Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, has approved the revision of pension armed forces’ pensione...
Veterans at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding for implementation of one rank, one pension. (File photo)The genuine demand of the veterans of the armed forces seeking one rank, one pension (OROP) has been hanging fire for a very long time. The...
Indian Army soldiers. The Indian Army, as the current service, took birth on January 26, 1950, when India became a republic. Since then, it grew in stature and is now considered one of the largest and finest armies in the world. It is a major co...
Indian Army soldiers near the line of actual control with China in Ladakh posing with the national flag.When soldiers and veterans demanded the implementation of one rank, one pension (OROP), their long outstanding genuine demand, many civilians star...
File photo of veterans protesting against the non-implementation of OROP, as it was originally defined.“One rank, one pension” or OROP has been a long and outstanding demand of the veterans of India’s three services – Arm...
New Delhi: The Government on Tuesday decided to rename 'The Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses' (IDSA) as ‘Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses’.The decision has been taken to honour the commitment a...
New Delhi: A delegation of Confederation of Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Association (COEMPFWA) met Ministers of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy and Nityanand Rai here and submitted a memorandum demanding restoration of pension scheme and 5...
Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday increased defence budget to over Rs three lakh crore for the financial year 2019-20 in the budget presented in Lok Sabha.
“Our defence budget will be crossing Rs 3,00,000 crore for the first time in ...