So far 2,06,024 pensioners have submitted DLCs.
The government on Monday announced that it has credited revised pensionary benefits along with arrears under One Rank-One Pension scheme to more than 2 lakh pensioners drawing service and disability pensions.
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said most of the rest will get their new pension by Holi.
The capital outlay to cover the modernisation programmes have got a hike of 10.05 per cent.
The delay in receiving the revised pension was due to problems in calculation at his bank's end.
'We all expected Modi with the majority to tame the bureaucracy, but it is the bureaucracy that tamed him.'
'These ladies have sacrificed their husbands so that you can celebrate your birthday parties and anniversaries.' 'It is your moral duty to treat them right and with respect.' 'When they visit a bank or a hospital, they should not be made to stand in queue, but treated like Presidents or prime ministers.'
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