Reply dated 7 Nov 14 received on 17 Nov
14
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* Public Authority Department of Defence
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1. Please refer to MoD No.
35(1)/2013/D(Pay/Services) dated 8.9.2014 enclosing MoD No.
22(4)/2012/D(Pay/Services) dated 04.7.2014 and 25.8.2014 referring anomalies
unresolved by the Committee of Secretaries to 7th Central Pay Commission for consideration.
2. GoI, MoF, Deptt of Exp Resolution No.
1/1/2013-E.III (A) dated 28.2. 2014, in the Terms of Reference for 7 CPC, at
Para 2 (b) related to Defence Forces, does not include resolution/consideration
of past/unresolved anomalies.
3. Please provide
information as defined in Sec 2 (f) of the RTI Act, 2005 on the case taken up
by MoD with MoF, Deptt of Exp for amending the Terms of Reference for the 7 CPC
to consider past anomalies referred to by MoD in ibid letters of 04.7.2014 and
25.8.2014.
MoD Reply
No. 35 (1)/2013/D
(Pay/Services)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
7th
November, 2014
To
……………….
Subject: Seeking
information under RTI Act - 2005
Sir,
Reference is invited to MOD ID No. MODEF/R/2014/61916 dated
20.10.2014 forwarding your application dated 19.10.2014 received in this
Section on 21.10.2014 on the above subject.
2. Regarding information sought vide Para 3 of RTI application
dated 19.10.2014 it is stated that on the request of Army Pay Commission Cell,
the matter has been taken up with Ministry of Finance (Deptt of Expenditure)
vide MoD OM No. 22 (4)/2012 dated 17th October 2014 (copy enclosed).
3. The
Appellate Authority is Shri Pradeep Kumar, Director (AG-I) Ministry of Defence,
Room No. 102, Sena Bhawan, New Delhi.
Sd/---------------
7/11/14
(Prashant Rastogi)
Under Secretary &
CPIO
* * * *
Most Immediate
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
No.
22 (4)/2012-D (Pay/Services) New
Delhi, the 17th October, 2014
Office Memorandum
Subject: Reference of the pay related issues of Defence Personnel
to the VII CPC as recommended by the Cabinet Secretary Committee set up on the
directions of the Hon’ble Prime Minister
On the directions of the Hon’ble Prime Minister, a Committee under the
chairmanship of the Cabinet Secretary to look into certain pay and pension
issues of serving and retired Defence Services Personnel was set up by the
Cabinet Secretariat in July 2012. The Committee was serviced by D/o Expenditure.
The issues placed before the Committee were as under: -
(i) Defence Services Personnel
(a) Common pay scales for in-service JCOs/ORs
(b) Initial pay fixation of Lt Col/Col and Brig/equivalent
(c) Review and enhancement of Grade Pay
(d) Placing of all Lt Gens in HAG+ scale, and
(e) Grant of Non-Functional
Upgradation (NFU) to Armed Forces personnel
(ii) Ex-servicemen(a) One Rank One Pension
(b) Enhancement of Family Pension
(c) Dual Family Pension
(d) Family pension to
mentally/physically challenged children of Armed Forces personnel on marriage
2.
The Committee submitted its report in August 2012. All the recommendations of
the Committee related to Ex-servicemen have been implemented by issue of eight
Government letters on 17.1.2013.
3.
Regarding the issues related to serving Defence Personnel, the Committee vide
Para 39 of its Report noted that
“the pay related issues are complex and have ramifications across the
Government including on para-military personnel. The proposals made by Defence
Forces in many cases are at variance with some principles followed by the Sixth
Pay Commission.”
Further,
vide Para 41 of its Report, the Committee recommended that
“In the circumstances, the Committee recommends that the pay related issues
may be specifically referred to the next Pay Commission for its consideration
as the Pay Commission is the expert body set up for this purpose which can
examine these issues in a holistic manner.”
4.
The Government has accepted the above recommendations of the Committee on pay
related issues. Accordingly, PMO, Cabinet Secretariat, Ministry of Finance
(Department of Expenditure) were informed vide MoD OM dated 4.7.2014.
Thereafter, these five issues related to serving defence personnel are referred
to 7th CPC for its consideration vide MoD ID Note dated 25.8.2014
under intimation to PMO, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Finance (Department of
Expenditure).
5. Now, the Army Pay Commission Cell has
brought it to notice that during presentation made by them to VII CPC on
28.08.2014, it was indicated by the Commission that since it has been set up
under the aegis of Ministry of Finance, the reference for inclusion of core
anomalies within the ambit of VII CPC should be made by the Ministry of
Finance.
6. Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure)
is requested to facilitate in the matter and take it up with VII CPC to
consider pay related issues of Defence personnel, as conveyed vide MoD ID Note
dated 25.08.2014 under intimation to this Ministry.
Sd/-------------------
17.10.14
(Pradeep Kumar)
Director (AG-I)
2301 4036
Ministry of Finance
(Deptt of Expenditure) (Shri Vivek Ashish, US)
North Block, New Delhi
Copy to: Army Pay Commission Cell.
Dear Sir,
ReplyDeleteDoes it mean that the 'pay related matters' recommended for reference to the 7 CPC , by the Cab.Secy. are yet to reach 7 CPC ?
Someone has to intervene at this stage to accelerate the process, before it is too late .