Thursday, May 8, 2008

Armed Forces pay scales may be delinked

Indian Army personnel proudly pose with Indian tricolour hoisted on Gin Hill in the Drass sector of Kargil. Temperatures fall below 40 Celsius. Can the pay scales cheer their spirits?

The demand for delinking pay scales, raised by armed forces and lawmakers, ''will be looked into,'' Minister of State for Defence M M Pallam Raju said replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in Rajya Sabha.

After the submission of Sixth Pay Commission report, Defence Minister A K Antony has pressed for re- examining the scales particularly for non- select rank officers (captain, major and lieutenant generals) and soldiers, the minister said.

MM Raju Minister of State for Defence said the issue of giving women Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSC) a permanent employment was also under consideration.

Full article: Armed Forces pay scales may be delinked

Comments: The non- select Officers are Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel and not Lieutenant Generals. The error in the article is obvious. Women SSC Officers deserve to be granted permanent commission like their counterparts to enable them get pension benefits. One firmly hopes that delinking of Armed Forces pay scales becomes a reality and not a gimmick to be high jacked by other lobbyists.
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