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Pay and Pension Matters of Personnel
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The committee chaired
by Cabinet Secretary is comprised of Principal Secretary to the Prime
Minister; Defence Secretary; Secretary, Department of Expenditure; Secretary,
Department of Ex- Servicemen`s Welfare and Secretary, Department of Personnel
and Training. Consequent to change in charge of the then Secretary,
Department of Expenditure to Department of Revenue, Secretary, Department of
Revenue has also been co-opted as a Member of the Committee. Chief of Naval
Staff & Chairman, Chiefs of the Staff Committee made a presentation to
the Committee. The Committee further interacted with all the Service Chiefs
(Chief of Naval Staff & Chairman, Chiefs of the Staff Committee; Chief of
Air Staff and Chief of Army Staff). The recommendations of the Committee have
been submitted to the Prime Minister.
This information was given by Minister of Defence Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri M.B.Rajesh and others in Lok Sabha on 27 Aug 2012. |
Monday, August 27, 2012
ONE RANK ONE PENSION NEW COMMITTEE
Thursday, August 16, 2012
One Rank One Pension : KEY POINTS OF PM‘S SPEECH
One Rank One Pension : KEY POINTS OF PM‘S SPEECH
GOVERNMENT TO ACT PROMPTLY ON DEFENCE ISSUES
The government will take “ PROMPT ACTION” when suggestions are made related to the pay and pensions of Armed Forces personnel. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
“ Our government has set up a committee to examine issues relating to (the) pay and pension, “ the Prime Minister said in his national address on the occasion of India’s Independence Day.
“This committee will also look into matters concerning pension of retired men and officers and family pension.
“ We will take prompt action on the recommendations of the (official) committee, once they are received “
“The Prime Minister said he would like to thank “ our security forces, who are guarding our frontiers bravely, from the bottom of my heart. We will continue to make efforts for their welfare”.
GOVERNMENT TO ACT PROMPTLY ON DEFENCE ISSUES
The government will take “ PROMPT ACTION” when suggestions are made related to the pay and pensions of Armed Forces personnel. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday.
“ Our government has set up a committee to examine issues relating to (the) pay and pension, “ the Prime Minister said in his national address on the occasion of India’s Independence Day.
“This committee will also look into matters concerning pension of retired men and officers and family pension.
“ We will take prompt action on the recommendations of the (official) committee, once they are received “
“The Prime Minister said he would like to thank “ our security forces, who are guarding our frontiers bravely, from the bottom of my heart. We will continue to make efforts for their welfare”.
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Thursday, August 9, 2012
Indian Military chiefs want own man in pay panel
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
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Monday, July 30, 2012
EXPECTED DEARNESS ALLOWANCE FROM JULY 2012
Expected DA from July 2012
Perhaps it is very early to
calculate the status of additional Dearness allowance from July, 2012 for
Central Government employees and Pensioners, before releasing the AICPIN for
the balance of two months i.e.May and June. Enquiries are being poured as
comments and received emails to our inbox about the expected DA from July,
2012. We can assume that the AICPIN will certainly go up, because of the
essential commodities prices are going high with non stop. Anyway we can assume
the additional Dearness allowance from July 2012 will be minimum 7%. The
existing Dearness allowance is 65%, it will become as 65% + 7% = 72%.
ONE RANK ONE PENSION
30 JUL, 2012, 11.13PM IST, PTI
Antony writes to PM over wages, pension
of services men
NEW DELHI: Observing there
was "growing discontent" among armed forces personnel over anomalies
in pay-related matters, Defence Minister A K Antony has written a letter to the Prime Minister
saying if "corrective action" is not taken, the issue might take a
"bad turn".
After the letter was sent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high level-committee under theCabinet Secretary to address issues such as One Rank One Pension (OROP) and elevation of all Lt Gen-rank officers into a higher pay scale.
In the letter written on June 25, sources said the Defence Minister has written that "there is growing discontentment among the services personnel due to the anomalies in fixation of payment and salaries."
Pushing the case for accepting the demands of serving and retired soldiers, Antony pointed out that the service personnel, exservicemen and family pensioners are "equally agitated" over the anomalies in their salaries. He told the Prime Minister that "unless we take corrective action, things may take a bad turn."
On July 13, the Prime Minister formed a six-member committee under Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, which has been asked by the government to finalise its recommendations and submit its report to Manmohan Singh by August 8.
For serving defence personnel, the committee will look into the issues of having a common pay scale for serving Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs), placing all Lt Gen-rank officers under the higher pay scale grade of Higher Administrative Group Plus (HAG+).
For the large community of exservicemen, the government has tasked the committee to consider the issue of One-Rank-One-Pension which has been the main demand of the services personnel and has seen a lot of them returning their service and gallantry medals to the President in the last few years as a mark of protest.
After the letter was sent, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted a high level-committee under theCabinet Secretary to address issues such as One Rank One Pension (OROP) and elevation of all Lt Gen-rank officers into a higher pay scale.
In the letter written on June 25, sources said the Defence Minister has written that "there is growing discontentment among the services personnel due to the anomalies in fixation of payment and salaries."
Pushing the case for accepting the demands of serving and retired soldiers, Antony pointed out that the service personnel, exservicemen and family pensioners are "equally agitated" over the anomalies in their salaries. He told the Prime Minister that "unless we take corrective action, things may take a bad turn."
On July 13, the Prime Minister formed a six-member committee under Cabinet Secretary Ajit Seth, which has been asked by the government to finalise its recommendations and submit its report to Manmohan Singh by August 8.
For serving defence personnel, the committee will look into the issues of having a common pay scale for serving Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs), placing all Lt Gen-rank officers under the higher pay scale grade of Higher Administrative Group Plus (HAG+).
For the large community of exservicemen, the government has tasked the committee to consider the issue of One-Rank-One-Pension which has been the main demand of the services personnel and has seen a lot of them returning their service and gallantry medals to the President in the last few years as a mark of protest.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
ARMY CHIEF VISITS YOLE AND ADDRESSES EX-SERVICEMEN RALLY
ARMY CHIEF VISITS
YOLE AND ADDRESSES EX-SERVICEMEN RALLY AT PATHANKOT
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Army Chief Gen Bikram
Singh visited Rising Star Corps for a review of the operational preparedness
of the Corps. On arrival at Yol Cantonment, he and Mrs Bubbles Singh were
accorded a very warm welcome by Lt Gen Sanjiv Chachra, GOC-in-C Western
Command, Mrs Anshul Chachra and Lt Gen Anil Bhalla, GOC 9 Corps and Mrs
Kavita Bhalla. After reviewing of the operational preparedness of the Corps,
Chief and Mrs Bubbles Singh visited Pathankot.
Gen Singh on taking over had given out his key result areas, which include operational readiness, force modernisation, strengthening the work culture, effective human resource management, enhanced security consciousness and jointness with other services and welfare of veterans, Veer Naris and widows. To give thrust to the KRA of welfare of veterans, the Chief, addressed a large gathering of approximately 5000 veterans at Pathankot. The Rally in Pathankot, was one of the largest attended by ex-servicemen from Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, J&K and assisted by local civil organisations looking after the welfare of Ex-Servicemen. The General assured the gathering that the government and the Army are sensitive to their needs and would take every step to ensure that the Ex-Servicemen and their families are cared for and looked after well. At the rally, the Army had set up a number of stalls to render assistance on pension, health, education, housing, insurance, placement, recruitment and personnel records to resolve the problems of Ex-Servicemen and spread awareness about various rehabilitation and welfare schemes for the Veterans, Veer Naris, Gallantry Awardees, Disabled Soldiers and their dependents. The Chief told the gathering that the sacrifices made by these heroes would continue to inspire the present and future generations and motivate large number of youngsters to serve our motherland. On the occasion, the Army Chief honoured the Param Vir Chakra and Maha Vir Chakra winners and their families. Mrs Bubbles Singh interacted with approximately 625 Veer Naris and 500 disabled soldiers. She also inaugurated new Asha School for differently-abled children at Pathankot and an ECHS Polyclinic at Unchi Bassi. |
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
SANTHOSH TROPHY FOOT BALL WINNERS
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Antony Congratulates
Services Team on Lifting the Santosh Trophy
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The Defence Minister
Shri AK Antony has congratulated the Services Football team for lifting the
coveted Santosh Trophy. In a message to the President, Services Sports
Control Board, Air Marshal JN Burma, Shri Antony said it was a rare honour
for the Services to have bagged the title for only the second time in more
than five decades since the last win in 1961. He said this victory should
inspire the sportsmen of the Services to excel in the forthcoming London
Olympics and other games.
In a thrilling match played at the Barabati Stadium in Cuttack yesterday Services beat Tamil Nadu 3-2 to lift the 66th Santosh Trophy. Sitanshu Kar/NN (Release ID :84559) |
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