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Topic: OROP

Congress manifesto promises scrapping of Agnipath scheme, Parliament oversight for post of NSA

In its manifesto released Friday, Congress says it will bring in a new ‘Operational Directive’ to deal with India’s current two-front challenge, if voted to power at the Centre.

Army warns veterans against posting ‘false narratives’ on social media, says pensions could be withheld

A note issued by Army's Discipline & Vigilance branch also directs local military authority to engage with ex-servicemen through outreach programmes to take action on 'genuine complaints'.

After contempt warning by Supreme Court, defence ministry orders release of OROP arrears

All OROP arrears for ex-servicemen to be released by 15 March, ministry says. Top court took strong exception to letter seeking to extend timeline issued by it in January.

SC grants Centre time till 15 March to clear One Rank-One Pension arrears to armed forces

The apex court Monday granted liberty to ex-servicemen association to file an application, if they feel aggrieved by any action of the Centre on payment of OROP arrears.

SPARSH will make defence pension digital, but problems won’t disappear. Ask pensioners

Failure to implement revised OROP and go for SPARSH should ring alarm bells for defence minister. And it won’t be ‘minimum govt, maximum governance’.

BJP minister remark on national flag communal. Karnataka needs sanity instead of imitating UP

ThePrint view on the most important issues, instantly.

Not fair to cut defence pay, pensions and inject funds in airlines, banks

The armed forces community refused to grasp the consequences of a slowing economy. OROP was made into an emotive issue.

Manohar Parrikar had Rafale file all memorised, blamed Jaitley for delaying OROP: New book

Book titled ‘An Extraordinary Life’ also recounts Manohar Parrikar’s sleepless night when Indian troops conducted surgical strikes across the LoC in 2016.

Is India’s rising defence pension bill affecting modernisation of military? 5 myths busted

Business as usual is no longer an option. India must tackle the rising defence pension bill.

I met Manohar Parrikar last month & saluted him on behalf of soldiers whose lives he touched

Manohar Parrikar directly interacted with armed forces' veterans and their families to listen to their problems and suggestions.

On Camera

India can’t fight Trump tariffs with emotion. Smart talks, sector relief, reforms are key

India must reduce its overdependence on the US by cultivating alternative markets—concluding the EU FTA, advancing the UK deal, and exploring entry into the CPTPP, the open, rules-based bloc of Japan, Korea, and Australia.

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?