India, Sept. 30 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
Under the aegis of the Director General Medical Services (Army), the Medical Personnel Record Section Officers [MPRS(O)] undertook an initiative to resolve pension anomalies affecting veterans, spouses and next of kin of officers from the Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Services. As part of this effort, more than Rs.18 crore in pending-pension arrears have been disbursed with substantial increase in monthly pensions.
The initiative has addressed overdue cases related to Liberalized Family Pension (LFP), Special Family Pension (SFP), monetary rewards for Gallantry awards, and One Rank One Pension (OROP) revisions. Veterans, widows and family members...