Media is celebrating OROP with bricks and bats !!
Yes... today there is lot many pages written about the OROP. Mostly critical of it !
Here is a cross section of such news.
THE HINDU in its Editorial ( "OROP and after" ) says about the political angle in announcing the OROP. They also attempt to seal off any others making such demands. They conclude the editorial saying : " The Govt must meanwhile remain determined to discourage any unrealistic expectations and demands that may now come up from other sectors following the OROP announcement."
Business Line, in its Editorial ( " Postponing the problem") says : "By accepting the OROP demand, the Centre has solved one problem, but created many others in the process." They conclude by saying : " it is estimated that implementing OROP is set to take pension outlay almost equal to wage outlay for the defence forces this year. This is unsustainable , unless the Centre gets serious about reducing the size of the military while focusing on modernisation, so hat the quality of defence is not compromised."
Now, some of the comments from the public :
"Periodical hikes to the pay and pension to Govt employees appear to be eating away a major chunk of revenue which is quite discomforting."
"When the service conditions provide for premature retirement voluntarily after putting in the prescribed and minimum period of service to earn a pension, it is unjustified to deny OROP to such personnel".
" A few thousand crores of what is considered a "financial burden" is a pittance when one has to maintain and operate one of the largest military forces in the world."
" The bureaucracy has to mend its attitude and treat our armed forces personnel with the respect they deserve. Imagine this, the OROP could have been solved 42 years ago."
"It is not justified that all people should bear the cess likely to be levied to pay the OROP bill"
" The Govt's decision on OROP may pave way for a number of Govt entities and undertakings to raise demands on similar lines. While it may be relatively easy to implement OROP in the Defence sector seniority is given weightage , this is not the case in other organisations."
" What about the rest ?
If one set of Govt employees get OROP, why not the others? Where would that leave the exchequer ? As much as 70% of the population continues to remain deprived of basic necessities; they are unfortunately not part of any pressure group. The demand for OROP is unsustainable"
Yes... today there is lot many pages written about the OROP. Mostly critical of it !
Here is a cross section of such news.
THE HINDU in its Editorial ( "OROP and after" ) says about the political angle in announcing the OROP. They also attempt to seal off any others making such demands. They conclude the editorial saying : " The Govt must meanwhile remain determined to discourage any unrealistic expectations and demands that may now come up from other sectors following the OROP announcement."
Business Line, in its Editorial ( " Postponing the problem") says : "By accepting the OROP demand, the Centre has solved one problem, but created many others in the process." They conclude by saying : " it is estimated that implementing OROP is set to take pension outlay almost equal to wage outlay for the defence forces this year. This is unsustainable , unless the Centre gets serious about reducing the size of the military while focusing on modernisation, so hat the quality of defence is not compromised."
Now, some of the comments from the public :
"Periodical hikes to the pay and pension to Govt employees appear to be eating away a major chunk of revenue which is quite discomforting."
"When the service conditions provide for premature retirement voluntarily after putting in the prescribed and minimum period of service to earn a pension, it is unjustified to deny OROP to such personnel".
" A few thousand crores of what is considered a "financial burden" is a pittance when one has to maintain and operate one of the largest military forces in the world."
" The bureaucracy has to mend its attitude and treat our armed forces personnel with the respect they deserve. Imagine this, the OROP could have been solved 42 years ago."
"It is not justified that all people should bear the cess likely to be levied to pay the OROP bill"
" The Govt's decision on OROP may pave way for a number of Govt entities and undertakings to raise demands on similar lines. While it may be relatively easy to implement OROP in the Defence sector seniority is given weightage , this is not the case in other organisations."
" What about the rest ?
If one set of Govt employees get OROP, why not the others? Where would that leave the exchequer ? As much as 70% of the population continues to remain deprived of basic necessities; they are unfortunately not part of any pressure group. The demand for OROP is unsustainable"
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