OROP payout made to 13 lakh pensioners: Parrikar
As many as 13 lakh ex-servicemen have been paid the One Rank One Pension (OROP) arrears amounting to ₹2,300 crore by the government, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar. The remaining pensioners will get their arrears by mid-April, he added. The amount was released through Defence Pension Disbursing Offices (DPDOs), the State Bank of India and the Punjab National Bank. 