Educational Concession to the Children of Armed Forces Officers/ PBORS missing/disabled/killed in action: DESW Order

Educational Concession to the Children of Armed Forces Officers/ PBORS missing/disabled/killed in action: DESW Order

No. 6(l)/2009/Edu. Concession/ D(Res-II)

Government of India

Ministry of Defence

Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

Room No. 237, ‘B’ Wing

Sena Bhawan, New Delhi

Dated: 23rd March, 2018

To, 
The Chief of the Army Staff, 
The Chief of the Naval Staff, 
The Chief of the Air Staff, 
The Director General, Indian Coast Guard.

Subject : Grant of Educational Concession to the Children of Armed Forces Officers/Personnel Below Officer Ranks PBORS) missing/disabled/killed in action. 

In continuation of this Department’s letter of even no. dt 13.09.2017 on above subject (copy enclosed), it has been decided with the approval of competent authority that the cap of Rs. 10,000/- imposed on the combined amount of Tuition Fees and Hostel Charges vide para-5 of a above order is removed and the Educational Concession will continue to be admissible without the cap of Rs. 10,000/-per month. 

2. Therefore, para-5 of ibid letter stands deleted while all other provisions shall remain unchanged.

3. This issues with the concurrence of Ministry of Defence (Fin/Pen) vide their ID No. 10(23)/09/Fin/Pen dt. 23.03.2018.

Encl: As above 

(Santosh)

Joint Secretary to the Government of India

7th Pay Commission: No Salary Hike as Govt Rejects Reports on Increase in Minimum Pay, Fitment Factor

New Delhi, Mar 20: The government has rejected reports on an increase in minimum pay and fitment factor beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission or 7th CPC, saying it was not considering salary hike for its employees. There have been reports that the government was mulling to raise minimum pay and fitment factor beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. (Update: 7th Pay Commission: Employees’ Unions Plan Strike For Hike in Minimum Pay, Fitment Factor After Govt Rejects Salary Hike) Samajwadi Party MP Neeraj Shekhar sought to know “whether Government is actively contemplating to increase minimum pay from Rs.18,000/- to Rs.21,000/- and fitment factor from 2.57 to 3, in view of resentment among Central Government employees over historically lowest increase in pay by 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC).” In a written reply to the question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State Finance, P Radhakrishnan said the government was not considering a hike in minimum pay and fitment factor beyond the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission. “The minimum pay of Rs.18,000/- p.m. and fitment factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration,” said Radhakrishnan. Advertisement

The 7th Pay Commission had recommended a hike of 14.27 per cent in basic pay of central government employees, raising minimum pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. The government approved the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission despite resentment among central government employees, who have been a hike in minimum pay from Rs 18,000 to Rs 26,000 and fitment factor 3.68 times from 2.57 times.

There had been reports that the government was mulling to raise minimum pay to Rs 21,000 and fitment factor 3.00. However, the government has now clarified that no such proposal was being considered.

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