70 per cent "pensionary weightage"
Written by Administrator on September 25th, 2008The government has agreed to restore 70 per cent “pensionary weightage” to jawans, even as Defence chiefs on Thursday intensified efforts to get “anomalies” in the 6th Pay Commission notification removed.
“The government has given in principle approval to reverting to the 70 per cent pensionary weightage, as demanded by the Services, overruling the 50 per cent recommended by the Central Pay Commission (CPC), providing much-needed relief just before this Diwali,” top Defence Ministry sources told reporters here.
Espousing their cause, the Services chiefs today apprised Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and officials in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on the issues.
Earlier, jawans used to get 70 per cent of their last drawn pay as pension calculated on the basis of their 10-month average salary before retirement.
Under the CPC notification, the jawans, who form the backbone of the Armed Forces but retire at a relatively young age, are to be provided with the option of lateral entry in to the Central police forces and paramilitary and in return, they would get reduced “pensionary weightage” of 50 per cent.
In order to resolve this issue, Defence Minister A K Antony had written a strong letter to both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, particularly batting for the jawan’s pensionary benefits, reduced by the CPC.
September 26th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
What About Grade Pay of Artificer III Rank of Indian Navy. Is it going to increase?
September 29th, 2008 at 3:32 pm
RAW DEAL TO MEDICAL DOCTORS OF ARMED FORCES MEDICAL SERVICES:-MED DOCTORS IN CHS AND CGHS HAVE BEEN GRANTED DYNAMIC ACP SCHEME EXTENDED UPTO SENIOR ADMINSTRATIVE GRADE(GRADE PAY OF RS10000 IN PB-4)FOR THOSE HAVING 20YEARS OF REGULAR SERVICE. ALSO ALL MED DOCTORS IN ORGANISED SERVICES OR HOLDING ISOLATED POSTS ARE COVERED BY DACP.(PARA 12 OFMINISTRY OF FINANCE,DEPT OF EXPENDITURE RESOLUTION NO1/1/2008-IC DATED 29AUG2008) MED DOCTORS OF AFMS CAN ONLY REACH THE RANK OF ‘LT COL’ IN 20 YRS SERVICE WHICH IS IN PB-3 WITH GRADE PAY OF RS7600 ONLY AS PER THE RECCOMENDATIONS OF THE 6TH PAY COMMISSION.MED DOCTORS OF THE DEFENCE FORCES WORK UNDER SEVERE CONDITIONS OF SAICHEN GLACIER , HIGH ALTITUDE LOCATIONS,CI OPERATIONS ETC AS COMPARED TO THE CIVILIAN COUNTERPARTS.HTIS HAS LED TO A SEVERE LOWERING OF MORALE IN THE MILITARY DOCTORS AND MOST ARE PLANNING TO LEAVE FOR THE WELL PAID PRIVATE SECTOR.THIS GROSS ANOMALY CAN BE CROSSCHECKED BY YOUR SUPPORT STAFF AND BE PUT UP TO THE COMMITTEE OF MINISTERS GOM,. S RASTOGI
January 6th, 2009 at 10:57 am
dear, who told u that the afms doctors r promoted to the rank of lt col in 20 years? better u get the facts first then put something to ur readers…
January 17th, 2009 at 4:40 pm
I am interested to know about release of the final pay report of defence personnel in the 6th CPC. How long will it take to finish the revision process by the GoI. Are they waiting for some more Bakrid Bonanza offer from the associates of AJMAL AMIR KASAB and company to react somewhere around vital place like Parliament of India once more. I believe then the process will take no more time to take final decisions. Request someone remind the GoI to wake up and let every defence person really get belated Diwali bonanza. Althoug it is too late, now Pongal Bonanza has been passed away, atleast finish the decesions before any other festive bonanza to come. Somebody intimate the GoI that in defence every action is taken with in a fraction of seconds. If they are not capable of doing the calculations then handover the matter to defence itself, they can better deal with the matter. In defence there you will not find any illitrate ministers like Mayawati or Golma Devi or may be some more.