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.

 

Source:-PIB