Maj Gen and Joint Secretary work equation?

The members of the armed forces perform arduous nature of duty both in field and peace station. Therefore, considering their job weight the members of the armed forces may be given all parity with civil servants apart from attractive other benefits. While a Joint Secretary in a Dept. deals with purely administrative matters of one or two Divisions, a corresponding level officer of the army i.e. Major General is responsible for mobilization of his force comprising three Brigades, each Brigade comprising 3 Battalions and each Battalion comprising 800-1000 persons. A sample survey conducted by the organization in one of the central ministry reveals that there are 300 posts at HQs and a field staff and officers of 3500 under the control of a Secretary and 4 Joint Secretaries. One Joint Secretary is given dairy development activities & poultry activities with full complement of technical officers and other staff, another Joint Secretary is given animal health & animal production with a stream of technical & subordinate officers, third Joint Secretary is assigned the fisheries division, fourth Joint Secretary is made responsible for administration of 300 staff & officers at HQs. The travels on official tours conducted by these senior officers indicate that they are out of the Headquarters most of the times on foreign tours as, for the implementation of schemes, the Govt. of India has to borrow or import technology from foreign countries, whereas the subject matter is purely a state matter. A Major General made equivalent to a JS, has to control and command over 9000 officers and staff in the field as well as in the peace areas with 24 hours preparedness to deal with insurgency, terrorist hunt, natural calamity, civil commotion etc. This comparative study reveals that the senior bureaucrat and other civilian employees of the central Govt. have around 254 working days out of which they avail 30 day's EL, 20 day's Half Pay Leave apart from 8 day's Casual Leave and 2 Restricted Holidays. As the defence service personnel are stationed in the field areas and also in difficult terrains in the defence of this nation, their pay and other benefits should be made at least at par with the all India Service officers and other similar civil servants.
By:-Association of Citizens Charter Empowerment and Social Service Delhi
Extracted from:
Questionnaire Wise Responses: Sixth Central Pay Commission