MUST DO IMMEDIATE POINTS FOR WELFARE OF EXSERVICEMAN

IMMEDIATE MUST DO POINTS FOR WELFARE OF EX SERVICEMEN

 

1.         Tell MoD to implement SC order in IV CPC rank pay case. Contempt Petition hearing due on 17 Feb 14.

2.         Withdrawl of all appeals /cases against Exservicemen in the Supreme Court especially relating to disability pension as directed by the Raksha Mantri and implementation of the judgments given in favour of ESM by the Armed Forces Tribunals.
3.         Extend AV Singh report to all pre 2004 offrs also.

(a)       All officers with minimum 13 yrs commissioned service to be given pension of Lt Col as after the implementation of the report that is the rank      attainable at 13 yrs. This will mitigate the pension problem faced by Majors whose pension has got lowered substantially with officers having more than 13 yrs service but less than 21 yrs.

(b)       Officers with service of 13 yrs or more till 26 yrs to be given pension of Colonel as all officers are being given pay and pension of Col on completion of 26 yrs service as of now whether by selection or time scale.

(c)        Officers with 26 yrs or more to be given pension of Brigadier.

4.         Implement DACP scheme for army doctors also as per judgment of Hon’ble Supreme Court.

5.         Extend Non Functional Upgradation to armed forces also.

(a)       Under the scheme all Group A offrs will reach the level of Additional Secretary which as of now is equivalent to Lt Gen and only 0.001% reach that level.

(b)       All Group B officers can hope to retire as Joint Secy if not higher which is equivalent to Major General and very few army officers reach that level. 99.9% officers of the armed forces retire at the rank of Colonel.

6.        There is no point in giving half baked OROP. Implement points 1, 3 to 5 followed by OROP as all are inter linked. OROP as a concept is agreed to.

7.         Resolve outstanding anomalies from IV CPC onwards which should be the datum line for 7 CPC to start with.

8.         Implement  3 Assured Career Progress (ACP) promotion as recommended by 6 CPC for all JCOs and ORs.

9.         Assured second career for ORs as they retire at a very young age of 37 yrs with suitable financial compensation for early retirement.

10.         Restore the status of army officers in pay and equivalence which has been degraded since IV CPC to such an extent that even Group B officers are better placed than army officer.