(a) whether several soldiers and families of
martyrs in the country have returned their gallantry
awards / medals to the Government;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons
therefor; and
(c) the action taken / being taken by the Government
in this regard?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE (SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU)
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
(a) to (c): Several Ex-servicemen organisations and
Ex-servicemen have been agitating since long over the demand
for One Rank One Pension (OROP). They had surrendered service
/ gallantry medals to the President of India.
Keeping in view the spirit of the demand, Committees were appointed
which substantially improved the pension of past pensioners. The
Committee appointed in 2009 to look into the issue of One Rank One
Pension and other related matters, further reduced the gap in the
pensionary benefits between pre-2006 and post-2006 PBOR retirees.
However, the Government has again constituted a Committee in July,
2012 headed by Cabinet Secretary for looking into the pay and pension
related issues of relevance to Defence service personnel and
Ex-servicemen.