'We have put our lives on the line for the country and feel cheated now'

“The pension they give us is not sufficient. I get Rs 5,500 per month. I have no family since I didn’t marry, but even then I’m struggling to make ends meet,” Naik Uday Singh Rawat (retired) tells Insiyah Vahanvaty.

Earlier in our series:

• ‘Don't call OROP stir an agitation; this is our satyagraha’
• ‘The years in service were the best days of my life... until now’
• ‘After retiring from the army, the offers you get are so demoralising’

Also read:

• The OROP saga