<div>Protesting ex-servicemen on Saturday said they were not "fully satisfied" with the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme announced by the government as all of their demands had not been met.<br /><br />"Though we welcome the implementation of the OROP by the government, we are not fully satisfied as they have not accepted the six points demanded by the ex-servicemen," Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd), who has been spearheading the campaign for OROP, told the media at Jantar Mantar shortly after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced the scheme would be implemented.<br /><br />He said a decision on the furture course of their agitation would be taken later in the evening.<br /><br />"The defence minister had said that personnel opting for voluntary retirement would not be given the benefit of OROP. If they do not get then it is a big blow to our defence forces as more than 40 percent of servicemen opt for premature retirement," he said.<br /><br />Another bone of contention was the one-member equalization committee which is supposed to submit its report within six months.<br /><br />"We had told him clearly that if you are making a committee then it should be a five-member committee which would have three ex-servicemen as members and one serving member from the defence services. The fifth member should be recommended by the central government," he said.</div>
<div>Protesting ex-servicemen on Saturday said they were not "fully satisfied" with the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme announced by the government as all of their demands had not been met.<br /><br />"Though we welcome the implementation of the OROP by the government, we are not fully satisfied as they have not accepted the six points demanded by the ex-servicemen," Maj. Gen. Satbir Singh (retd), who has been spearheading the campaign for OROP, told the media at Jantar Mantar shortly after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar announced the scheme would be implemented.<br /><br />He said a decision on the furture course of their agitation would be taken later in the evening.<br /><br />"The defence minister had said that personnel opting for voluntary retirement would not be given the benefit of OROP. If they do not get then it is a big blow to our defence forces as more than 40 percent of servicemen opt for premature retirement," he said.<br /><br />Another bone of contention was the one-member equalization committee which is supposed to submit its report within six months.<br /><br />"We had told him clearly that if you are making a committee then it should be a five-member committee which would have three ex-servicemen as members and one serving member from the defence services. The fifth member should be recommended by the central government," he said.</div>