One Rank One Pension

Dear Veterans,

As you are aware One Rank One Pension for PBOR was announced as part of the Union Budget by the Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, in Parliament on July 6, 2009 The Defence Minister Shri A. K. Antony gave further details of the scheme in reply to a question in Lok Sabha on 13 July 2009 which is reproduced below in brackets.

STATEMENT REFERRED IT REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 126FOR ANSWER ON 13..7.2009

[[A committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary to look into the issue of One Rank One Pension and other related matters. After considering all aspects of the issue, the Committee made several recommendations to substantially improve pensionary benefits of Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) and Commissioned Officers which have been agreed to set up a separate Pay Commission for Armed Forces in future.

The Committee has recommended the following benefits to substantially improve the pension for the PBORs and Commissioned Officer:-

(i) Inclusion of Classification Allowance for PBOR from 1.1.2006.

(ii) Removal of linkage of full pension with 33 years from 1.1.2006.

(iii) Revision of Lt. General pension after carving out a separate pay scale for them.

(iv) Bringing parity between pension of pre and post 10.10.1997 PBOR pensioners and

(v) Further improving PBOR pensions based on award of GOM, 2006.

Total financial implication on account of above benefits is Rs. 2144 Crores.
Moreover, the recommendations of the Committee with regard to the broadbanding of percentage of disability / war injury pension for pre 1.1.1996 disability/war injury pensioners and removal of the cap on war injury element of pension in the case of disabled pensioners belonging to Category E have also been accepted by the Government.] ]

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Regards,
Maj (Dr) T C Rao (Retd)
Tel :- 0124-4557000 (100 Lines)