Sixth Pay Commission: Armed Forces to withhold pay panel’s report

Sixth Pay Commission: Armed Forces to withhold pay panel’s report

New Delhi, Sept 26: Clearly unhappy with the Pay Commission, the armed forces (Army, Navy, Air Force) have decided not to implement the recommendations alleging discrepancies in parity and status in comparison to their counterparts in civil services and Central police organisations, media reports said.

To express their unhappiness, personnel of the three services have decided to withhold the implementation of Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations which were to come into effect from October 01.

“It is quite a serious matter. We can’t just accept something half-hearted like this. In fact, there were too some anomalies in the 5th Pay Commission recommendation for the Armed forces which are yet to be resolved,” said former Army Chief General VP Mallik.

The forces have now sought direct intervention of the Prime Minister to resolve the matter.

Meanwhile, the Defence Ministry has also asked the Finance Ministry to look into the matter.

The forces reportedly complained that Colonels, Lt Colonels (and their equivalent ranks in other two services) are paid Rs 10,000 less than civilian counterparts. Also, the forces are furious at the fact that Lt Generals, Admirals and Air Marshals have been kept at a lower status and pay scales than DGPs.

Review of a proposal of pay panel that reduced the pensions for jawans are also on the list.

Source: http://www.zeenews.com/