Seeking better pay, SSB takes pay commission team to border

The forces now seem to be devising new ways to make the government accede to their demands.

Despite promises from the Centre, the demands of paramilitary forces for pay parity with the armed forces on various fronts have been hanging fire for over a year now. The forces now seem to be devising new ways to make the government accede to their demands.

Last week, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) DG B D Sharma took three members of the Seventh Pay Commission — including its chairman Justice Ashok Mathur, Secretary Meena Aggarwal and member Vivek Rae — to forward areas of Uttarakhand, with certain posts located at a height of over 11,000 feet.