Disabilty Pension: The Hidden Truth.

Updated
Cabinet has given a decision to retain the old system of calculation on percentage basis, that is, 30% of pay shall remain the disability element for 100% disability. 

A protection clause needs to be introduced for pre-2016 retirees JCO/NCO/ORs) who stood to gain from the slab rates. 

New Army Pay Rules have been issued.
(http://zeenews.india.com/personal-finance/7th-pay-commission-for-defence-forces-pay-rules-2017-for-army-air-force-navy-notification-2003298.html)


Update as on 29 Oct 2016
The matter has been referred to the Anomaly Committee. The disability pension component will be paid as per the old system until the pay panel’s Anomaly Committee comes out with a solution.


Original Post
Govt. is denying the reduction in disability pensions of the soldiers.
What is the truth?

The 100% disabled soldiers especially of higher ranks/longer service have been hit hard by the new formula.
They will get substantially lower disability pension than their civilian counterparts i.e. peons, constables, police inspectors, sweepers, IAS officers, police officers etc.

However the loss for the defence personnel with lower levels of disability will be lesser. In few cases defence personnel may get marginally higher disability pension than their civilian friends also.

To correct this anomaly, the defence personnel should be given the disability pension as per the following formula:-

ORs/NCOs:                           Rs 12000 or 30 % of LPD whichever is higher

JCOs:                                    Rs 17000 or 30 % of LPD whichever is higher

Commissioned Officer:          Rs 27000 or 30 % of LPD whichever is higher

Kindly see the table below:-

Update as on 29 Oct 2016
The matter has been referred to the Anomaly Committee. The disability pension component will be paid as per the old system until the pay panel’s Anomaly Committee comes out with a solution.

Some Good News for the Pre-2016 Defence Pensioners

Update
New Army Pay Rules have been issued. 
(http://zeenews.india.com/personal-finance/7th-pay-commission-for-defence-forces-pay-rules-2017-for-army-air-force-navy-notification-2003298.html)

Update as on 29 Oct 2016
GOI notification has been issued by the DESW which can be downloaded from the link below:-

http://www.desw.gov.in/sites/upload_files/desw/files/pdf/7th-CPC-DESW.pdf

Original Post
Pension for pre-2016 retirees as on 01.01.2016 = Pension ( OROP as on 31.12.2015 ) *  2.57

Hence multiplication factor of 2.57 will be applied on the OROP figure and not on any other figure including that recommended by the 6th CPC.

OROP has beengiven wef July 2014 (based on data of 2013) and the next revision is due in 2019. However a court case has been filed on the OROP in the SC. Defence personnel are likely to win the court case. This will lead to yearly revision of the OROP. Thus OROP will be revised based on the data of 2015. This OROP will be multiplied by 2.57, then.

               

http://www.mediafire.com/file/0z020a9568fi3f4/Defence+pension+notification+30+Sept+2016.pdf

JCOs/NCOs/ORs too deserve justice and fair play: An earnest appeal to Maj Gen Satbir

An earnest appeal to Maj Gen Satbir, leader of the ESM. He got the veterans the benefit of OROP (one rank one pension).

1. General sahib, no JCO/NCO/OR has any objection to commissioned officers getting higher basic pay/pension scales due to their higher responsibilities and wider span of work.

2. However, MSP (military service pay) and the following allowances need to be the same for all the ranks. In fact, the lower the rank, the higher should be these allowances. Is the harshest condition of Siachen less harsh for the Jawan in comparison with that of a commissioned officer? Does a bullet differentiate between a jawan and a commissioned officer. Then why the difference in the MSP and the various allowances! Is it the British Colonial mindset still prevailing in the Army top brass?

- Military Service pay
- Siachen Allowance
- Field Area/Hard Area Allowance
- CI Allowance
- High Altitude Allowance etc.

3. What is the justification for giving Rs 5200 as the MSP to the combatant Jawan/JCO and Rs 10800 to the non-combatant nurse?

4. The minimum retirement age of a commissioned officer is now 54 (57 in the IAF). In comparison, the Army Jawans are forcibly retired in the age group of 35-40. Even a civilian peon/policeman retires at 60. Jawans face humiliation after their retirement when they work as security guards doing 12 hours duty everyday at a salary of Rs8000-10000 p.m. Sadly many security agencies are owned by the commissioned officers themselves.

Why are Jawans retired in the prime of their youth? Why cannot they be transferred to the other services like the MES, GREF, APS, DRDO, DGQA, Public Sector Companies like BEL, HALetc., Fire & Safety Services, Ordnance factories etc.? This will have twin benefits; no early outflow of pension and availability of patriotic, disciplined and non-corrupt manpower for the country.

5. Our Service Chiefs have demanded NFU for the commissioned officers. Why not the NFU for the Jawans? Can't you give a NFU of Nb Subedar to every Jawan retiring with 17 years of service? Has any Service Chief proposed this? Why don't you take up this case as strongly as you fought for the inclusion of the Lt Cols in the payband 4? Let every Jawan get the pension of Nb Sub (payband 2) at least.

6. General sahib, there is a growing feeling amongst the JCOs/NCOs/ORs that you are working more for the benefits of the commissioned officers rather than the Jawans. So your credibility is reducing with every passing day.

7. Now the ball is in your court. Will you display moral courage and include the abovementioned points in your agenda of Jantar Mantar agitation which is being restarted on 02 Oct? Fighting for the undiluted OROP is OK but the issues are much bigger for the Jawans. The real benefit of OROP has come to the superannuated veterans and not the early retirees. In fact, the OROP concept itself is flawed. And now the 7th Pay Commission has given the near OROP to all the civilian employees. Thus OROP alone cannot do much justice to the downtrodden Jawan.

8. If you do not heed to the advice here, you are not likely to get the support of millions of the ESM and history will remember you as an officer-centric General who really did not do much for the Jawan. Your Fauji Janta Party (FJP) is likely to be a failure, if you do not fight for the Jawans.

Colonel: Reducing Basic Pay & Status

Officers of the rank of Colonel rank are listed higher than the DIGs in teh Warrant of Precedence.

However, the 7th CPC has reduced the basic pay of Colonels relative to the DIGs.

       

Depression in Basic Pay & Status of Lt Col

After 3rd Pay Commission, Lt Col was in the basic pay scale of Rs 1750-1950. A civilian Director/SSP was in a lower pay scale of Rs 1650-1800.

The edge of the Lt Col in the entry level basic pay as well as the top end was maintained till 5th Pay Commission.

However the 6th Pay Commission nullified this edge of the Lt Col and gave a lower grade pay (& hence status) to a Lt Col. Lt Col was given grade pay of Rs 8000 and the Director got Rs 8700.


Seeing the basic payscales of the 3rd, 4th and the 5th CPCs, a higher grade pay of Rs 8900 was due to the
Lt Col. But the same was not agreed by the Committee headed by Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, now the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.

7th pay Commission has made things even worse for the Lt Col. Not only his status (level 12A versus 13) has been lowered but his basic pay at both the entry point (lower end) and the upper end have been lowered.

The basic payscale of Lt Col needs to be reworked keeping his edge at the entry level point as well as the top end.

Also Lt Col needs to be placed at level 13A, higher than the Director who has been placed at level 13.

Reduction in the Basic Pay of Majors by the 6th & 7th Pay Commissions

Till 5th Pay Commission, the starting basic pay of Major used to be more than that of the Civilian JAG/Dy Secy rank officer.

However, the 6th and the 7th pay Commissions have depressed the basic pay of Major by 13% & 12%.

Honorary Rank Defence Officers also deserve justice and fair play