OROP is very complex, and fuming !

An article in GConnect,in says,

'" The still unresolved, OROP agitation has exacerbated the lack of trust between the military, on the one hand, and politicians and bureaucrats, on the other. In a double defeat for the government, it will pay out at least Rs 18,000-22,000 crore for a settlement, but still leave most ex-servicemen grumbling."

More on this :

ExServicemen chief says "We are going to scale up the agitation."

The government has misunderstood the nature of the OROP agitation: it is less a demand for money than an expression of outrage at being discriminated against vis-à-vis the cordially disliked IAS. 

Many veterans have told that they would accept the status quo on pensions, provided OROP benefits are also withdrawn from the IAS and IFS.

Another long-standing grievance of “non-functional upgradation”  is yet to be addressed.

Effectively this means that every central services officer makes it to top pay grades, albeit with a two-year time lag behind the IAS.

Every IAS and IFS officer anyway reaches the government’s highest grade of pay, called the “apex scale”, which brings in a salary of Rs 80,000 a month. However, 99 per cent of military officers do not make it to the apex scale. 

The IAS and IFS keep getting promoted, regardless of merit and performance.

The IAS wrangled an order after the 6th Pay Commission that officials drawing salaries in the apex scale would be automatically entitled to OROP.

The double benefit to the IAS and IFS – i.e., apex scale salaries for all, and OROP for all – is doubly infuriating to the military (and others in other depts._

Yes,  OROP is very very complex, and getting more complex. But, our Government is not worried. Probably they  (Politicians and Bureaucrats) are waiting for the flash !