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The government has agreed to restore 70 per cent "pensionary weightage" to jawans, even as Defence chiefs on Thursday intensified efforts to get "anomalies" in the 6th Pay Commission notification removed.
"The government has given in principle approval to reverting to the 70 per cent pensionary weightage, as demanded by the Services, overruling the 50 per cent recommended by the Central Pay Commission (CPC), providing much-needed relief just before this Diwali," top Defence Ministry sources told reporters here. Espousing their cause, the Services chiefs today apprised Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and officials in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on the issues.
Earlier, jawans used to get 70 per cent of their last drawn pay as pension calculated on the basis of their 10-month average salary before retirement. Under the CPC notification, the jawans, who form the backbone of the Armed Forces but retire at a relatively young age, are to be provided with the option of lateral entry in to the Central police forces and paramilitary and in return, they would get reduced "pensionary weightage" of 50 per cent.
In order to resolve this issue, Defence Minister A K Antony had written a strong letter to both Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Finance Minister P Chidambaram, particularly batting for the jawan's pensionary benefits, reduced by the CPC.
Source The Economic Times
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3 comments:
1. The pay commission have recommended that the pension should be 50% of the last pay drawn. But the govt. while notifing the decision, have made it applicable w.e.f. 2.9.2008 i.e. the date of OM. This has resulted in a great loss for the retirees from 1.1.2006 to 1.9.2008. This needs to be reconsidered to avoid financial loss to senior officers who have retired before 1.9.2008.
2. The decision of the govt. regarding the encashment of EL and considering the 1/2 pay leave to make up the deficiency in calculating 300 days, has not so far been spelt out.
Half pay leave order issued
Can you please state when the half pay leave order was issued and what is the date of implementation?
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