Tuesday, July 15, 2008

PM might step in on military pay hike


Monday, July 14, 2008 (New Delhi)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh might have to step in to ensure central government employees get what the Sixth Pay Commission promised them, that's because two key government departments are at loggerheads over the proposed pay hike.

Central government employees may have to wait a little longer to get an enhanced pay package. Differences between the finance and defence ministries over giving better salaries to the armed forces has delayed the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission's report.

Defence Minister AK Antony is now fighting a battle he perhaps never expected to, his opponents, babus in the finance ministry. Now Antony may be forced to call in the prime minister to get a pay hike for the armed forces.

The minister is pushing for a 15 per cent special allowance to all men in uniform plus a four per cent assured annual increment and an additional military service pay of Rs 2,000 for jawans.

But NDTV has learnt that the finance ministry is fiercely resisting these proposals, that will cost the government around Rs 4,000 crore annually.

Read: Manmohan might step in on pay hike

Question: Are Secretaries running the ministries or the Ministers? The bunch of bureaucrats working in tandem holding the Nation to ransom! The problem will be resolved if the Minister's portfolio's are interchanged. This exercise alone will confirm or belie our worst fears that "Bureaucracy has usurped the Nation".

Govt Fails To Mollify Armed Forces Over Pay Hike
With anger simmering in the rank and file of armed forces over pay commission, the three chiefs of course do not want to be accused of “a sell-out” by the men they command. In the end, however, there is grudging acceptance that once presented with a fait accompli by the government, the armed forces will have to like it or lump it. “We are a highly-disciplined force. We cannot take to the streets like our civilian counterparts. But, pay commission after pay commission, the forces always end up being short-changed by the bureaucracy,” said a Colonel.
Read: Govt Fails To Mollify Armed Forces Over Pay Hike

Indian officers quit army over generals pay hikes
LOWER level Indian army officers have begun submitting their resignations after generals won higher pay hikes in a move that threatens the military's combat readiness, officials said.
Read: Indian officers quit army over generals pay hikes
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