BRO to be brought fully under Defence Ministry: Manohar Parrikar

Dear veterans,

first - rEAD THE 2.12.09 WRITTEN REPLY IN rs BY THE rm, mR.AK ANTONY.

SECOND : GO THRO THE 20-10-11 ORDER OR nhai (CLICK BELOW).

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE NHAI ORDER BY DOUBLING THE LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS TO GREF PERSONNEl under border roads org


AND THIRD- READ TODAY'S STATEMENT OF THE RM ON THE ISSUE.

nOTICED? What IS THAT? 

THE LEAVE ENTITLEMENTS APPLICABLE TO Other ranks is extended to gref personnel, as per leave rules of cg employees 1972.

blatant voilation of all norms. this can happen only with our babus..
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New Delhi: Border Road Organisation (BRO) will be brought fully under the Defence Ministry and non-sensitive roads in border areas will be handed over to the National Highways Authority of India, said Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.

The BRO is presently under both road transport and defence ministries. While the former allocates funds, the latter has executive control. In an interaction with journalists on Tuesday night, Parrikar said dual control has led to a sad state of affairs in the organisation. "The BRO will be brought fully under the Defence Ministry. There was lot of confusion because it was under two masters," he said. "By the next budget it will be under Defence Ministry completely," he said.

The minister added that nearly 3,000 km of roads will be transferred to NHAI in the areas which are not sensitive.

On the question of a rail link along India-China border, he said he will soon hold meetings with Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. On China's objections to infrastructure development in the border areas, Parrikar dismissed them. "What we do on our side of the border is not their business," he said.

Source: ZEE NEWS

===================================================================================   Discrimination between GREF and army personnel

/ RAJYA SABHA/ 02 DEC 09 General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF) engineers are not governed by Army Act and Rules for all purposes. Certain provisions of Army Act 1950 and Army Rules 1954 have been made applicable to GREF personnel for disciplinary purposes.  GREF personnel are governed by Central Civil Service Rules and their pay and allowance are regulated pursuant to these rules at par with other Central Government employees. However, GREF personnel are entitled to free ration, free clothing, single living accommodation, CSD canteen facilities, free remittance of money which otherwise are not entitled to other civilian employees of the Central Government. Benefits recommended by Central Pay Commissions have been extended to GREF personnel.  GREF personnel and Army are provided facilities like single living accommodation HRA, free clothing, free ration and CSD. However, Army personnel are entitled to Military Service Pay, Field Area Allowance, Counter Insurgency Operation Allowance when they are posted to Army Units, Instructional Allowance, Compensation in lieu of quarter, medical leave/sick leave, transport from unit line to rail head on leave, free conveyance when proceeding on medical leave, school bus facility, concession vouchers to which GREF personnel are not entitled. On the other hand, GREF personnel are entitled to Special Duty Allowance in northeast & Leh – Ladakh Region, one additional LTC for one side journey and certain northeast concessions to which Army personnel are not entitled.  There is a lot of difference between GREF personnel and Army with regard to entitlement of leave as Army gets 60 days of annual leave and 30 days of CL whereas GREF personnel get 30 days of EL, 20 days of HPL and 12 days of CL. The reasons for this discrimination is that the service conditions of both the services are different. The parameters of enrolment, recruitment and training are entirely different for these two streams. Personnel of GREF are governed under CCS (leave) Rules whereas Army personnel are covered under separate set of rules and hence the difference.  This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Shri Nandamuri Harikrishna and Shri MV Mysura Reddy in Rajya Sabha today.  (Source- PIB) (PK / RAJ -Release ID :54944)                     ============================================ PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ NHAI ORDER