WHY WE DEMAND OROP ?

WHY WE DEMAND ONE RANK ONE PENSION ?

OROP ESSENTIALLY APPLICABLE TO THE DEFENCE SERVICES DUE TO

Extremely severe conditions, extreme job expectations including supreme sacrifice, surrender of fundamental rights, forcible early retirement at his prime age of 35 viz the key role played by the Armed Forces in upholding the democratic values of the country and safe guarding the soverignity  and integrity of the country make it a unique organization uncomparable with any other profession.  Any tinkering with the ethos and morale of the Armed Forces would be at the country’s peril. A soldier’s life is particularly influenced by his service conditions listed below:-         
                                               

            (a)  Surrender of fundamental rights.

            (b)  Accept even death as a professional hazard.

(c)  Live under extremely adverse physical and mental conditions during most part of service life.

(d)  Ignore even the hardships their families undergo, treating those as part of the sacrifice they are called upon to make.

(e) Pass promotion examinations and attend courses of instruction in which non performance can effect ones career.

(f)  Maintain his physical fitness and clear selection boards at every rank from Jawan to Lt Gen to meet the requirements of a pyramidcal organization.  Only less than 1 percent reach the appointment of Hav major, and rank of Sub Maj and Lt Gen, amongst Other Ranks, JCOs and Officers respectively.   While 100 percent of direct entrants in IAS and IFS reach the rank of Addl Secy and above.

(g) Retire much earlier than the age of superannuation, as opposed to other Government employees and with no assurance of a second career.   A jawan retires between 35-38 yrs.  JCOs 42-48 yrs and an officer between 52-60 yrs (bulk of them at 54 yrs as only 15 percent hold the  rank of Brigadier and above).

            (h)  24 x 7 duly schedule.  There is no system of overtime compensation.

(j) SERVICE CONDITIONS OF PRE AND POST 6^TH PAY COMMISSION RETIREE DEFENCE PERSONNEL

·         Had their sacrifices been less than the sacrifices made by soldiers who are retiring today?  

·         Was their life less important than the one's retiring or serving today?

·         Were they lesser citizens of  Mother India than the one's retiring today? 

·         Were their families lesser citizens of Mother India than the families of the one’s are retiring today?  

·         Did those soldiers and heroes faced softer bullets than the one's facing today?  

·         Did they live in better conditions than the one's living today?  

·         Did they serve Mother India less than the one's serving today?

 

·         If the answer to the above is NO, then why their pension is not the same as the ones retiring today since pension is a deferred wage for the job previously done.

                                                                       Contained in a Memorandum submitted by IESM

Maj.Gen.(Retd)Satbir Singh S.M.

Vice Chairman. IESM