Committee for Pay and Pension related issues of Defence Services Personnel and Ex-Servicemen

Cabinet Secretariat

13-July, 2012 

Govt. constitutes Committee to look into pay and pension related issues of defence services
personnel and ex-servicemen 

The Government has decided to constitute a Committee, under the chairpersonship of Cabinet Secretary, to look into pay and pension related issues of relevance to defence services personnel and ex-servicemen. The other members of the Committee will be: 

(i) Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister 

(ii) Defence Secretary 

(iii) Secretary, D/o Expenditure 

(iv) Secretary, D/o Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare 

(v) Secretary, D/o Personnel and Training 

The Committee’s ‘terms of reference’ will be to look into the following issues relating to: 

(i) Defence services personnel: 

• Common pay-scale for in-service JCOs/ORs 

• Initial pay-fixation of Lt. Col/Colonel and Brigadier/equivalent 

• Review and enhancement of grade pay 

• Placing of all Lts General in HAG+ scale 

• Grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel 

(ii) Ex-servicemen: 

• One-rank one-pension 

• Enhancement of family pension 

• Dual family pension

• Family pension to mentally/physically challenged children of armed forces personnel on marriage 

The Department of Expenditure will service the Committee. The Committee may co-opt any other member. The Committee will finalize its recommendations and submit its report to the Prime Minister by 8th August, 2012. 

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