Notes:
From the seminar held at CDM on 5 Mar 14
Words in
parenthesis ( ) are inserted by Aerial View to make for easier reading.
Certain
parts, such as salutations have been edited out but the gist has been re-typed
intact.
Roadmap for the Next Pay Commission
Brig J K Rao
1. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Headings
(a) Status
Restoration
(b) Disparities
in Allowances
(c) Additional
Allowances
(d) Suggestions
3. Parity Restoration. The following areas need to be addressed
for restoration to be enforced to bring parity in the scales with respect to
other administrative services (while carrying out this exercise, it has to be
understood that Military Service Pay granted to the Armed Forces is over and
above the parity part and (is) an additional compensation for peculiar hardships:
-
(a) Initial Pay Fixation of Brig and below: The pay fixation disparity can be
understood from the following table: -
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PAY
FIXATION DISPARITY – COLONEL (Rs 17100 STAGE)
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COLONEL
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NFSG (IAS)
|
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V CPC SCALE
|
17100-19350
|
15100-18300
|
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REC BY VI CPC
|
29760
|
29760
|
|
GRANTED BY GOVT
|
40890
|
42120
|
(b) Grade Pay Fixation: Similarly the incorrect
grade pay fixation of a Colonel is depicted in the table below:
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INCORRECT
GRADE PAY – COLONEL
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COLONEL
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DIG (IPS)
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V CPC SCALE
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17100-19350
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16400-20000
|
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GRANTED BY GOVT
|
8700
|
8900
|
(c)
Non-Functional Upgradation: The above differences have overall led to a
lowering of status of the officers of the Armed Forces thereby creating
problems in functioning. Over and above this fact, a NFU has been extended to
organised Gp ‘A’ services as well as the IFS and IPS but not to the Armed
Forces which has not only led to disparity but also lead to organisational
command and control problems. The disparity created due to NFU is as given
below:
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DISPARITY
DUE TO NON-FUNCTIONAL UPGRADATION
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AS
30 YRS
JS
20 YRS
DIR
14 YRS
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32 YRS
22 YRS
16 YRS
14 YRS
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LT GEN HAG
36 YRS
MAJ GEN
GP Rs 10000
(0.2%)
32 YRS
BRIG GP Rs 8900
(1%)
26 YRS
COL GP Rs 8700
(3%)
LT COL GP Rs 8000
22YRS
MAJ GP Rs 7600
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|
IAS
|
IPS, GP ‘A’
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ARMED
FORCES
|
(d) Lt Gen and above in HAG+ Scale: There has
been a systematic lowering of pay scales of Lt Gen and above officers of the
Armed Forces which is depicted in the table below: -
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SYSTEMATIC
LOWERING OF LT GEN PAY & STATUS
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LT GEN
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ADGP
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DGP
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ARMY CDR
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BEFORE 1982
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3000
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-
|
-
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-
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IGP
2500-2750
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1982
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3000
|
-
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3000
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-
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4th CPC
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7600
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-
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7600-8000
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8000
|
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1994
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-
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7300-7600
|
-
|
-
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5th CPC
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22400-24500
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22400-24500
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24050-26000
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26000
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6th CPC
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2/3 in HAG
1/3 in HAG+
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100% in HAG
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100% in
HAG+
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80000
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Financial
Implication – Rs 83 lakh
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(e) Disparities in Allowances: Over the last few Pay Commissions a
large number of disparities have come to light between the pay packages of the
Armed Forces and the other services. These disparities are summarised
below:
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S No.
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Name of
Allowance
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Army
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Central
Govt Employees
|
|
1
|
Training Period considered as service
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Not Considered
|
Considered as service
|
|
2
|
HQ Allowance
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Nil
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Rs 4000 (DGBR)
|
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3
|
CI in Mod FD area (Left wing extremism)
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Nil
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Rs 4840 to 6000
|
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4
|
CI in FD area (Left wing extremism)
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Nil
|
Rs 6300-7800
|
|
5
|
Deputation allowance
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5% of Basic Pay
|
10% of Basic Pay
|
|
6
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Pay and Seniority in promotion
|
As per assumption of post by individual officers
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On the day the first officer of the batch is posted
or promoted will be taken as seniority and for fixing pay of the entire batch
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7
|
Training allowance (Instructor allowance)
|
Rs 1800 (approx for Col & equivalent)
|
Rs 18000
|
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8
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Outfit allowance
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Rs 3000 every three years
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Rs 7500 every three years for Customs personnel
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9
|
NFU
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Nil
|
JS Pay at approx 22 years; Addl Secy pay at approx
32 years
|
|
10
|
HRA
|
Fixed percentage ; JCOs/ORs get CILQ
|
All personnel authorised HRA
|
|
11
|
Detachment allowance
|
Nil
|
Rs 300 per day (B class city with basic pay between
Rs 15000 and Rs 30000 applicable to all CPMFS
|
|
12
|
Para allowance
|
Rs 800 to Rs 1200
|
Rs 7200 to Rs 11200 to COBRA Ban
|
|
13
|
Disabled employees
|
Will be boarded out
|
Serve up to 60 years; Govt is duty-bound to retain
them till 60 years as per Disability Act 1995
|
|
14
|
Peace Stations in NEFA, including Sikkim, Leh, Ladakh
|
Nil
|
12.5% of basic pay as special duty allowance;
Hardship allowance 25% of basic pay (applicable to
UT cadre IAS officers)
Double HRA
Telephone at Govt expense
|
|
15
|
Deduction of allowance during leave
|
Up to 30 days
|
Up to 180 days
|
|
16
|
Second pension eligibility
|
15 years
|
10 years
|
|
17
|
Half pay leave/furlough
|
Cannot be encashed
|
Can be encashed
|
|
18
|
Qualification Grant
|
No qualification grant for qualification acquired
before 1997
Admissible only to courses detailed by Services and
qualification acquired during study leave; not admissible if qualification
acquired on own arrangements or on distance learning
|
No such restriction
No stipulation on method of acquiring the
qualification
|
|
19
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Partial Funding of foreign studies
|
No funding
|
Granted to all central Govt employees
|
5. Apart from the above disparities between
the Armed Forces and other Central Government services, there have been cases
where the service has gone to the Ministers and got the allowances applicable
to the Armed Forces made applicable to themselves. A case in point is that CAPF
where they were given additional allowances of the Armed Forces along with
their existing ones thereby creating a gross disparity as shown in the table
below:
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Name of
allowance
|
Army
|
CAPF
|
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High Altitude
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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FD Area
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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Mod FD Area
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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CI FD
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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CI Mod FD
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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CSD
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Yes
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Yes
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Ration
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
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Special Duty
|
No
|
Yes
|
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Detachment
|
No
|
Yes
|
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CI FD in LWE Area
|
No
|
Yes
|
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Special Compensatory (Remote) Locality
|
No
|
Yes
|
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Double HRA
|
No
|
Yes
|
|
Retention of residential telephone
|
No
|
Yes
|
6. Additional
Allowances Proposed and Recommendations: Fourteen additional allowances have
been proposed in the study.
Note by Aerial View: These are
available in the CDM questionnaire, hence have not been included here.
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