New year bonanza for armed forces

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Posted: Thursday, Jan 01, 2009 at 1359 hrs IST
Updated: Thursday, Jan 01, 2009 at 1359 hrs IST

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New Delhi: In a major New year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the Defence Ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate pay commission, which is delinked from the civilian pay panel.

In a communication to the Defence Ministry the PMO also granted the demand for placing 12,000 odd Lieutenant Colonels under equivalence in Navy and Air Force in the pay band four of the sixth central pay commission.

However, the PMO, which considered the recommendations of the ministerial committee headed by External Affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee, said that the pay band four status with a grade pay of Rs 8000 would be accorded to Lieutenant Colonels who were performing a combat role or were ready for combat.

Those Lieutenant Colonels on deputation to other services would receive the pay band four status only when they return to their parent service.

Another demand accepted by the PMO concerned the jawans, for whom the government would restore the 70 per cent pensionary weightage.

Till the government implements the sixth pay commission's recommendations for allowing retired armed forces personnel's lateral entry into paramilitary and central police forces, the 70 per cent weightage would continue.

The present PMO communication, sent to the Defence Ministry in the last week of December, however, is silent on the two other core demands of the armed forces: placing the Lieutenant Generals in the higher administrative grade plus pay scales and bringing grade pay of officers from Captains to Brigadiers on par with their civilian counterparts.

But, conceding to the Defence personnel's demand the PMO said it would set up a high powered committee to review the command and control functions, and the status of the armed forces vis-a-vis that of their civilian and paramilitary counterparts.

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» pay commision fooling Armed Forces

Posted by colonel s k mehta on 2009-01-07 15:09:52.180766+05:30
the civilian government including politicians are hand in glove to destroy the basic fabric of Armed forces, Nation must be prepared to pay a heavy price for these intentional mischiefs by BABUS, as nation can not been defended by forces with low morale. god bless my india

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» More Power to our Armed Forces

Posted by Pushpinder on 2009-01-02 03:19:44.473906+05:30
Splendid. More power and honor to over brave soliders. Whatever we can do to honor them is never sufficient.

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» New year bonanza for armed forces

Posted by Lt Col Mukesh Sharma on 2009-01-01 21:40:56.87712+05:30
Babu's have do something to create confusion/resentment. Couple of offrs on deputation that too for combat role in NSG, I hope will be taken care by the words 'COMBAT ROLE ', it is not NSG but other organisations like 22 est, Assam Rifles, SSB

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» The new year CHEET for Army???

Posted by A Nair on 2009-01-01 16:03:06.14958+05:30
The Armed Forces personnel in NSG are on deputation and as per the above Govt directive Lieutenant Colonels on deputation to NSG will not get the enhanced grade pay till they return to Army. What a grateful way to treat the Army persons who saved the nations honour on 26/11. Will the TATAs and OBROIS please compensate them since the Indian Govt is disinclined to do so?

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