LETTER WRITTEN TO THREE CHIEFS BY GEN SATBIR SINGH

GOVT’S REACTION ON CHIEFS RECOMMENDATION ON 7^TH CPC

Dear Chiefs

                    The Govt Continues to adopt an apathetic attitude towards the Def Forces. We appreciate and support the step taken by the Three Chiefs to keep in abeyance the implementation of the Seventh CPC for them. It is surprising that instead of taking a positive view of the Chiefs Recommendations to address and resolve the Anomalies, the Rakhsha Mantri has asked to Implement 7^th CPC as wrongly decided by the Politico-Bureaucratic Combine. He has directed that grievances if any can be resolved later. Look at the manner the Govt (RM) has disposed of the most genuine and right step taken by the Chiefs.

              We are in the present state because of thrusting such wrong and unacceptable ORDERS down the throats of Def Forces for the past 67 years. Request by the Chiefs for the Resolution of ORDERS which are likely to affect the very fabric of the Armed Forces is very much in order. 

The Anomalies of 6^th CPC have not been resolved for the past TEN YEARS. How is it that our RM is saying that the grievances if any pointed out by the THREE CHIEFS will be resolved later. From the past experience of 67 years, these Anomalies WILL NEVER BE RESOLVED AND DEF FORCES WILL BE FURTHER DOWNGRADED AND DEGRADED.

We request our Chiefs to once again UNITEDLY AND STRONGLY REPRESENT TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO RESOLVE THE ANOMALIES BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THE 7^TH CPC FOR DEF FORCES.

 WE STRONGLY SUPPORT OUR CHIEFS.

God bless the Indian Def Forces 

  With regards,

 Yours Sincerely,

Maj Gen Satbir Singh, SM (Retd)
Advisor United Front of Ex Servicemen & Chairman IESM Mobile: 9312404269, 01244110570 Email: satbirsm@gmail.com

APPLICABILITY OF 50 % PENSION FOR VETERANS DISCHARGED AFTER 10 YEARS ON COMPLETION OF TERM OF ENGAGEMENT

Dear veterans,

This is for your information that all veterans discharged on completion of their term of engagement after 10 years are requested to file a petition in AFT for sanction of 50% pension Since all central Govt employees retired on superannuation/absorbed in PSU  on completion of 10  years are granted 50 %  of pay as pension as per OM 20/09/2008

Parrikar overlooks Services’ objections to implement pay panel recommendations ‘Grievances, if any, can be taken up later’

The Tribune

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 12

Three days after the armed forces rejected the salary and emoluments offered by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC), Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday told the forces that what has been decided by the government has to be implemented and grievances, if any, can be taken up later. It is now for the three Services — the Army, the Indian Air Force and the Navy — to decide on the matter, top sources said while revealing the day’s developments. The MoD has now “lobbed the ball” back at the forces even as some friction seems to be building between the forces and government.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba today called upon Parrikar and explained that the existing pay commission’s notification done by the MoD on September 6 was inadequate and anomalies remain unresolved. The three Services, in separate letters to their formations, had conveyed that they have asked the government to hold “in abeyance” the implementation of the CPC in view of the “unresolved anomalies”.
 The Tribune had first reported on the matter on September 11. Sources in the MoD said Parrikar conveyed to the IAF and Navy chief that what all has been decided has to be implemented and “legitimate grievances” can be taken up latter. The government holds an opinion that all demands of all arms of the governments cannot be met in totality. The decision has to be implemented. The forces believe anomalies lower the status and pay parity of forces vis-à-vis their counterparts in the police and civilian administration. On September 9, the three forces issued separate letters — termed as a ‘signal’ in military parlance. This is to inform senior commanders and the troops about the decision of the top brass. 
The ‘signal’ said “a few concerns have been addressed we have been constrained to request the government to hold implementation of 7th CPC award in abeyance in view of anomalies which need to be resolved.” The Services Headquarters in the ‘signal’ sent down to the formations have asked serving personnel to display maturity and patience and not get swayed by hearsay or speculative reports. The Chiefs of Staff Committee (CoSC) which met on September 7 had taken the decision and the same has now been conveyed to the formations located all across the country, or sailing at high seas. 
The Chiefs of the three Services, who collectively command a strength of 1.7 million (17 lakh), are members on the CoSC. In March this year, the MoD had conveyed to an empowered committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary that the status, pay and allowances of the armed forces be kept above all other “fighting” arms of the government. Parrikar had also taken up the case that issues of status, pay and allowances for the forces have to be paramount.

7th pay panel: Captain hails defence chiefs

Chandigarh: Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Sunday supported objections raised by the three services chiefs over the anomalies in pay scales of defence personnel in the 7th Pay Commission.
"There is blatant discrimination with defence services in pay scales, which is condemnable," he said in a statement. He hailed the stand taken by the three services chiefs. "Just because our soldiers are disciplined and dedicated to serving the nation, should not mean that they be discriminated against," he said. "We owe our peaceful lives to those guarding our borders and taking bullets for us. We must have gratitude towards them".
"Nobody among the bureaucrats knows about the hostile conditions in which our soldiers are made to work and that is the reason there is such a bias against the defence forces," he said, pointing out that according to the recommendations while a soldier posted at Siachen Glacier will get Rs 38,000 extra salary, while an IAS officer posted in Assam will get Rs 58,000 over and above his salary. "I have been seriously suggesting to the defence minister that the bureaucrats, who have habitually been creating hurdles and hindrances in providing better pay to the defence personnel, should be made to serve in Siachen for at least a day," he said, while asking the minister to stand by the soldiers and get the anomalies sorted.
Capt Amarinder said this was not only an issue of salary to the defence personnel but also their status vis-a-vis other civilian services, including the police and the administrative. He said that the defence services had constitutionally be put higher than the civil and police services.
"If the Seventh Pay Commission recommendations are accepted as such, what will happen in a situation like Kashmir where the Army is assigned the job as a last resort. Will it be asked to work under the local police and administration?" he said.
Capt Amarinder said, the issue was beyond the scope of the defence minister and the PM must intervene personally since it directly concerns the se

Armed forces reject pay panel : Resolve ‘anomalies’

 Sunday, September 11, 2016

  Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, September 10

In an embarrassment to the Modi government, the armed forces have rejected the salary and emoluments recommended by the Seventh Central Pay Commission, pleading that its implementation be put on hold in view of the “unresolved anomalies” that lowered the status of the forces vis-à-vis their counterparts in the police and the civil administration.
The Ministry of Defence had issued the notification on September 6 after taking into account a letter by the three services chiefs on the issue of pay parity, among other things. This notification was exclusively for the forces. In the past 24 hours, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force have issued separate letters to inform senior commanders and the troops about the decision of the top brass. The Chiefs of Staff Committee had met on September 7 to discuss the issue.
 Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar is expected to take a decision on the matter on Monday.  Earlier, the notification for enhanced pay for the forces had been held up as the issues raised by the three services were being studied. The main “anomaly” is that the formula adopted for determining the basic pay for the armed forces is different from the one for other Central government employees. As a result, in each rank the service officers have been awarded lower pay scales. In March, the MoD had told an empowered panel that the status, pay and allowances of the armed forces be kept above the other “fighting” arms of the government.

CALLS FOR URGENT INTERVENTION BY PM TO SOLVE THE STALEMATE

Sunday, September 11, 2016

MILITARY UPS ANTE ON PAY ANOMALIES : WANT PAY REVISION HELD UNTIL ANOMALIES SOLVED - BY RAJAT PANDIT

New Delhi

The armed forces have upped the ante in their ongoing struggle for resolution of “core anomalies“ in their salary packages by asking the Centre to keep in “abeyance“ the implementation of the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) for them.

The Army , Navy and IAF headquarters have also issued signals to their 14 lakh personnel to hold their peace till they get the Centre to resolve the persisting anomalies.

Though couched in conciliatory terms, the signals are reflective of the widespread outrage in the military over how successive panels have degraded its status, parity and equivalence compared to civilian counterparts.

For instance, one of the signals issued on Friday -to personnel deployed in different operational commands, formations and units around the country -says: “In the interim, personnel are expected to display maturity and patience, and not be swayed by hearsay or speculative reports from any quarter.“

“The signals are meant to calm down restive personnel by telling them the Service HQs are raising with the government the pay anomalies that need to be resolved.

Otherwise, in these days of social media, personnel can easily fall prey to rumours,“ said an officer.

As was first reported by TOI last month, the three Service chiefs -Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, General Dalbir Singh Suhag and Admiral Sunil Lanba -had also written to PM Narendra Modi in a last-ditch effort to get their concerns addressed.

The 33 lakh central government civilian employees have already begun to get their new enhanced salaries under the 7th CPC -along with arrears from January 1 -from this month onwards after their new pay-scales were earlier notified by the government.The notification for the armed forces, in turn, was issued on Tuesday .

But it merely deleted the controversial line that held additional levels were being added to the defence pay matrix to “maintain parity“ with the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like BSF , CRPF and the like.

“In effect, military officers, who were earlier equated with the IPS if not the IAS, have been reduced to the level of the paramilitary ,“ said another officer.

TOI last month, the three Service chiefs -Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha, General Dalbir Singh Suhag and Admiral Sunil Lanba -had also written to PM Narendra Modi in a last-ditch effort to get their concerns addressed.

The 33 lakh central government civilian employees have already begun to get their new enhanced salaries under the 7th CPC -along with arrears from January 1 -from this month onwards after their new pay-scales were earlier notified by the government.

The notification for the armed forces, in turn, was issued on Tuesday . But it merely deleted the controversial line that held additional levels were being added to the defence pay matrix to “maintain parity“ with the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) like BSF , CRPF and the like.“In effect, military officers, who were earlier equated with the IPS if not the IAS, have been reduced to the level of the paramilitary ,“ said another officer.

One of the main anomalies raised earlier was the “artificial suppression of entry-level pay in each rank“ for the armed forces. Another issue is the denial of higher military service pay (MSP) for junior commissioned officers (JCOs).

SOURCE : TIMES OF INDIA, HYDERABAD