In Supreme Court, Centre Points To P Chidambaram's 2014 Speech On OROP
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The centre's reply in the Supreme Court comes days after the court questioned discrepancies between parliamentary discussion on OROP in 2014 versus the actual policy in 2015
The centre has blamed discrepancies in the "One Rank One Pension" policy on former Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who it said made a statement in parliament in 2014 on OROP without any recommendation by the then Union cabinet.
The centre's reply in the Supreme Court comes days after the court questioned discrepancies between parliamentary discussion on OROP in 2014 versus the actual policy in 2015.
OROP is short for "One Rank One Pension", which aims pension uniformity for armed forces personnel retiring at the same rank with the same length of service.
"The statement on in-principle approval of OROP for defence services was made by then Finance Minister P Chidambaram on February 17, 2014, without any recommendation by the then Union cabinet," the centre said in its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today.
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