One Rank One Pension (OROP), or "same pension, for same rank, for same length of service, irrespective of the date of retirement", is a longstanding demand of the Indian armed forces and veterans. The demand for pay-pension equity, which underlies the OROP concept, was provoked by the exparte decision by the Indira Gandhi-led Indian National Congress (INC) government, in 1973, two years after the historic victory in the 1971 Bangladesh war.
PM Modi Defends Agnipath Scheme, Criticizes Congress Over Lies & Propoganda| VIDEO
On the 25th anniversary of the Kargil War, PM Modi paid tribute to martyrs in Drass, Ladakh, and defended the Agnipath scheme..
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