This Site was created in 2008 as Signals Family, it is now fully dedicated to the Veterans of the Indian Army, Navy and IAF to guide and help them in managing their Post-Retirement phase. Its a Mega-Store of verified updates on our concerns (Original URL has to Stay). Its my payback to the Community makes me Happy to help my fellow Veterans (सेवा परमो धर्मो) *Brig Narinder Dhand (Veteran)*.
In this section our aim is introduce our Signallers who have made the Corps proud by their acts of unmatched bravery, Courage and Extra Ordinary Achievements. This post includes the following articles:-
1. The article compiled by Lt Col HS Bhandari (Veteran) and publishes in The SIGNALMAN Feb 2011 issue.
The implementation instructions have also been issues within 24 hrs of the issue of the MOD (DESW) Letter of 03 Feb 2016 vide PCDA(P) Circular Number 555 dated 04 Feb2016 to the Banks and other Pension Disbursement Agencies (PDAs). The Circular can be viewed / downloaded from their web site by opening the URL as under :- http://www.pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-555.pdf
The circular also has the MOD letter as an attachment to it. The circular gives comprehensive instructions to the PDAs to check the rank groups qualifying service of the pensioners from their PPOs and then pay as per the relevant tables as explained there. IT HAS BEEN HOWEVER ALLEGED THAT CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH ARE NOT THERE IN THE GOVT LETTER HAVE BEEN IMPOSED BY PCDA ON ITS OWN THERE BY DENYING THE RIGHTFUL PENSION TO JCOs & ORs
The PDAs are initiating action to make OROP payments to the pensioners with necessary Dearness Relief.. No application is also required from the pensioners.
All types of Family Pension will also be revised as given in the related tables attached. Since the Family pension is related to the Retiring Pension of the Pensioners the Family pensions will be regulated as per the Qualifying Service of the Pensioner, which is a new feature from the earlier instructions given in Circular No 500. This is because earlier that was the minimum guaranteed pension were as the OROP scheme is not based on minimum guaranteed scales.
\ All Majors who had retired after 21 years of service will be paid pension of LT COL.
The arrears wef 01 Jul 2014 till date will be paid in full to all types of family pensioners and gallantry award winners where as to others it will be in four equal installments.
The retiring pension of the Pensioners who retired after 01 Jan 2006 till 30 Jun 2014 will also be regulated as per OROP scheme. However in case they are already drawing more than the pension given in the related table will continue to get the higher pension.
The PBORs will be given pension as per their maximum terms of engagements which have also been listed in the Circular No 555. The circular also includes the equivalent ranks in Navy and Air Force for easy of understanding by the PDAs. Similarly various groups have also been charted with equivalent groups in Navy and Air Force. ORs who have been granted ACP 1 or ACP ll will be paid the pension of higher rank. Note :- The tables as relevant have also been hosted in our following posts. Should any one of our readers like to ask any questions on the OROP scheme he/she should pen the same down in the comments colm. We will endeavour to reply by hosting our reply under their comments on this post. Please do give your rank and name so that we know that you are a Armed Forces Veteran even if of the lowest rank.
EXTRACTED FROM CIRCULAR
11. The provisions of this circular shall be applicable to all Pre-01.07.2014 pensioners/family
pensioners and their pension/family pension shall be stepped up with reference to rank, group
and qualifying service in which they were pensioned.
Note: -a) The officers retired on or after 1.1.1996 in the rank of Major and who have completed
21 years of service have been allowed the pay of Lt.Col. Accordingly, pension of these officers
have been revised by issue of Corr. PPOs. It is therefore, requested to revise the pension of
post-96 Army Officer with rank Major and its equivalent in the Air Force and Navy who have
completed 21 years GO TO FOLLOWING POSTS FOR DETAILED TABLES
HOW MUCH HAS YOUR PENSION BEEN ENHANCED (INCL %age) ?
The much awaited tables have since been issued as part of implementation of the OROP. The Table for Officers are placed here in this post. The tables for Medicos are also hosted for our Doctor Fellow Veterans of Pre-2006 retirees. The tables for various types of Family Pensioners can also be accessed with links at the end of this post.
The Govt letter and detailed tables can be downloaded from http://www.desw.gov.in/sites/upload_files/desw/files/pdf/2016.02.03-OROP.pdf . The letter containing tables is a large pdf file of about 15 Mb. It has 205 pages incl 101 Appces of Various tables covering all aspects of pension for officers, JCOs & ORs and their equivalent ranks.
Look for the figure under your Rank and against the Number of years of actual service i.e the QS mentioned in your PPO. (Your service more than 3 months is to be counted as half year and more than 9 months is taken as full year. The rank weigtages are not to be added since these have been catered for in the figures of the pensions shown against the QS. The same can be well noticed for higher QS years showing similar figures of pension for the number of years equal to the rank weightage)
The figure is your basic pension wef 01 July 2014. Now deduct from this your current basic pension the difference will be your hike in pension for OROP. You will get arrears in 4 installments for the period starting 01 July 2014. These are shown in the table below for full pension.
Multiply the above derived difference by Maths Constant of "40.53" (INCREASE X 40.53 = Arrears) you will get the arrears receivable up to 31 JAN 2016. Similarly the total increase monthly as of date can be calculated by multiplying the increase/difference by 2.19 which is the current DA.
KNOW AS TO HOW OROP HIKES YOUR PENSION:- The Chart below pertains to the Service pension and the Ordinary family Pension in respect of Regular Officers of the Army Navy and IAF who have completed 33 Yrs and above of service before retirement incl rank weightage. For officers, with less service detailed tables may be checked which can be opened from the links given at the end of the post. ( check rank weightages under Qualifying Service in this blog). The tables issued by the PCDA (P) cater for the rank weightages While the service in the service column QS is actual service while the pension figures are already given for the service plus rank weightage for convenience.
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS (OTHER THAN AMC/ADC/RVC) Notice the percentage increases in respect of the officer's retiring pension
Para 11 (a) of the Circular (MAJORS 21 YRS OF SERVICE)
a) The officers retired on or after 1.1.1996 in the rank of Major and who have completed
21 years of service have been allowed the pay of Lt.Col. Accordingly, pension of these officers
have been revised by issue of Corr. PPOs. It is therefore, requested to revise the pension of
post-96 Army Officer with rank Major and its equivalent in the Air Force and Navy who have
completed 21 years.
TABLE No 1 (RETIRING PENSION REGULAR OFFICERS)
PART - 1 (18 TO 25.5 Yrs OF QS)
Note - Lt Col (TS) and Lt Col (SG) are under the same Coln, PART - 2 (26 YRS TO 33 YRS AND ABOVE OF QS)
Note - Lt Col (TS) and Lt Col (SG) are under the same Coln
TABLE CIRCULAR -500. This table gives the pension of Regular Officers as applicable before the OROP for ease of comparison with your Rank and QS.
This circular can be seen at http://www.pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-500.pdf COMMISSIONED OFFICERS - AMC/ADC/RVC
TABLE 2 - This table gives the Pension of Officers from AMC / ADC and RVC as below under the OROP Scheme. The OROP pension for them for 33 Yrs of Service and above is Rs 42500/- from Lt Col to Maj Gens. There has been no increase in pension under OROP for officers of the Ranks of Lt, Capt, Maj, and Lt Gens.
The Arreas shown above are for the period from 01 Jul 2014 to 31 Jan 2016 and will be paid by the PDAs in four equal instalments.
PCDA (P)
Circular No 555 includes Table No 2, which gives detailed authorisation of OROP
Pension for the Medical Officers based on their QS (Qualifying Service as
mentioned in their PPOs). Since under Cir-24 with addition of the NPA the pensions got enhanced by 25% and now under the OROP Scheme are to be enhanced further, these can only go up to the
maximum of the Fitment Table equivalent of Notional Pay of Rs 79000/- under
PB-4 ie just below the HAG+ Scale. Therefore in most cases the pensions reachs the max of Rs 42500/- much earlier for various
ranks.
It will be seen that Lt Cols with QS of 22.5 and above, Cols and above with QS of 21.5 Yrs reach the maximum payable pension of Rs 42500/- per month.
In view of the above Lt Cols who left earlier stand to gain by getting the pension of a Lt Gen.
The method for calculations of hike and the arrears is same as mentioned above
There is no increase for the ranks as mentioned above at full service, however with lesser QS, there are increases under the OROP Scheme which can be seen.
The Arrears shown above are for the period from 01 Jul 2014 to 31 Jan 2016. These arrears will be paid to the Family Pensioners in one go.
TABLE CIRCULAR -24. This table gives the revised pension of the Medicos, NPA included for comparison with the OROP table above for services less than 33 Yrs .
This circular is available on PCDA (P)'s web site and can be viewed at --- http://www.pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-24.pdf
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CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW TO OPEN OTHER RELATED TABLES FOR OFFICERS INCL MEDICOS.
YOUR COMMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THIS POST Dear Veterans, 1. We at Signals-Family Portal are ordinary people in various matters concerning serving and Retired Govt Personnel, as such, do heavily bank upon inputs from our readers. Kindly do add, comment and give your observations on this or any other post aimed at improving the posted contents for the benefit of the veterans community. 2. Kindly post these under the comments, we will much appreciate your contribution in this regard. 3. In order to avoid spam and unwarranted or mischievous posts, only such entries will get published where the Person has given his RANK, NAME @ EMAIL ID at the end of his/her text. 4. We will do our best to post our response as quickly as possible after getting the facts vetted from offrs, JCOs and men who are more knowledgeable on particular subject. With best wishes Sincerely yours,
OROP सरकार ने लागू कर दी है और बैंकों को पेमेंट करने के आदेश जारी हो गए हैं! *KNOW YOUR PERCENTAGE HIKE* आप को कई लोग आज अपना उल्लू सीधा करने के लिए गुमराह कर रहें हैं ! आप अपने आप विचार करें! OROP से जो के past और present रिटायर्ड पेर्सोंनेल्स की पेंशन में फरक था उसको तक़रीबन ख़तम किआ गिया है! यह कोई जिआदा पेंशन देने का मुद्दा नहीं था और ना ही है ! आप अपने आप इसको चेक करें अपने साथ वालों से जो PRE-06 और POST-06 के रिटायर हुए है और उतनी बराबर सर्विस , रैंक वा ग्रुप वालों की पेंशन तक़रीबन बराबर बनती है या नहीं! अगर नहीं है तो कुछ बात है जिस के लिए संघर्ष जारी रखना होगा ! जैसा के आप को मालूम होगा JCOs & ORs की पेंशन 01 जुलाई ** आगे पढ़ने के लिए नीचे क्लिक करें ** 2009 को बढ़ाई गयी थी ! उस समय यह पेंशन "MODIFIED PARITY" यानि के पुरानी पेंशन को तकरीबन POST-2006 रिटायर होने वाले PBORs के बराबर कर दी गयी थी ! आप ने देखा होगा के जो लोग JAN 2006 के बाद रिटायर हुए थे उनकी पेंशन और आपकी पेंशन में कोई खास फर्क जुलाई २००९ से नहीं रहा था ! इसे आप नीचे दी हुई example से देखे और विचार करे ! यह फार्मूला ऑफिसर्स के लिए लागू नहीं किआ गिया था इस के कारन उनकी पेंशन पोस्ट -2006 के रिटायर होने वाले ऑफिसर्स से बहुत ही कम थी जिसकी पूर्ती OROP से कुछ हद तक हो रही है! अब OROP आने से जनवरी 2006 से पाहिले और बाद वाले रिटायर होने वाले लोगों की पेंशन में फर्क तक़रीबन तक़रीबन मिटा दिया गिया है! अगर कुछ है भी तो बहुत ही थोडा है और एवरेज लेने के कारन है और सिर्फ नाम मात्र ही है! आगे पढ़ने पर आप को टेबल्स और बाकी की डिटेल्स मिल जाएँगी ! अगर आप का कोई सवाल हो तो COMMENTS (कमेंट्स) में लिख दें हम कोशिस करेंगे आप का जवाब देने को! आप अपना रैंक जरुर नाम के साथ लिखें ता के हम आपको ठीक तरह एड्रेस कर सकें!
EXAMPLE --
सर्कुलर नो 430 में जो पेंशन दिखाए है वोह 50%
of Notional Pay जिओ के उस रैंक और ग्रुप की के maximum pay scale है ! नीचे टेबल में maximum पे स्केल दी गई हैं . .
RANK
X Gp
Y Gp
Sepoy
Rs 14,050
Rs 12,000
Nk
Rs 15,060
Rs 13,150
Hav
Rs 16,710
Rs 14,290
Nb Sub
Rs 23,020
Rs 24,350
Sub
Rs 26,210
Rs 23,940
Sub Maj
Rs 26,900
Rs 24,570
आओ अब नाएक Y ग्रुप की पेंशन कैलकुलेट करें.
Nk of Gp Y जो के 15 साल की सर्विस पर रिटायर हुए उनकी पेंशन इस तरेह होगी .
:Pension : 0.5 x (13150+50) x (15+10)/33 =
Rs 4600 pm
यह फिगर Circular 430 में दिया हुआ है - Rs 4600 pm किओं के यह पहले से ही maximum स्केल पर है तो pre-2006 और पोस्ट-2006 वाले रिटायर्ड JCOs और ORs की पेंशन इस लिए जुलाई २००९ जब यह सर्कुलर लागू हुआ है से कोई खास फरक नहीं बचा है.! CIRCULAR 501 - जो के 24 SEP 2012 से लागू हुआ है उसमे maximum पेंशन को ३३ साल से ३२ साल कर दिया गिया है. अब आप ऊपर वाली EXAMPLE को कैलकुलेट करें तो पेंशन 4600 से 5156 बनती है जो के इस सर्कुलर में दी गई है.
Let us look at the increase in pension with the OROP Scheme by comparing the Pensions which were fixed as on 1-1-2006 when Recommendations of 6th CPC were implemented with effect, with the scales of OROP. The chart below shows the increase in pension and the Percentage increase.
It will be noticed that the Other Ranks have been awarded with above 40% increase while JCOs with above 20% from their pensions as on 01 Jan 2006. Their pensions were increased and brought at modified parity with post -2006 retirees twice on 01 Jul 2009 and 24 Sep 2012. This had been done only for the JCOs and ORs and not for the officers.
The much awaited Tables giving OROP pension have been issued by the MOD. All related tables generally meant for the PBORs and various types of Family Pensioners are given at the end of this post for convenience.
The Govt letter with detailed tables can be downloaded from http://www.desw.gov.in/sites/upload_files/desw/files/pdf/2016.02.03-OROP.pdf .
The letter and the tables is a large pdf file of about 15 Mb. It has 195 pages incl 101 Appces of Various tables covering all aspects of pensions for the Armed forces. Table No 7 as given in the said Govt letter in respect of PBORs has been hosted below in this post and all other tables can also be accessed.
You can look for the figure under your Rank and against the Number of years of actual service i.e the QS mentioned in your PPO. Your service more than 3 months is to be counted as half year and less than 3 months is ignored.
This is your basic pension wef 01 July 2014. Now deduct from this your current basic pension the difference will be your hike in pension for OROP. You will get arrears in 4 installments for the period starting 01 July 2014.
Multiply the above derived difference by Maths Constant of "40.53" (INCREASE X 40.53 = Arrears) you will get the arrears receivable up to 31 Jan 2016. Similarly the total increase monthly as of date can be calculated by multiplying the increase/difference by 2.19.
OROP - COMPARITIVE TABLE - JCOs, ORs & HONY LT & CAPTs इस टेबल में रैंक के आगे अपनी क्वालीफाइंग सर्विस देख कर कालम 'C ' या 'F' के नीचे OROP की फिगर दी गयी है जो के आगे वाले टेबल से ली गयी है को नोट कर लें ! इस में से जो भी फिगर कलम 'D' या 'G' के नीचे है वोह आपकी अभी की बेसिक पेंशन होनी चाहिएं जो के सर्कुलर नंबर 501 से ली गयी है को माइनस (घटा दें ) कर दें . वोह आप की पेंशन में बढात (increase) है . यह कालम 'E' व 'H' में दी गई हैं ! 1. आप के अर्रेअर्स ARREARS होंगे = कालम 'E' या 'H' गुणा ( MULTIPLY) X 40.53 1 जुलाई २०१४ से 31 जनवरी 2016 तक ! Example - Havildar 'Y' Gp with 24 Yrs of Service - Arrears will be = 433X40.53=17550. 2. आप की नई -OROP- पेंशन = कालम 'C' या 'F' गुणा ( MULTIPLY) X 2.19 हर महीने ! Example - Havildar 'Y' Gp with 24 Yrs of Service - New Pension will be = 7808X2.19= 17100 per month with DA as applicable today of 119%.
GROUP 'X' GROUP 'Y'
(अगर आप को कोई गलती मिले तो नीचे कमेंट्स में लिख दें हम उसे ठीक करने की प्रतिक्रीय करेगे)
Table No 7 These are from the detailed tables as given in Govt Letter of 03 Feb 2016
NOTE :- The figures given in the tables above should be compared with the current pension you are getting as per PCDA Circular Number - 501 which can be viewed by opening the following web page :- http://www.pcdapension.nic.in/6cpc/Circular-501.pdf
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OTHER RELATED TABLES FOR JCOS & ORs AND EQUIVALENT RANKS IN NAVY AND IAF - CLICK ON THE TITLES BELOW TO OPEN
With implementation of the OROP the Qualifying Service is now a very important factor for all Pensioners and Family Pensioners. The QS as mentioned in your PPOs is to be considered by the PDAs while fixing your pension under the OROP Scheme. It is therefore important that you must check the same in your PPOs for correctness as per your Records of Service.
For convenience the QS in respect of various types of entries are explained below;-
