Services
chiefs want own man in pay panel
NEW
DELHI: It's the armed forces versus the bureaucracy once again. The Army, Navy
and IAF chiefs have lodged a strong protest over the composition of the new
top-level committee constituted to look into the pay and pension grievances of
serving and retired military personnel.
Admiral
Nirmal Verma, Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne and General Bikram Singh, in
separate letters to defence minister A K Antony over the last week or so, have
demanded that a military representative should be included in the committee
headed by cabinet secretary Ajit Kumar Seth. The panel includes five other top
IAS officers, including principal secretary to the PM, Pulok Chatterji, and
defence secretary Shashikant Sharma
