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RTI Request Registration number MODEF/R/2016/53600
Public Authority Department of Defence
Description of Information Sought
1. Please refer
to MoD No. 1(11)/2016/D (Pay/Services) dated 10.10.2016 sanctioning pay arrears
on ad hoc basis to serving personnel of Indian Armed
Forces i.e Indian Army, Indian Navy, and
Indian Air Force.
2. Please
provide information as defined in Section 2 (f) of the RTI Act 2005 including
file notings, minutes, or record of discussions and deliberations, OMs, ID
Notes, etc leading to the issue of the above-mentioned letter dated 10.10.2016.
3. Further, in
pursuance of the directions of the honourable Prime Minister, please enable the
function of additional payment online in this website for photocopies of the
information instead of requesting payment by IPO/DD.
Reply by MoD
35(1)/2015/D
(Pay/Services)
Government
of India
Ministry
of Defence
New Delhi,
dated 2nd January 2017
To
Shri S Y Savur
Subject: Seeking Information under RTI Act, 2005
Sir,
Reference your RTI application No.
MODEF/R/2016/53600 dated 28.11.2016 (received in this section on 09.12.2016) on
the above subject.
2. As requested
vide para 1 and 2, the copies of file notings of MoD letter No. 1 (11)/2016/D
(Pay/Services) dated 10.10.2016 are enclosed for your information. An amount of
Rs 14/- (Rs 2/- per copy) may be sent through any of the mode prescribed under
RTI Act, 2005 towards cost of photocopy charges. Regarding reply in respect of
para 3, a copy of representation received is being sent to D (RTI) with whom
the matter may be taken up.
3. Shri Preet
Pal Singh, Director (AG-I), Ministry of Defence, Room No. 102, “B” Wing, Sena
Bhawan, New Delhi is the first appellate authority.
Yours faithfully,
Sd/---------------2/1/17
(Prashant Rastogi)
CPIO & Under Secretary
Copy for necessary action to: - D (RTI), MoD w.r.t. their ID No. MODEF/R/2016/53600/D (RTI)
dated 05.12.2016 for giving favourable reply to the applicant regarding para 3.
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Receipt………….TRIPAS letter d/d 20/9/16
File No.
1(11)/2016-D(P/S)
This has
reference to Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma’s letter to Defence Secretary, requesting for
payment of an Interim Relief (@ 10% of the existing pay and on DA @ 125%) along
with arrears on adhoc basis, on the grounds that process to issue Special
Army/Navy/Air Force Instructions for implementing the Government Award is time
consuming. However, while making this
request, Army has linked the matter with revision of 7th CPC Award
by proposing that balance adjustment be taken after completion of revision of 7th
CPC Award for defence forces. It needs to be pointed out here that vide his
letter dated 15 Sept 2016 to Chairman COSC, Defence Secretary had clearly
conveyed RM’s direction that all the three Service HQ issue necessary
instructions forthwith for implementation of the Resolution of 5th
September 2016.
2. Vide the ibid
letter, Army has also requested that their concerns (as submitted on 20 Jan
2016), related to pay and allowances be addressed through constitution of an
Anomaly Redressal Committee. This issue will be examined separately on
file.
3. Army has also
requested that in the committee formed for Allowances and Pensions, the Pay
Cells of the three Services be called in to present their case. Separate file
on this issue as regards allowances has already been moved for Defence
Secretary’s directions.
4. It is
proposed that after seeking RM’s approval, Defence Secretary may convey the
following decision to Chairman COSC vide the draft across:
(a) in-principle
approval of RM for payment of Interim Award (at the rate mentioned in ibid
letter), only on the grounds that issue of Special Army/Navy/Air Force
instructions for implementing the MoD’s 5th Sept 2016 Resolution may
take some time. The proposal of payment of Interim Award will be further
processed on receipt of detailed proposal from Army.
(b) The
detailed proposal for payment of Interim Award should also mention the date by
which Special Army/Navy/Air Force instructions shall be furnished to MoD.
3.
©The Special Army/Navy/Air Force instructions
shall be framed strictly on the basis of MoD’s 5th Sept 2016
Resolution on 7th CPC recommendations without waiting for
government’s final decision on pay and allowances related concerns of the
Defence Forces.
5.
Para 4 is submitted for RM’s consideration.
Sd/---------------
29/9
(Preet Pal Singh)
Director (AG I)
JS
(E) Sd/-------------- 29/9/16
Defence
Secretary
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Ministry of
Defence
The
foregoing notes may please be perused. This note is in response to DO letter
received from AG, Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma (page 3-5/c). The proposal at para 4
(a), (b) and (c) on pre-page is put up for RM’s orders.
4.
In this context, it may be recalled that the
Services had put off the implementation of the resolution dated 5th
September 2016 of the Ministry of Defence relating to the implementation of the
recommendations of the 7th CPC as applicable to Defence Services.
Subsequently, a direction was issued asking all the three Services to implement
the orders forthwith without waiting for their grievances to be redressed. Now,
the Army has asked for payment of interim award at the rates mentioned in para
1 at 1/N saying that the issue of the relevant orders fixing pay of the
officers and Service personnel will take time. While this is acceptable because
of the forthcoming festive season, the flip side is that the Services may defer
the actual implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations after
releasing the interim relief on the plea that the grievances are awaiting
redressal. The letter of AG mentions this at para 4 (F/X). This is not
acceptable in view of RM’s clear directions. Fixation of the pay has to be done
forthwith and it should not be held up till the Government addressed the
grievances as this is likely to take quite some time. In view of these, we may
communicate the proposal at para 4 (a), (b) & (c).
5.
For approval please.
Sd/--------------
(G Mohan Kumar)
Defence Secretary
30.09.2016
RM Sd/-----30/09
Def
Sec DO issued Sd/--------- 1/10
JS
(E) Sd/----------- 5/10/16
Dir
(AG-I) Sd/---------- 5/x
US
(P/S) On leave
SO
(P/S)
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Reference Notes from page 3/n
The subject
matter is regarding a reference received from Lt Gen Rakesh Sharma’s letter to
Defence Secretary requesting for payment of an Interim Relief (@ 10% of the
existing pay and on DA @ 125%) along with the arrears on adhoc basis, on the
grounds that process to issue Special Army/Navy/Air Force instructions for
implementing the Government award is time consuming.
Hon’ble Raksha Mantri has give in-principle approval to
the Services’ proposal for payment of interim relief on pay along with arrears
to pass the benefit of 7th CPC award to Defence Personnel as soon as
possible, keeping in view that the issue of Special Army/Navy/Air Force
instructions may take some time. However, the views of the Hon’ble RM has been
conveyed to Air Chief Marshal vide DO dated 30-9-2016 from the Defence
Secretary, that the three Services HQ must prepare the draft SAI/SNI/SAFI
strictly as per the Resolution dated 5th September 2016 issued by
the Ministry, as early as possible. Hon’ble RM further directed that while
sending the detailed proposal for payment of interim relief, the time required
to prepare and furnish SAI/SNI/SAFI to the Ministry may also be intimated.
In response
to the above mentioned DO dated 30-9-2016, we have now received the DGL for
payment of interim relief @ 10% of existing Basic Pay plus Dearness Allowance
(DA @125%) along with arrears. The adhoc payment is proposed to be paid only to
those personnel who were in service as on 1-1-2016 and continue to be in
service and the amount so paid will be adjusted against the final computation
of arrears on the revised pay scales. The pay being drawn as on 1-1-2016 will
be reckoned for calculating the arrears.
In view of
the above, we may recommend the proposal to the Defence (Finance) (AG/PA) for
their concurrence and countersignature of the draft DGL which is placed
opposite. JS (E) may kindly approve before the file is sent to Defence
(Finance).
Sd/---------
(Laxmi)
5/10/16
SO (P/S)
US
(P/S) on leave
Dir
(AG-I) Sd/--------5/x
JS
(E) Sd/------------5/10/16
Dir
(AG-I)5/x
AFA
(AG/PA) Sd/---------6/10/16
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Ministry of Defence (Finance)
AG/PA
Ref: Preceding note No. 4/ante
recorded by MOD/D(P/S).
2. The proposal
of MoD pertains to payment of an interim Relief @ 10% of the existing pay and
DA @ 125% along with the arrears on adhoc basis, on the ground that process to
issue Special Army/Navy/Air Force instructions for implementing the Government
7th CPC Award is time consuming.
3. Hon’ble
Raksha Mantri has given in-principle approval (Page 7/corr) to the Services
proposal for payment of interim relief on pay along with arrears to pass the
benefit of 7th CPC award to Defence Personnel as soon as possible,
keeping in view that the issue of Special Army/Navy/Air Force instructions
based on MoD’s 5th September, 2016 Resolution may take some time.
However, the views of the Hon’ble RM have been conveyed to Air Chief Marshal
vide DO dated 30.9.2016 from the Defence Secretary, that the three Services HQ
must prepare the draft SAI/SNI/SAFI strictly as per the Resolution dated 5th
September 2016 issued by the Ministry, as soon as possible.
4. Accordingly,
MoD has proposed a DGL (proposed by COSC Secretariat) for payment of interim
relief @10% of existing Basic Pay plus Dearness Allowance (DA 125%) along with
arrears. The adhoc payment is proposed to be paid only to those personnel who
were in service as on 1.1.2016 and continue to be in service and the amount so
paid will be adjusted against the final computation of arrears on the revised
pay scales. The pay being drawn as on 1.1.2016 will be reckoned for calculating
arrears. The proposal has been approved by JS (E).
6.
In view of the above, the proposal of MoD/D (P/S)
is submitted for consideration and approval of Secretary (Defence/Finance)/FA
(DS).
Sd/-----------------
DFA (AG) Sd/----------6/10/16
Addl FA (RS) & JS on
leave
Addl FA (AN) & JS L.O.I on leave
Secy (D.F)/FA (DS)
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From pre-page
1. Reference
preceding notes
2. Hon’ble RM
has already approved ‘in principle’ the proposal for adhoc release of arrears
after issue of Resolution d/t 5th Sept 2016 pending issue of
SAI/SNI/SAFI. The approval was subject to fulfilling conditions at Para 4 © on
N-1.
3. In response
to Def Sec DO at CP-6 opposite, Chairman COSC & CAS responded on 3rd
Oct 2016 (CP-9 opp) along with detailed proposal for payment which is not
enclosed/placed on file.
7.
Def Sec may kindly see. If conditions are
fulfilled/formal approval may kindly be accorded so that DGL can be concurred.
Sd/-------------6/10
FADS
Def Secy RM may kindly approve Sd/--------------7/x
RM Sd/-----------7/10
Def Sec Sd/------------- 8/10
FA (DS) Pl ref the DGL (indecipherable) today
Addl FA (RS) Sd/----------10/10
DFA (AG) Sd/-----------
10/10/16
US (P/S) MoD
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Reference preceding notes.
As approved by Hon’ble RM vide
note on page-6, the letter of payment of arrears on adhoc basis of pay to
Defence Forces Personnel pending issuance of Notification accepting 7th
CPC award may be issued as per Fair letter placed opposite.
SO on leave
US (P/S) Sd/---------10.10.16
Dir (AG) Sd/--------10/x
US (P/S) Sd/---------10.10
Please issue urgently
Issued letter dated 10/x/16
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