7th pay commission boost for army, navy, air force: To get enhanced pay hike and arrears starting Jan

7th pay commission boost for army, navy,
air force: To get enhanced pay hikefrom the current month and arrears starting Jan

New Delhi: The Army, Navy and Indian Air Force personnel are all set to get enhanced pay as
per the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission from the current month.

The government had last week enhanced their pay package after the Union cabinet accepted certain demands ofthe the three services including restoring an earlier system of disbursing
disability pension.The three services issued general instructions

separately to disburse the revised pay as well as the   arrears in May's salary.

"Instructions have been issued for giving revised pay in the current month's salary," official
sources said.The revised pay will be given with effect from January 2016, as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission. The panel's recommendations were not implemented for the three services after they

raised the issue of certain anomalies.

Heeding their other major demand, the government last week decided to continue with an earlier system of disbursing disability pension and not adopt a new regime as recommended by the
7th pay commission. The armed forces have been pressing for reverting to the percentage-based regime for calculating disability pension and were strongly opposed to the slab-based system conceived

by the pay panel.Some other alleged"anomalies" raised by the armed forces, including the issue of

Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU), are yet to be addressed.There has been a demand for

NFU in the armed forces.Under the NFU scheme, officers in central group A category get automatic time-bound pay promotions. Pay hikeunder NFU scheme are independent of organisational requirements and vacancy.

Source: First Post.