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Members of United Front of Ex-servicemen during their indefinite hunger strike over non-implementation of One Rank One Pension at Jantar Mantar, Delhi. A final decision on the agitation will be taken on August 15 as the ex-servicemen hope an announcement may be made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on that day, he said. With OROP, retired personnel would draw the same pension as officers and soldiers of the same rank who are retiring now. The OROP will benefit 25 lakh ex-servicemen. It is expected to cost the government around Rs 8,500 crore. A section of the former soldiers has been staging a relay hunger strike on the issue since June 15. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The co