Sunday 22 November 2015

7CPC : Unjustified shockers for defence and justified bonanza for Police - Col Ranbir Lamba

Unjustified shockers for defence and justified bonanza for Police, thanks to the 7th Pay Commission
 
1. Top end of basic pay of defence personnel has been depressed. (Earlier it was equal for the defence and the civilian counterparts.)
2. Demand for 75% last pay drawn as pension has been rejected by saying that the MSP counts for pension. (P 402)
3. Furlough leave and free ration to defence officers to be abolished.
4. 100 units of free electricity to defence personnel to be abolished.
5. Funeral allowance to defence personnel to be abolished.
6. Technical pay tier 2 for defence officers abolished. (No change in technical pay tier 1)
7. Option given to defence staff to join NPS. (P 398)
8. Defence personnel should contribute for their pensions. (P399.)
9. COBRA allowance for Police Forces brought at par with Special Forces Allowance for defence personnel.
10. Ex-gratia allowance for police forces enhanced and brought at par with those for defence personnel.
11. One additional free railway warrant to be given to poilce forces in hard areas on the pattern of defence forces.
12. Military Service Pay of defence personnel not to count for HRA and transfer grant.
13. Gallantry award monthly allowance enhanced for Coast Guard. No change for defence gallantry awards.
14. Special duty allowance for the IAS/IPS at 30 % of basic pay to far exceed the Siachen/submarine/flying allowance. A Joint Secretary drawing basic pay of Rs 182700 will get this allowance while getting posted in North-East/Ladakh as Rs54810 whereas the siachen/flying/submarine allowance has been capped at Rs 31500.
15. Return to slab based disability pension system may not be beneficial.
16. MSP worked out and recommended by the three Services HQ and ESM was 62% of basic pay for JCOs & ORs and 52% of basic pay for Officers based on various factors. The MSPs recommended is too less to what has been worked out.
17. One rank, one pension which was the exclusive right of the defence services has now been granted to the civilians including the police forces.
18. Our differential in pension which existed in 1973 ie Pension 70-75% of LPD for JCOs & ORs & 50% of LPD for Officers, while for Civilians it was 33% has not been restored. This differential should have been mentioned by the 7th CPC which has not been done. Accordingly, the Pension of JCOs & ORs should be 90% of LPD and for Officers it would be 70%.
19. Flight charge certificate allowance abolished. P 245
20. Not-so-good intentions! Retiring age of sepoy has been shown as 42-48, of Naik has been shown as 49 and of Havaldaar has been shown as 49, of Nb Sub as 52., of AC/LAC has been shown as 52. P397. P398 says they retire after their term of engagement. It is not mentioned that majority of defence personnel retire at 35.
21. Demand for upgradation of Group X Sgts/Havaldaars to diploma payscale rejected.
 
Col Ranbir Lamba
 

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