 bill no 73 of  2017 the armed forces (one rank one pension) bill, 2017 byshri deepender singh hooda, mp a billto provide for payment of uniform pension to armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto be  it enacted by parliament in the sixty-eighth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the armed forces (one rank one pension) act, 2017(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement(3) it shall come into force on such date as the central government may, by notificationin the official gazette, appointdefinitions2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) "armed forces personnel" means the retired personnel of the military or naval or air forces of the union of india, and includes those personnel who opt for premature retirement; and(b) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act5one rank one pension3 (1) every armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same lengthof service shall be entitled to uniform pension, as may be determined by the central government, from time to time, irrespective of his date of retirement10(2) any future enhancements in the rates of pension shall be automatically passed onto the past pensioners(3) the pension referred to in sub-section (1) shall be disbursed to armed forcespersonnel by the central government through nationalised banks in such manner as may be prescribed154 the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitutea fund to be known as the armed forces personnel pension fund, for carrying out the purposes of this actconstitution of armed forces personnel pension fund power to make rules5 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesto carry out the purpose of this act2025(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid as soon as may be after it is made before each house of the state legislature while it is in session for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or successive sessions aforesaid both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under such rule statement  of  objects  and  reasonsthe emotive issue of one rank one pension to retired armed forces personnel is surrounded by a vast and tumultuous history affecting the morale of the serving armed forces personnel, be they officers or other personnel serving in other ranks the struggle of the ex-servicemen intensified since 2012 only to get a pension enhancement, packaged as one rank one pension and as, notified by the government on 7th november, 2015 this notification brought into effect a one rank one pension scheme, much different from the definition as recommended by the petitions committee of rajya sabha in 2011 and as announced by the then union government on 17 february, 2014 the need is to make way for a meaningful implementation of one rank one pension scheme and removing the anomalies existing in its present form it is high time that the struggle of veteran soldiers come to an end so that they are able to lead a dignified lifehence this billnew delhi;deepender singh hoodamarch 1, 2017 financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for the payment of uniform pension for the same rank and the same length of service to retired armed forces personnel clause 4 of the bill provides for the constitution of armed forces personnel pension fund by the central government the bill, therefore, if enacted, would involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a sum of rupees seven thousand crore will be involved as recurring expenditure per annum from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees twenty thousand crore is also likely to be involved memorandum regarding delegated legislationclause 5 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is, therefore, of a normal character———— a billto provide for payment of uniform pension to armed forces personnel retiring in the same rank with the same length of service irrespective of their date of retirement and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————