Honorarium for Armed Forces Personnel

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Ministry of Defence
03 -January, 2018 03:55IST


Honorarium for Armed Forces Personnel

Government has enhanced the monthly monetary allowances attached to Pre-Independence and Post-Independence Gallantry Awards with effect from 01 August 2017. The details of which are as under:

Pre-Independence Gallantry Awards

Gallantry Awards
Previous rate of Monetary Allowance (Rupees per month)
Revised rate of Monetary Allowance (Rupees per month)


Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
4,000
8,000

Indian Order of Merit (IOM)
4,000
8,000

Indian Distinguished Service Medal (IDSM)
4,000
8,000

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC)
2,800
6,000

Military Cross (MC)
2,800
6,000

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for Officers
2,800
6,000

Distinguished Service Medal (DSM)
2,800
6,000

Military Medal (MM)
2,800
6,000

Distinguished Flying Medal (DFM) for Other Ranks
2,800
6,000

JangiInam
500
1,000



Post-Independence Gallantry Awards


Gallantry Awards
Previous rate of Monetary Allowance(Rupees per month)
Revised rate of Monetary Allowance(Rupees per month)


ParamVir Chakra (PVC)
10,000
20,000

Ashoka Chakra (AC)
6,000
12,000

MahaVir Chakra (MVC)
5,000
10,000

Kirti Chakra (KC)
4,500
9,000

Vir Chakra (VrC)
3,500
7,000

Shaurya Chakra (SC)
3,000
6,000

Sena / Nao Sena / Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry).
1,000
2,000


This information was given by Raksha Rajya Mantri Dr. Subhash Bhamrein a written reply to Shrimati Poonamben Maadamin LokSabha today.

 

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Ministry of Defence
5 -January, 2018 03:25IST
Raksha Mantri Issues Orders on Matter of Equivalence with Respect to Armed Forces and AFHQ CS Officers
Raksha Mantri Smt Nirmala Sitharaman has issued the following orders with immediate effect:-

• Ministry of Defence letter dated 18 October 2016 on the issue of equivalence between Armed Forces Officers and Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ CS)Officers is withdrawn.
• The cadre restructuring of AFHQ CS as approved by the Union Cabinet shall be duly implemented. Designations to be created in consequence of the additional posts sanctioned by the Cabinet will be done in consultation with Service HQs. Local designations assigned both Service and Civilian Officers in Service Headquarters/InterService Organisations (ISOs) is hereby withdrawn. Both Service and Civilian Officers will use their respective cadre designations only.
• So far as the Channel of reporting/rendition of Annual Performance Appraisal Report (APAR) is concerned, status quo ante is hereby restored, i.e., the position which existed prior to the issue of MoD letter dated 18 October 2016 shall prevail.

This is for strict compliance by all concerned.

 

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http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/mod-rank-parity-sorted-out/524382.html

Ajay Banerjee
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, January 5

The Ministry of Defence today ended what was seen as “false equivalence” between civilian employees and armed forces. However, one part of the MoD order might require clarity.

The ministry said, “The letter dated October 18, 2016, on the issue of equivalence between armed forces’ officers and Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Services (AFHQ) officers is withdrawn.”

Sources said Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, at a meeting to sort out the matter in the second week of December, was decisive and had issued instructions to withdraw the letter.

The issue was first raised by The Tribune last October.

In the October 2016 letter, the AFHQ cadre had given itself a status higher than mandated. It had equated a Major General (Rear Admiral in the Navy and Air Vice-Marshal in the IAF) with a Principal Director at the AFHQ cadre. A Brigadier (Commodore/Air Commodore) was equated with a Director, a Colonel/Captain/Group Captain with a Joint Director.

The armed forces protested. The warrant of precedence (WoP) issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs says the Maj Gen is equivalent to a Joint Secretary and a Brigadier to a Deputy Director General. Then Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar ordered “rechecking of facts”.

The MoD in its letter today said the cadre restructuring of the AFHQ, as approved by the Union Cabinet, would be implemented. Designations will be created in consultation with the armed forces. Local designations assigned to armed forces and civilian officers stood withdrawn. The civilian cadre had been using self-given designations that were much higher than actual designations.

A paragraph in today’s letter will need clarity. It says: “Rendition of APAR, status quo ante is restored, ie, the position that existed prior to the issue of MoD letter dated October 18, 2016, shall prevail.” It seems the AFHQ will report to the armed forces and the immediate superior in the forces shall write the ACR. However, the APAR was amended in April 2015 and it mandated ranks in the forces as ACR authorities. So, will the April 2015 APAR be enforced?