7th Pay Commission – Paramilitary Forces grievances – Director General met Home Minister

7th Pay Commission – Five Directors Generals of Paramilitary Forces Met the Home Minister – The government in January had set up a high powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission.

A number of paramilitary chiefs today met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in order to present their proposals and demands vis-a-vis the forthcoming implementations of the 7th Pay Commission.

Five Directors General (DGs), including Krishna Chaudhary (ITBP), K Durga Prasad (CRPF), Archana Ramasundaram (SSB), Surender Singh (CISF) and O P Singh (NDRF), met the Minister at his office in South Block here and presented a memorandum to him.

The government in January had set up a high-powered panel headed by Cabinet Secretary P K Sinha to process the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which will have a bearing on the remuneration of 47 lakh central government employees and 52 lakh pensioners.

The Empowered Committee of Secretaries will function as a Screening Committee to process the recommendations with regard to all relevant factors of the Commission in an expeditious detailed and holistic fashion.

A Flashback

“A proposal for grant of PMSP (Para Military Service Pay) to Central Armed Police Force at par with Army personnel has been referred to the 7th Central Pay Commission. vide MHA O.M. dated 05.11.2014. The rate of Para Military Service Pay requested is @ Rs. 2,000/- per month to Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) and Rs.6,000/- per month to officers upto Dy. Inspector General of Police rank, based on the rates of Military Service Pay.”

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Source: BS