The Indian Air Force (IAF) chief has criticized the Sixth Pay
Commission and said that there was a need to create parity between
civilian and military pay scale.
The criticism comes after several senior armed forces officials had
welcomed the final Sixth pay Commission recommendations as accepted by
the Union Cabinet on 14th August. Government had made several
amendments to the original recommendations of the sixth pay commission
to satisfy the demands of the armed forces.
Former armed forces chief General (Rtd) NC Vij had criticized the
original Sixth pay recommendations calling it inadequate. In a letter
written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Sigh he had said, “ As a former
chief, I feel morally duty-bound to bring this fact to the notice of
the Hon'ble Prime Minister in my personal capacity. I take heart from
the fact, that it is under your leadership, that, in my tenure, the
government went for a major improvement in the 'operational posture by
sanctioning South Western Command and 9 Corps HQs with full complements
and also for some restoration of self esteem of the young officers
through addressing their delayed promotions-cum-service conditions, by
approving Part 1 of Ajay Vikram Singh Committee report'…If this had
been followed up, through a balanced PCR and implementation of Part II
of the 'AVS Report', things would have reasonably improved, but
unfortunately the very opposite has happened.”
Stressing on the plight of army personnel he further said, “Sir, you
yourself hail from a state, which has traditionally produced soldiers.
You would have often wondered, as to why a supremely fit jawan/JCO who
retires at the young age of 42-48, ages and grows old so fast. It is
because he has no resources to fall back upon to ensure a decent living
for his family after his early retirement. This problem gets further
accentuated with the constraints of even poor farming conditions. Why
should a soldier retire at this early age (other services serve upto 60
years) and why this man who has served the Nation so valiantly not be
given a second career by way of 'lateral transfer', which alas will
never come about”.
Commission and said that there was a need to create parity between
civilian and military pay scale.
The criticism comes after several senior armed forces officials had
welcomed the final Sixth pay Commission recommendations as accepted by
the Union Cabinet on 14th August. Government had made several
amendments to the original recommendations of the sixth pay commission
to satisfy the demands of the armed forces.
Former armed forces chief General (Rtd) NC Vij had criticized the
original Sixth pay recommendations calling it inadequate. In a letter
written to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Sigh he had said, “ As a former
chief, I feel morally duty-bound to bring this fact to the notice of
the Hon'ble Prime Minister in my personal capacity. I take heart from
the fact, that it is under your leadership, that, in my tenure, the
government went for a major improvement in the 'operational posture by
sanctioning South Western Command and 9 Corps HQs with full complements
and also for some restoration of self esteem of the young officers
through addressing their delayed promotions-cum-service conditions, by
approving Part 1 of Ajay Vikram Singh Committee report'…If this had
been followed up, through a balanced PCR and implementation of Part II
of the 'AVS Report', things would have reasonably improved, but
unfortunately the very opposite has happened.”
Stressing on the plight of army personnel he further said, “Sir, you
yourself hail from a state, which has traditionally produced soldiers.
You would have often wondered, as to why a supremely fit jawan/JCO who
retires at the young age of 42-48, ages and grows old so fast. It is
because he has no resources to fall back upon to ensure a decent living
for his family after his early retirement. This problem gets further
accentuated with the constraints of even poor farming conditions. Why
should a soldier retire at this early age (other services serve upto 60
years) and why this man who has served the Nation so valiantly not be
given a second career by way of 'lateral transfer', which alas will
never come about”.
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