7th Pay Commission: Big demand met, Defence Forces have good news

With the demands increasing, the government decided to refer the matter to the National Anomaly Committee.

The Centre has agreed to a major demand of the Defence Forces following the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission. An official statement read, The government has accepted the recommendations of a panel that parity with civilians for the grant of disability element to the defence forces under the 6th Pay Commission.

The matter was referred to the National Anomaly Committee (NAC) by the Ministry of Defence to decide methodology for calculation of disability element of disability pension under the new pay panel.

What this means

The Armed Forces have been seeking for reverting to the percentage based regime for disability pension. They were strongly opposed to the slab based system under the new pay panel. This would assist the personnel in their increased focus on formulation on caring policy and implementation initiatives preserving the time of veterans.

Referred to committee

With the demands increasing, the government decided to refer the matter to the National Anomaly Committee.

The Defence Ministry wanted a decision on the methodology for calculation of disability element of disability pension.

What the committee recommended

The National Anomoly Committee has recommended that parity with civilians for grant of disability element which was granted to the defence forces under the 6th Pay Commission. shall be maintained. The recommendations of the NAC have been considered by the government," said a statement by the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare (DESW) under the defence ministry.

No 7th Pay Commission recommendation

In May the government decided to continue with the earlier system of disbursing disability pension and not go ahead with the new regime as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.

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