Government to set up first separate pay commission for Indian military: NDTV
New Delhi: India's armed forces are likely to have their own pay panel for the first time since independence.
This comes as the government prepares to set up the seventh Pay Commission to decide on salary hikes for the 50 lakh central government employees, ahead of state polls and national elections due by May. The pay panel's recommendations are expected to be implemented from January 2016.
All three military chiefs had written to the Defence Minister last year, asking for pay parity with civilian employees. The armed forces have also been demanding the one rank one pension and one rank one pay rule.
They are also pushing for fixing rank pay and fixing pay structure for jawans and junior commissioned officers (JCOs).
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