Friday, June 26, 2009

Centre working on next-best option to one-rank, one-pay

A committee looking into the defence personnel's demand for pay review Thursday made a presentation before Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, an official release said.

The government seems all set to upwardly revise pension of of ex-servicemen to bring them closer to the long-demanded ‘‘one-rank, one pension"mechanism.

Though holding that full OROP is neither financially nor administratively possible, the government promises to resolve the existing anomalies in the pension structures of ex-servicemen which have been accentuated by the 6th Pay Commission.

On Thursday, cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar, who heads the committee of secretaries (CoS) looking into the issue, made a presentation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. He is also said to have discussed the pros and cons of granting the OROP demand based on the nearly two-month study that the committee carried out on the subject.

Others present during the presentation included finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, defence minister A K Antony, home minister P Chidambaram and minister of state (personnel) Prithviraj Chavan. The UPA government has already committed itself to taking a decision on the subject by the end of June in President Pratibha Patil’s address to the joint sitting of Parliament on June 4.

Just before the crucial fourth phase of polling on May 7, the defence ministry had declared that a committee headed by the cabinet secretary had been constituted to ‘‘reduce the gap in the pensionary benefits to officers and jawans, bringing it as close to OROP as possible’’.

Source : Inputs from Times of India and The Hindu.

1 comment :

nfpt said...

"JAI HO-TECHNICAL TEACHERS KEE"
The NFPT promises to get the AICTE recommendations notified soon by the Govt. if you all are ready to support the NFPT success mantra:
(1) Please start asking yourself what to do to get AICTE notified soon.
(2)Chart out an action plan.
(3)Discuss about this plan with yor colleagues or NFPT .
(4)Get in touch with nfpt thru ispteonline@gmail.com mailing address.

NFPT wishes good luck to all teachers.

All the information published in this webpage is submitted by users or free to download on the internet. I make no representations as to accuracy, completeness, currentness, suitability, or validity of any information on this page and will not be liable for any errors, omissions, or delays in this information or any losses, injuries, or damages arising from its display or use. All information is provided on an as-is basis. All the other pages you visit through the hyper links may have different privacy policies. If anybody feels that his/her data has been illegally put in this webpage, or if you are the rightful owner of any material and want it removed please email me at "shyamali00@gmail.com" and I will remove it immediately on demand. All the other standard disclaimers also apply.

Blog Archive