By: PTI |
New Delhi |
December 14, 2015 8:15 PM
(From Left) Navy chief Admiral R K Dhowan, MoS Rao Inderjit Singh,
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha and Army
chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag at a press conference in New Delhi.
(PTI file photo)
In the wake of the 7th Pay Commission report that
gave a huge hike in pay and pensions of Central government employees, the three
Service chiefs, worried about the increasing pay disparity between defence
personnel and their civilian counterparts, will soon meet the Defence Minister
Manohar Parrikar and highlight ‘shortcomings’ in the recommendations.
The armed forces’ personnel are of the view that if the 7th Pay Commission is
implemented in its present form, it will position them much below their civilian
counterparts in terms of salaries, facilities and status, defence sources said.
One of the main grudges that the armed forces have is with regard to the
“risk-hardship matrix” dealing with the allowances for posting in tough areas.
As per the 7th Pay Committee recommendations, a soldier posted in Siachen
Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world which poses great risk and
hardship, will get an allowance of Rs 31,500 per month. In contrast, a civilian
bureaucrat from the All India Services draws 30 per cent of his salary as
“hardship allowance” when posted anywhere outside the “comfort zone”.
Under the new scale, a senior IAS official posted in a city in northeast India
will draw much more as “hardship allowance” when compared to the Rs 31,500 per
month that military officers posted in Siachen are to receive, sources said
adding the difference will come out to be over 50 per cent.
A total of 869 Indian soldiers have died in Siachen since 1984 due to various
factors, including the hostile conditions there.
Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan was the first among the three service chiefs to
officially comment on the 7th Pay Commission report.
“Whatever we feel are the shortcomings are being taken up by the three services
with the Ministry of Defence to see that whatever we feel is necessary for our
men, our officers, our civilians, is made available to them,” Dhowan had said
here on December 3.
Source
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The armed forces’ personnel are of the view that if the 7th Pay Commission is implemented in its present form, it will position them much below their civilian counterparts in terms of salaries, facilities and status, defence sources said.
One of the main grudges that the armed forces have is with regard to the “risk-hardship matrix” dealing with the allowances for posting in tough areas.
As per the 7th Pay Committee recommendations, a soldier posted in Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world which poses great risk and hardship, will get an allowance of Rs 31,500 per month. In contrast, a civilian bureaucrat from the All India Services draws 30 per cent of his salary as “hardship allowance” when posted anywhere outside the “comfort zone”.
Under the new scale, a senior IAS official posted in a city in northeast India will draw much more as “hardship allowance” when compared to the Rs 31,500 per month that military officers posted in Siachen are to receive, sources said adding the difference will come out to be over 50 per cent.
A total of 869 Indian soldiers have died in Siachen since 1984 due to various factors, including the hostile conditions there.
Navy chief Admiral RK Dhowan was the first among the three service chiefs to officially comment on the 7th Pay Commission report.
“Whatever we feel are the shortcomings are being taken up by the three services with the Ministry of Defence to see that whatever we feel is necessary for our men, our officers, our civilians, is made available to them,” Dhowan had said here on December 3.
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