‘Benefits to paramilitary forces at par with army’ issue raised in Parliament : whether Government has any proposal to extend same benefits to paramilitary forces at par with army? GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-710 ANSWERED ON-08.02.2017 Benefits to paramilitary forces at par with army 710 . Shri A. … Read more
Grievance Redressal Mechanism for the Jawans Government of India has implemented a web based Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) in all its Ministries / Departments including the Ministry of Defence. This system provides online access to all citizens including the jawans and other Armed Forces personnel to lodge their grievances with the … Read more
Raising Retirement Age of Doctors in the Armed Forces The retirement age of medical officers in the Armed Forces Medical Service (AFMS) is based on their rank, which ranges from 56 years in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel (& equivalent) to 60 years in case of Major General (& equivalent). In certain cases, Director General … Read more
Strength of Officers and soldiers in all three Wings of Defence Forces Strength of Defence Forces The details of authorised strength and held strength of officers and soldiers in all three Wings of Defence Forces are as under:- Officers: * Presently 87322 recruits are under training against this deficiency. ** Presently 8792 trainees are under … Read more
Next of Kin (NoK) of the defence personnel/civilians – Compensation to Families Compensation to Families Next of Kin (NoK) of the defence personnel/civilians, who died during fire incident on 31st May, 2016 at Central Ammunition Depot (CAD) Pulgaon, Maharashtra are entitled for various terminal benefits/compensations which include Group Insurance, Special Family Pension, Death cum Retirement … Read more
Revision of enhanced rate of Ordinary Family Pension in respect of Pre-2006 Armed Force Pensioners No.1(14)/2012-D(Pen-Pol) Ministry of Defence Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare New Delhi, Dated 14 June 2016 To The Chief of the Army Staff The Chief of the Naval Staff The Chief of the Air Staff Sub:- Revision of enhanced rate of Ordinay … Read more
Ration Money Allowance should be exempt from Income Tax – 7th CPC Report Ration Money Allowance (RMA) : Ration Money Allowance (RMA) is paid to all personnel of Defence forces and nongazetted personnel of CAPFs, Delhi Police, IB, A&N police and such personnel of Indian Reserve Battalions (IRBn) as are posted in Andaman and Nicobar … Read more
Shortage of Officers in Army In Army (excluding Army Medical Corps, Army Dental Corps and Military Nursing Service), as on 01.07.2015, against the authorized strength of 49,631 officers, held strength of officers was 40,525 with a shortage of 9,106 officers. Age limit for entry into various entry schemes in Army is as under: S. No. … Read more
WRONG FIXATION OF PENSION OF JCOs/NCOs/ORs WEF 1.1.2006 BRIG S VIDYASAGAR VETERAN’S EXPLANATION Since IESM has taken my name and tried to buttress their argument that everything is honky dory on pension front of JCOs and OR and produce a commentary from Maj Navdeep singh whom I do admire a lot for his work in … Read more
Promotion Policy for Women Officers in the Armed Forces The details of the extant promotion policy for women officers in the armed forces, service-wise is as follows: Army: Presently, Women Short Service Commissioned Officers (SSCOs) of all Arms / Services are eligible for substantive promotion to non-select ranks of Captain, Major and Lieutenant Colonel on … Read more