COMMITTEE COSTITUED TO LOOK INTO PAY & PENSION RELATED ISSUES OF DEFENCE FORCES & EX-SERVICEMEN

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13-July-2012 18:03 IST

Govt constitutes Committee to look into pay and pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen

The Government has decided to constitute a Committee, under the chairpersonship of Cabinet Secretary, to look into pay and pension related issues of relevance to defence services personnel and ex-servicemen. The other members of the Committee will be:

(i) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
(ii) Defence Secretary
(iii) Secretary, D/o Expenditure
(iv) Secretary, D/o Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare
(v) Secretary, D/o Personnel and Training

The Committee’s ‘terms of reference’ will be to look into the following issues relating to:

(i) Defence services personnel:
• Common pay-scale for in-service JCOs/ORs
• Initial pay-fixation of Lt. Col/Colonel and Brigadier/equivalent
• Review and enhancement of grade pay
• Placing of all Lts General in HAG+ scale
• Grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel

(ii) Ex-servicemen:
• One-rank one-pension
• Enhancement of family pension
• Dual family pension
• Family pension to mentally/physically challenged children of armed forces personnel on marriage

The Department of Expenditure will service the Committee. The Committee may co-opt any other member. The Committee will finalize its recommendations and submit its report to the Prime Minister by 8th August, 2012.

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Defence Pay and Pensions Committee set up, will consider one rank one pension

New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The government on Friday decided to constitute a committee to look into pay and pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen.
The committee will be headed by a Cabinet Secretary. The other members of the Committee will be 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
The Committee's 'terms of reference' will be to look into issues relating to Defence services personnel, common pay scale for in-service JCOs/Ors , Initial pay-fixation of Lt. Col/Colonel and Brigadier/equivalent , review and enhancement of grade pay, placing of all Lt. Generals in HAG+ scale and grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel
The committee will also look into issues relating to ex-servicemen, particularly one- rank: one-pension, enhancement of family pension, dual family pension, family pension to mentally/physically challenged children of armed forces personnel on marriage
The Department of Expenditure will service the committee, and it may co-opt any other member.
The committee will finalise its recommendations and submit its report to the Prime Minister by August 8, 2012. (ANI)

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