Chandigarh: The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has issued a notification for the grant of revised pension, based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, to retired armed forces personnel.

According to the orders issued on Friday, the government has granted a fitment of 2.57 on the pension drawn by pensioners as on December 31, 2015, which includes configuration of one rank, one pension (OROP) drawn on the said date. Two options have been given to calculate the new pension. However, the rates of disability pension have been drastically reduced as the “slab system” which was prevalent prior to the Sixth Pay Commission has been adopted again. Consequently, defence disability pensioners are now at a disadvantage as compared to civil disability pensioners. TNS