Recruitment of JCOs / ORs in Indian Army Recruitment in Army Recruitment in Army is undertaken on basis of vacancies arising on account of retirement, release or due to accretions in force level from time to time. State / UT wise details of youth recruited into the Indian Army as Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs) and … Read more
Cabinet approval on allowances paid to Uniformed Services Recommendations in respect of some important allowances paid to Uniformed Services: Defence, CAPFs, Police, Indian Coast Guard and Security Agencies i. The 7th CPC has recommended abolition of Ration Money Allowance (RMA) and free ration to Defence officers posted in peace areas. It has been decided that Ration … Read more
Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu hands over a cheque of Rs 1 cr. to Shri Rajnath Singh for contribution to ‘Bharat Ke Veer Corpus’ The Union Minister for Urban Development, Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation and Information & Broadcasting, Shri M.Venkaiah Naidu handed over a cheque of Rs. 1 crore to the Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath … Read more
7th CPC Military Service Pay (MSP) for Army Military Service Pay (MSP) for Honorary Commissioned Officers, and all Junior Commissioned Officers/ Other Ranks in Army as per the 7th CPC Gazette Notification issued by the Ministry of Defence on 3.5.2017 as follows… Military Service Pay is a compensation for the various intangible aspects linked to … Read more
7th CPC Stepping Up of Pay in Pay Matrix Army Pay Rules, 2017 There shall be stepping up of pay in pay matrix of a senior if a junior promoted after 1st January, 2016 draws more pay in pay matrix:– (i) In cases where a senior Junior Commissioned Officer/ Other Rank promoted to a higher … Read more
7th CPC Group ‘X’ Pay for Junior Commissioned Officer/Other Rank in Army Definition of Existing Basic Pay as per Gazette Notification issued by Ministry of Defence on 3.5.2017… “Existing Basic Pay” means pay drawn in the prescribed existing Pay Band and Grade Pay but it does not include any other types of pay like Special … Read more
Cabinet approved leave encashment up to 180 days to Defence personnel Cabinet approved leave encashment up to 180 days in respect of those Defence personnel who died or were invalidated out of service between 30.12.1991 to 29.11.1999 with less than 15 years of service Cabinet approves encashment of accumulated leave to certain Defence Services Personnel … Read more
Shortage of Soldiers in Armed Forces The shortage of soldiers in the three Armed Forces is given as under: Officers: Army (as on 1.1.2017) Navy (as on January, 2017) Air Force (as on 7.4.2017) 7986 1256 Nil JCOs / Other Ranks & Equivalent: Army (as on 1.1.2017) Navy (as on January, 2017) Air Force (as … Read more
Women Personnel of the Armed Forces The number of women officers (excluding medical and dental branch) in all the three wings of defence forces is as under: The details of women officers (excluding medical and dental branch) recruited during the last four years and the current year, Service-wise, are as under:- In March 2016, approval … Read more
Disability Pension for Soldiers The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommended the following on disability pension:- The Commission is of the considered view that the regime implemented post 6th CPC needs to be discontinued, and recommended return to the slab based system. The slab rates for disability element for 100 percent disability would be as … Read more