the pension payable need not be equalised with rest of the personnel.” Hon’ble Supreme Court has also observed that the benefit of new element in a pensionary scheme can be prospectively applied.

8. Further, Indian Ex-Servicemen Movement had filed MA No. 499/2023 in WP(C) No. 419/2016 for seeking intervention of Hon’ble Supreme Court in the matter. Hon’ble Court on 17.04.2023 has found the said MA misconceived and dismissed it accordingly in view of Hon’ble Supreme Court Judgement dated 16.03.2023.

9. It is requested that the representations received in the matter may be disposed of at your end on the basis of above mentioned facts.

(B L. Meena)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

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One Rank One Pension to the Defence Pensioners: OROP-2 Pension Table issued on 20.01.2023

No. 1(1)/2019/D (Pen/Pol)/Vol-II
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

New Delhi, Dated: 20th January 2023

To
The Chief of the Defence Staff
The Chief of the Army Staff
The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff

Subject: One Rank One Pension to the Defence Forces Pensioners.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry’s letter No. 1(1)/2019/D(Pen/Pol) dated 04.01.2023 notifying revision of pension under One Rank One Pension Scheme (OROP) with effect from 01.07.2019 to all Pre 01.07.2019 Defence Forces Pensioners/Family Pensioners. Para 3 of the letter provides that detailed instructions relating to implementation of OROP along with tables indicating revised pension for each rank and each category shall be issued separately.

2. The undersigned is now directed to say that in order to quicken the process of revision of pension/family pension, total 121 tables indicating rates of pension/family pension under OROP scheme are appended to this order. The appended tables indicate revised rates of Retiring/ Service/ Special/ Disability/ Invalid/ Liberalized Disability/ War Injury Pension including Disability/ War Injury Element and Ordinary/ Special / Liberalized Family Pension of Commissioned Officers, Honorary Commissioned Officers, JCOs/ORs and Non-Combatants (Enrolled) of Army, Navy, Air Force, Defence Speciality Corps & Territorial Army Retired / Discharged / Invalided. Out from Service/died in service or after retirement. The existing pension of all Pre- 01 .07.2019 (except pensioners entered on or after 01 .07.2014 pre-matrix retirement/own request as provided in para 4 of MoD letter No. 1 2(1)/2014/D (Pen/Pol)Part.II dated 07.11.2015 as amended vide Ministry of Defence, Department of Ex-Servicemen letter No. 12(1)/2014/D (Pen/Pol) Pan-II dated 06.06.2017) pensioners/ family pensioners shall be enhanced with reference to applicable table for the rank (and group in case of JCOs/ORs) in which pensioned with reference to the actual qualifying service as shown in Column-1 of the tables subject to maximum term of engagement front time to time. The rate of pension of pensioners/ family pensioners drawing more than the revised rate of pension/ family pension indicated in annexed tables, shall remain unchanged.

APPLICABILITY

3. The provisions of this letter shall be applicable to all pensioners/ family pensioners who had been retired/ discharged/ invalided out from service/ died in service or after retirement in the rank of Commissioned Officers, Honorary Commissioned Officers, JCOs/ORs and Non- Combatants (Enrolled) of Army, Navy, Air Force, Defence Security Corps, Teritorial Army & Ex-State Forces and are in receipt of pension/ family pension as on 01.07.2019 (except pensioners retired after previous OROP revision on pre mature retirement/own request).

3.1 The provisions of this letter, however, do not apply to UK/ HKSRA/ KCIO pensioners, Pakistan & Burma Army pensioners, Reservist pensioners and pensioners in receipt of Ex-gratia payments and pensioners retired after previous OROP revision on pre-mature retirement/own request (as provided in para 4 of MoD letter dated 07.11.2015).

METHODOLOGY FOR IMPLEMENTATION

4. It is provided in para-2.6 of MoD letter dated 04.01.2023 that the pensioners retired on or after 01.07.2014 on premature retirement/own request are not eligible for benefits of OROP. The information regarding premature retirement/own request is not available in the Pension Payment Order (PPO). Hence, table-based revision by PDA in such cases is not feasible.

4.1 Therefore, it is decided that the pension of all pensioners retired/discharged on or after 01.07.2014 and before 01.0.7.2019) will be 7fy/6f/fC/f/6 High corrigendum PPO. Since most of the data of pensioners/family pensioners have been migrated in SPARSH application, therefore, revision of pension of migrated pensioners/family pensioners wil1 be done through SPARSH application only. The corrigendum PPO in the case of remaining pensioners retired/discharged on or after 01.07.2014 and before 01.07.2019 will be issued by Pension Sanctioning Authorities in affected cases, so-moto (where rates of pension under these orders are beneficial than the rates of their pension as on 01.07.2019).

4.2 In all other cases i.e pensioners retired/discharged rip to 10.06.2014, invalided out prior to 01.07.2019 and family pensioners, this revision will be implemented based on the pension tables as appended with this order. All Pension Disbursing Agencies (PDAs) hand high disbursement of pension to Defence pensioners are hereby authorized to carry out revision of Retiring/ Service/ Special/ Disability/ invalid/ Liberalized Disability/ War Injury Pension including Disability/ War Injury Element and Ordinary/ Special/ Liberalized Family Pension of all, such pre-01.07.2019 pensioners/family pensioners drawing pension as on 01.07.2019 in terms of this order with applicable rates of dearness relief without calling for any applications from the pensioners and without any further authorization from the Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned.

4.3 The revised rates of pension under this letter are average of in minimum & maximum rate of pension for a rank and a qualifying service of live data of 2018 retirees. Wherever, the rates of higher qualifying service of a rank are lower than rates of lower qualifying service in sane rank or data is/are blank for higher qualifying service then the same have been protected by higher rate of lower qualifying service, due to this, many rates in same column appears equal. Similarly, wherever the revised rate of pension under this order are lower in higher rank than rate in lower rank in same qualifying service then the same have been protected with higher rates of pension in lower rank in same qualifying service resulting similar rate in some qualifying service in two adjacent columns.

5. Where the revised pension as on 01.07.2019 worked out in terms of this letter, happens to be less than the existing pension/ family pension as on 01.07.2019, the pension shall not be revised to the disadvantage of the pensioner/ family pensioner.

6. Arrears on account of revision of pension front 01.07.2019 till date of its implementation shall be paid by the Pension Disbursing Agencies in four half yearly installments. However, all the family pensioners including those in receipt of Special/Liberalized family pension and all Gallantry award winners shall be paid arrears in one installment.

7. The initial Pension Payment Order (PPO) or its Corrigendum PPO (Corr PPO) indicates rank, group and qualifying service for which the individual has been pensioned. This information is available with Pension Disbursing Agencies as they have revised pension of all such pensioners in the recent past in terms of Government orders issued for implementation of recommendations of 7th CPC. Hence, however, any information regarding qualifying service, rank, group etc., is not available with Pension Disbursing Agencies, such cases may be referred to Pension Sanctioning Authority concerned on the Piofollra enclosed as Annexure A. The Pension Sanctioning Authorities concerned will provide the requisite information from the available records within 15 days of the receipt of request from the Pension Disbursing Agencies.

8. In case of any doubt relating to revision of pension in terms of this letter, Pension Disbursing Agencies way immediately take tip the matter with Nodal Officers of respective PSAs, details of which shall be notified by Pr. CDA (P), Prayagraj in their implementation instructions.

9. The revised rates of pension under this letter shall be basic pension from 01.07.2019 and therefore, additional pension as applicable to the old age pensioners/family pensioners on attaining the relevant age (80 years and above) shall also be enhanced by the PDAs from 01.07.2019 or the date from which the pensioner attains the age of 80 years or more, whichever is later.

PAYMENT OF LIFE TIME ARREARS (LTA)

10. If a pensioner to whom the benefit accrues under the provisions of this letter has died/dies before receiving the payment of arrears, the Life Time Arrears of pension (LTA) shall be paid in the following manner .-

• a) If the claimant is already in receipt of Family Pension or happens to be the pensioner in whose favour Family Pension already stands notified and the awardees has hot become ineligible for any reason, the LTA under the provisions of this letter should be paid to such a claimant by the PDA on their own.
• b) If the claimant has already received LTA in the past in respect of the deceased to whom the benefit would have accrued, the LTA under the provisions of this letter should also be paid to such a claimant by the PDA on their own.
• c) If the claimant is a person other than the one mentioned at 10(a) & 10(b) above, payment of LTA shall be made to the legal his /hers as per extant Government orders.

11. The following elements shall continue to be paid as separate elements in addition to the pension revised under this order .-

• i) Monetary allowance attached to gallantry awards viz. Param Vir Chakra, Ashok Chakra etc.
• ii) Constant Attendance Allowance, where admissible.
• iii) Dearness relief as sanctioned by the Government from time to time.

MISCELLANEOUS INSTRUCTIONS

12. No arrears on account of revision of pension/family pension shall be admissible for the period prior to 01.07.2019.

13. No commutation of pension Small be admissible on revised/additional amount of pension accruing as a result of revision of pension under this letter. However, the existing amount of pension, if any, that has been commuted will continue to be deducted from the revised pension.

14. As a result of this letter, there will be no change in the amount of gratuity already determined and paid with reference to the rules in force at the time of retire/discharge/invalidment/death.

15. Any overpayment of pension coming to the notice or under process of recovery shall be adjusted in full by the Pension Disbursing Agencies against arrears becoming due on revision of pension on the basis of this order.

METHODOLOGY FOR REPORTING

16. An intimation regarding disbursement of revised pension shall be furnished by the Pension Disbursing Agencies to the office of the Pr. CDA(P), Prayagraj in the format prescribed as Annexure-B to this letter in the following month in which revision takes place. PDAs shall also ensure that an intimation regarding revision of pension is invariably conveyed to the pensioners concerned for their information ii respective of the fact that the same is beneficial to them or not. The Public Sector Banks disbursing defence pensions through Central Pension Processing Centers (CPPC), the progress report shall be furnished by the CPPC of the bank directly to the office of Pr. CDA (Pensions) Prayagraj through electronic sections.

17. All other terms and conditions which are not affected by this order shall remain unchanged.

18. This issues with concurrence of Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No10(01)/2019/Fin/Pen dated 16.01.2023

19. Hindi version will follow.

(B L Meena)
Under Secretary to the Govt. of India

Index of Tables in Appendix to MOD Letter No. 1(1)/2019/D (pen/Pol)/Vol-II dated 20th January 2023.

SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION

ENHANCED RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION

NORMAL RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION

SPECIAL DEPENDENT FAMILY PENSION /2ND LIFE AWARD OF SPECIAL FAMILY PENSION

LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION

LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION TO CHILD/CHILDREN

LIBERALISED DEPENDENT PENSION/ 2ND LIFE AWARD OF LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION(RATES FOR BOTH PARENTS)

LIBERALISED DEPENDENT PENSION/ 2ND LIFE AWARD OF LIBERALISED FAMILY PENSION(RATES FOR SINGLE PARENTS)

DISABILITY ELEMENT OF DISABILITY PENSION

WAR INJURY ELEMENT OF WAR INJURY PENSION (DISCHARGE ON ATTENDING PRESCRIBED AGE OF RETIREMENT FOR ICOS AND ON COMPLETION OF TERM OF ENGAGEMENT FOR JCOS/ORS

WAR INJURY ELEMENT (INVALIDED OUT)

PRE 01.06.1953 DISCHARGED PERSONNEL

The rates of Ordinary Family Pension, Special Family Pension, 2n  Life Award of SFP, Liberalized Family Pension, 2nd Life Award of LFP, Disability/Liberalized Disability Element for 100% Disability, War Injury Element for 100%Disability (Invalid out cases) meant for Post-53 retirees JCOs/ORs of Regular Army of Group “Y” may be allowed to the families of Pre-1953 retirees as per OROP Revision w.e.f. 01.07.2019.

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No.1(8)/2015/D (Pen/Pol)
Government Of India
Ministry Of Defence
Department of Ex-servicemen Welfare

New Delhi, Dated 1st August 2016

To

The chief of the Army Staff
The chief of the Naval staff
The chief of the Air Staff

Subject: Implementation of the Government decision on the recommendations of the cabinet secretary’s Committee- Revision of Pension in Respect of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) Discharged prior to 01.01.2006.

Sir

Tables attached to this Ministry’s letter Nos.1(13)/2012/D (Pen/Policy) dated 17.01.2013 and No.PC 10(1)/2009-d (Pen/Pol) dated 08.03.2010 are amended as follows:

1. In the Table No.59 and 60 of GoI MoD letter No.PC 10(1)/2009-D (Pen/pol) dated 08.03.2010, following additions shall be made in column No.(S) indicated below:

2. similarly, in Table No.10 of GoI MoD letter No.1(13)/2012/d(Pen/Policy) dated 17.01.2013, following additions shall be made in column No.(s) indicated below:

3. All other terms and conditions shall remain unchanged

4. The above amendments shall take effect from date of implementation of their respective orders. Arrears in affected cases shall be released by pension Disbursing Agencies.

5. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Division of this Ministry vide their UO No.10(14)/2015/fin/Pen dated 22-07-2016.

Hindi version will follow.

Yours faithfully

(Manoj Sinha)
Under Secretary to the Government Of India

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Implementation of One Rank One Pension

The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its ex-post facto approval for implementation of One Rank One Pension (OROP). The details are as follows:

1. The benefit will be given with effect from 1st July, 2014.

2. Pension will be re-fixed for pre 1.7.2014 pensioners retiring in the same rank and with the same length of service as the average of minimum and maximum pension drawn by the retirees in the year 2013. Those drawing pensions above the average will be protected.

3. The benefit would also be extended to family pensioners including war widows and disabled pensioners.

4. Personnel who opt to get discharged henceforth on their own request under Rule 13(3) 1(i)(b), 13(3) 1(iv) or Rule 16B of the Army Rule. 1954 or equivalent Navy or Air Force Rules will not be entitled to the benefits of OROP. It will be effective prospectively.

5. Arrears will be paid in four half-yearly instalments. However, all the family pensioners including those in receipt of Special/Liberalized family pension and Gallantry award winners shall be paid arrears in one instalment.

6. In future, the pension would be re-fixed every 5 year.

7. Constitution of Judicial Committee headed by Justice L. Narasimha Reddy, Retd. Chief Justice of Patna High Court on 14.12.2015 which will give its report in six months on the references made by the Government of India.

The implementation of OROP will result in enhanced pension for the pensioners/family pensioners of Defence Forces. The setting up of the Judicial Committee headed by Justice L. Narasimha Reddy will help in the removal of anomalies that may arise in the implementation of OROP order dated 7.11.2015.

Financial implications on account of grant of OROP including Pre-Matured Retirees (PMR) cases would be Rs. 10925.11 crore for payment of arrears and annual financial implication would be Rs. 7488.7 crore. Till 31st March, 2016, 15.91 lakh pensioners have been given the first instalment of OROP, which amounts to Rs. 2,861 crore. Information is being gathered for processing on priority basis, the cases of 1.15 lakh pensioners after filling in the gaps of information such as the length of service being assessed, etc.

Source: PIB

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Implementation of OROP

Dear Veterans,

Government vide notifications dated 07 Nov 15 and 03 Feb 16 has promulgated the orders along with revised pensions under the OROP scheme. The detailed modalities have also been promulgated vide PCDA (Pensions) , Allahabad circular no 555 dated 04 Feb 16.

During a meeting chaired by Secretary/ Dept of Ex-Servicemen Welfare, the salient irregularities on OROP tables (noted on preliminary examination) were highlighted by the Services and the representatives of the recognised veterans associations. Accordingly, Pension Disbursing Authorities (PDAs) have been instructed to credit the revised pensions by 31 Mar 16, post verification of the pensioner through “Bio metric attendance System” using Aadhaar card, physical attendance at the bank, or attendance using http://www.jeevanpramaan.gov.in, where applicable.

In addition, it is also requested that veterans may confirm with their PDAs that their respective PPOs are complete in all respects. In case any data is incomplete, the same may be informed to Naval Pension Office (NAVPEN) so as to enable the concerned authorities to initiate suitable action for updating the PPOs.

The information of Govt notification on OROP and OROP tables issued on 03 Feb 16 has been uploaded on Indian Navy website.

It is requested that this may be given wide publicity including to family pensioners

Team DESA

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