Nitin Gokhale
Monday, December 22, 2008, (New Delhi)
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cleared another military pay hike, top government sources told NDTV on Monday.
However, it is only a half measure since a crucial demand of parity with civilian counterparts has been rejected.
As per the new provisions, officers of the Lieutenant Colonel rank will now get Rs 10,000 more than the present salary per month. The three star officers will be at par with the Director Generals of Police.
It also makes provisions for retiring jawans to continue to get pension equivalent to 70 per cent of their the last salary.
In October, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee had said that he had discussed the matter with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Defence Minister A K Antony.
A ministerial committee, headed by Mukherjee, was set up to look into the armed forces' grievance about pay "anomalies".
The committee, which also included Antony and Chidambaram, was set up by the Prime Minister on September 25 in the wake of deep resentment in the armed forces, who complained that there were "anomalies" in the sixth pay commission recommendations and that it had lowered the status of their officers.
After the government notification was issued on August 29, the issues of "anomalies" in the pay for officers was first raised by Air chief Fali Homi Major in his letter in his capacity as acting Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC).
Chiefs of Navy and Army too have been voicing their resentment.
PM clears military pay hike: NDTV
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