Government approves OROP revision for armed forces’ pensioners

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...

OROP: The wretched veteran’s endless mirage chase

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...

One rank, one pension: The veteran feels betrayed

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...

Government renames IDSA as “Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses”

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...

Govt raises defence budget to over Rs 3 lakh crore

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 2019-2...