Centre's dearness allowance move to save Rs 11,000 crore from military

Serving soldiers, sailors and airmen of the three defence services, and retired veterans and their families who draw pensions, will bear the brunt of the government’s decision.
 

The salary freeze will affect the military’s 1,500,000 serving men and women — 1,265,000 in the Army, 83,500 in the Navy and 155,000 in the Air Force.

Meanwhile, the freeze in pension hike will affect 2,587,000 military pensioners and about 600,000 civilians drawing defence pensions. The decision does not violate the “one rank, one pension” principle because pensions have been frozen across the board.