General Rawat appeals veterans to call off OROP protest
Newly appointed Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Tuesday appealed army veterans to call off their protest over the One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme. "The government is...trying to give our veterans full assistance," he added. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, earlier in the day, asserted that 99% eligible cases under OROP will be settled by January 2017.