Hindu- Jun 25, 2009: Defence pay committee makes presentation before PM
New Delhi (IANS): A committee looking into the defence personnel's demand for pay review Thursday made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official release said.
"The committee of secretaries headed by the cabinet secretary (K.M. Chandrasekhar) on matters related to 'One Rank-One Pension' made a presentation to the prime minister. Those present were Finance Minister (Pranab Mukherjee), Defense Minister (A.K. Antony), Home Minister (P. Chidambaram) and Minister of State (Personnel) (Prithviraj Chavan)," the statement said.
The government formed the panel after many ex-servicemen returned their medals to protest against the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations and the rejection of their 'one rank one pension' demand.
Defence pay committee makes presentation before PM
Express news service Posted: Friday , Jun 26, 2009 at 0424 hrs IST A High-powered Committee of Secretaries looking into the One Rank-One Pension demand put forward by ex-servicemen on Thursday presented a concept of ‘modified parity’ to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
In a meeting with the PM, the committee suggested that a new concept of modified parity be drawn up which would ensure that ex-servicemen get a substantial increase in pension. According to the concept, new pay grades would be drawn up for each rank in the Armed Forces, based on which the pension would be awarded. As per current practice, pension is decided on the existing pay bands. This has led to discrepancies as officers of different ranks often fall in the same pay band.
The new pay grades would be fixed specifically for the purpose of deciding pension. The new concept presented before the PM also ensures that retired officers, no matter which year they demitted service, will get pensions lesser than that of their juniors officers. For example, a Brigadier who retired in 1955 would not get a pension that is lesser than the pension being drawn by a Colonel who retired in 2008. The presentation also contained the proposal to increase the pension of jawans to 70 per cent of the last drawn pay, an increase from the earlier proposal of 50 per cent.
Panel suggests modified parity, new pensions for ex-servicemen
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