Chapter 2.3 of Sixth
Central Pay Commission Report
Pay scales of Defence
Forces Personnel
(Pages 72 to 75 reproduced below)
(Please note from
the tables, wherever there is Rank Pay
an amount equal to rank pay has been deducted for officers in ranks from
Captain to Brigadiers)
Introduction 2.3.1.
The first two Pay Commissions did not consider the pay scales, allowances and
other service conditions of Defence Forces personnel. At that time, the
structure of emoluments of the Defence Forces personnel was looked into by the departmental
committees which included the representatives of the three services.
Post-war Pay Committee
2.3.2.
After the First Pay Commission, a Post War Pay Committee was constituted for
the Defence Forces personnel. Their recommendations were implemented from
1/7/1947. The
Committee simplified the pay structure of the Defence
Forces personnel considerably and abolished a number of allowances which had
either relevance only to war conditions or which could be merged with the pay.
The Committee established a broad relativity of officers of Defence Forces with
the officers of Class-I central services and the Indian Police Service (IPS).
Insofar as Personnel Below Officer Ranks (PBORs) were concerned, the fully
trained infantry solider with 3 years service was equated with a semi-skilled worker.
Pension related issues of the Defence Forces were considered subsequently by
the Defence Forces Pension Revision Committee constituted in 1949 which gave
its report in 1950.
Raghuramaiya Committee
2.3.3. Subsequent to the report of the Second Pay
Commission, the consequential changes for Defence Forces personnel were
effected as per the recommendations made by the Raghuramaiah Committee that
gave its report in 1960. The revisions made by this Committee were consequential
in nature and broadly followed the revisions made by the Second CPC on the
civil side. The Committee did not modify any of the principles followed by the
Post War Pay Committee. The Raghuramaiya Committee specifically mentioned that
the accepted parallel between defence service officers and Class-I services of
the Central Government, particularly the Indian Police Service should be
continued.
Subsequent developments
2.3.4. Subsequently, the parity of officers’ pay scale
in Defence Forces vis-à-vis that of the IPS got cemented further and modifications
in the IPS scales became a trigger for corresponding changes in the analogous
grade in the Defence Forces.
Chapter 2.3
Third Pay Commission
2.3.5.
The Third Pay Commission was the first Commission whose terms of reference
included examination of the structure of emoluments, the retirement benefits
and terms and conditions of the Defence Forces personnel. The Commission noted that the relativity of the officers in Defence
Forces vis-à-vis IPS was only a working method of devising scales of pay for
the service officers* which did not mean that the functional role of the
two services were similar. (* emphasis by Aerial View)
The Commission, however, qualified this statement by
mentioning that the job profile of IPS officers was the closest civilian
analogue vis-à-vis infantry officers and that a working relationship did exist between
the two organizations. The Commission
also specifically noted that the pay structure of the Indian Administrative
Service with its long pay scales was particularly unsuitable for service officers.*
Disturbance Allowance and the edge in Defence Forces pay scales
2.3.6. The Defence Forces had demanded a higher rate
of Special Disturbance Allowance from the Third Pay Commission. The Commission, however, noted that the
Disturbance Allowance was granted in 1950 as a temporary measure to improve the
earnings of service officers without interfering with the pay scales introduced
as per the recommendations of the Post War Pay Committee which had brought down
the pay scales of many Indian Commissioned Officers (ICOs). At such time, the
grant of Disturbance Allowance offered some relief to them.* The Third Pay
Commission noted that the extent of turbulence was off-set by the special
facilities given to Defence Forces personnel and no justification existed for continuance
of the Special Disturbance Allowance as a separate entity. The Commission,
however, did not recommend total abolition of this allowance as it had existed
for a long time and instead merged this allowance with the pay scales of
Defence Forces officers. Hence, the Third CPC pay scales of Defence Forces
officers also contained an element of Special Disturbance Allowance which had
hitherto been given as a separate allowance. On account of this fact,
post-Third CPC, the pay scales of Defence Forces officers had a slight edge
vis-à-vis the analogous posts in the civilian side.
Fourth CPC
2.3.7. The Fourth CPC, while devising the revised pay
scales of Defence Forces officers took into note the proposal seeking running pay
bands put forth by the Defence Forces. The Defence Forces had desired a running
pay band so as to ensure a smooth and improved career progression which
otherwise was not possible especially as any large scale cadre review in the
Defence Forces would have created unacceptable aberrations in their
hierarchical structure.
The
Fourth Pay Commission, accordingly, recommended an integrated pay scale for all
officers upto the rank of Brigadier and equivalent in three services and
separately gave a rank pay ranging from Rs.200 to Rs.1200 p.m. for posts from
Captain/equivalent to Brigadier/equivalent. During such time, the Defence
Forces had desired inclusion of the officers in the rank of Major General also
in the proposed integrated pay scale. This was, however, not found acceptable
by the Fourth CPC who, therefore, placed Major Generals
in the pay scale of Rs.5900-6700 being the senior
administrative pay scale (SAG) for civilians.
Fifth CPC
2.3.8.
The Fifth CPC took note of the fact that the Special Disturbance Allowance had
been incorporated by the Third CPC in the pay scales of Defence Forces
officers. The Commission, accordingly, recommended a similar edge in the
starting pay of Lieutenant (the rank of 2nd Lieutenant having been recommended
to be abolished by the Commission) who was, therefore, given the starting pay
of Rs.8250 as against Rs.8000 recommended for a civilian Group A officer.
Before the Fifth CPC, the Defence Forces
had proposed two running pay bands for Defence Forces
officers – (i) till the post of Colonel; and (ii) from Brigadier to Lt.
General. The Fifth CPC, however, concluded that a separate dispensation for Defence
Forces in the form of running pay bands would have repercussions on civilian
employees and that the better method would be to provide explicit compensation
in regular pay scales. The Commission, accordingly, recommended abolition of
integrated pay scales by regular pay scales with progression in pay being provided
by the mechanism of ACP Scheme. The Fifth CPC, however, retained the concept of
rank pay for officers till the post of Brigadier. The pay scale of Major
General/equivalent was recommended as Rs.18400-22400 on par with SAG scale of
civilians.
Relativity between Defence Forces and
civilian officers established by the earlier Pay Commissions
2.3.9.
The relativity existing between pay scales of analogous posts in the Defence
Forces and the civilians since the time of Third Central Pay Commission is
tabulated as follows:
Third
CPC recommendations (in Rs.)
|
Civilian
|
Defence
Forces*
|
|
Grade
Pay
Scale
|
Grade
Pay Scale
|
|
JTS 700-1300
|
2nd
Lieut. 750-790
Lieut.
830-950
|
|
STS 1100-1600
|
Capt.
1020-1450
Major
1350-1750
|
|
JAG 1200-2000
|
Lt.
Col. (Acting) 1500-1900
Lt.
Col. (Subs.) 1700-1900
Lt.
Col. (TS) 1800 (Fixed)
|
|
NFSG
2000-2250
|
Colonel
1950-75-2175
|
|
DIG 2250-2500
|
Brig.
2200-100-2400
|
|
SAG
I 2500-2750
|
Major
General 2500-2750
|
|
HAG 3000 Fixed
|
Lt.
General 3000
(Fixed)
|
|
Secretary 3500
|
Fixed
General 3500 (Fixed)
|
|
|
Service Chiefs 4000 (Fixed)
|
*(The
pay scales in Navy were slightly different.)
Fourth
CPC recommendations
|
Civilian
|
Defence
Forces
|
|
Grade
Pay Scale (Rs.)
|
Grade
Pay Scale
(Rs.)
|
|
JTS 2200-4000
STS 3000-4500
JAG 3700-5000
NFSG
4500-5700
DIG 5100-5700
(Revised
to
5100-6150)
SAG 5900-6700
HAG 7600 (fixed)
Secretary
8000 (fixed)
Cab.
Secy. 9000 (fixed)
|
2nd
Lieut. to Brig. 2300-100-4200-
EB-100-5000
(Integrated pay scale)
(Revised to
2300-5100)
Rank
Amount of rank
pay
(p.m.)
Capt.
& equ. 200
Major
& equ. 400
Lt.
Col. (Sel. & equ.) 600
Col.
& equ. 800
Brig.
& equ. 1200
Pay
scales for higher levels
Maj.
Gen. & equ. 5900-200-6700
Lt.
Gen. 7600
(fixed)
Army
Comm. 8000 (fixed)
Service
Chiefs 9000 (fixed)
|
Fifth
CPC recommendations
|
Civilian
|
Defence
Forces
|
|
Grade
Pay Scale
(Rs.)
|
Grade
Pay Scale Rank pay
(Rs.) (p.m.)
|
|
JTS 8000-13500
|
Lieut. 8250-10050
Capt.
9600-11400 400
|
|
STS 10000-15200
|
Maj.
11600-14850 1200
|
|
JAG 12000-16500
|
Lt.
Col. 13500-17100 1600
|
|
NFSG 14300-18300
|
Col.
15100-17350 2000
|
|
DIG 16400-20000
|
Brig.
15350-17600 2400
|
|
SAG 18400-22400
|
Maj.
Gen. 18400-22400
|
|
HAG 22400-24500
|
Lt.
Gen. & equ. 22400-24500
|
|
Secretary 26000
(fixed)
|
Vice
Chiefs and Army Comm.
Equivalent
26000 (fixed)
|
|
Cab.
Secy. 30000
(fixed)
|
Service
Chiefs 30000 (fixed)
|
Analysis
2.3.10.
The following facts emerge from the history of the rank structure of officers
in the Defence Forces:-
(i) A
broad parity has always existed between the pay scales of Defence Forces
officers and civilian group A services in general and with IPS in particular.
(ii)
Special Disturbance Allowance was given to the Defence Forces officers in 1950
as a temporary measure to improve their earnings without interfering with the
pay scales introduced as per the recommendations of the Post War Pay Committee
which had brought down the pay scales of many Indian Commissioned Officers
(ICOs).
(iii)
An edge was provided by the Third CPC in the Defence Forces officer’s pay
scales because the Commission had converted the then existing Special
Disturbance Allowance into an edge in starting pay vis-à-vis the civilian group
A officers.
(iv)
The Fourth CPC had continued this edge in devising the running pay band for
Defence Forces officers up to the rank of Brigadier and had revised the
integrated pay scale taking in account the time taken for promotion to
different pay scales. The element of rank pay was carved out of the pay scales
so revised after giving the edge vis-à-vis civilian group A officers.
(v)
The Fifth CPC maintained this edge even though it reverted from running pay
bands to individual pay scales for various officers’ ranks in the Defence
Forces.
(vi)
The edge in the Defence Forces pay scales for their officers is on account of
the Special Disturbance Allowance. Otherwise, the established relativity of the
posts of Major General and Brigadier is with SAG and DIG pay scales of civilians/police
forces respectively.
(vii)
The Defence Forces had sought running pay band upto the post of Major General
before the Fourth CPC. The Commission, however, conceded the running pay band
only upto the post of Brigadier/equivalent.
(viii)
The Fifth CPC had not recommended running pay in Defence Forces on account of
the repercussions it would have had on civilian pay scales.
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