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

Cabinet Secretariat13-July, 2012 18:03 IST

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)