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Pensions Committee to consider one rank one pension | | The government on Friday decided to constitute a committee to look into pay and
pension related issues of defence services personnel and ex-servicemen. The committee will
be headed by a Cabinet Secretary. The other members of the Committee will be Principal
Secretary to the Prime Minister, Defence Secretary, Secretary, Department of Expenditure,
Secretary, Department of Ex-Servicemen’s Welfare and Secretary,
Department of Personnel and Training The Committee’s ‘terms of reference’ will
be to look into issues relating to 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 Lt. Generals in HAG+ scale
and grant of non-functional upgradation (NFU) to armed forces personnel The committee
will also look into issues relating to ex-servicemen, particularly 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, and it may co-opt any
other member. The committee will finalise its recommendations and submit its report
to the Prime Minister by August 8, 2012.
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