page_title: Indian Ex Servicemen Movement
section_title: Returning of medals
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Ex Servicemen Movement / Returning of medals
caption_attribution_description: English: “Unfortunately, the recently issued notification on the OROP gives nothing but a truncated deal and cannot be called OROP either in letter or spirit,” the memorandum to the PM read. (HT Photo)
context_page_description: Indian Ex Servicemen Movement is a "All India Federation of Ex Servicemen's organizations" and individual veterans of the Indian Army, Navy and Air Force. IESM was established in August 2008, in the wake of the UPA Government decision to implement Sixth Central Pay Commission, which depressed military pays and pensions, and ranks, relative to civilian Government employees, especially in the Ministry of Defence and Police led security services. It has been at forefront in identifying, and advocating veteran causes, principally issues affecting veteran honor and izzat, and the implementation of One Rank One pension for the armed Forces of India. Its founder member is Lt Colonel Inderjit Singh, former Commanding Officer 14 Grenadiers, who retired from the army in 1978.
context_section_description: Military veterans returned their war and other medals at various places in Haryana and Punjab on Tuesday to register their protest against the "diluted" notification of the One Rank One Pension scheme. In Panchkula near Chandigarh, the veterans along with the founder of Hunger Strike Lt Colonel MBS Ahluwalia (retd) returned their medals to the Panchkula deputy commissioner to protest against the OROP notification issued by the central government. There were reports of veterans returning their medals in Jalandhar, Amritsar, Patiala in Punjab and Rohtak, Hisar and Ambala in Haryana. The veterans said that they had rejected the OROP notified by the Narendra Modi government. The defence veterans said that they will observe a ‘Black Diwali’ this time to protest against the Modi government going back on its assurances.
caption: "Unfortunately, the recently issued notification on the OROP gives nothing but a truncated deal and cannot be called OROP either in letter or spirit," the memorandum to the PM read. (HT Photo)
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