Govt orders payment of 7th pay panel scales to military: Here are details

Also approved retention of percentage-based regime of disability pension implemented after 6th CPC

Soldiers, sailors and airmen of the three defence services will be paid salaries recommended by the 7th Central Pay Commission (7CPC). The new scales will be paid with effect from January 1, 2016.

In June 2016, the Cabinet had approved 7CPC scales for civilian employees with effect from January 1, 2016, resulting in additional financial outgo of Rs 84,933 crore. However, the three service chiefs had requested that payment be made to defence personnel only after an anomalies committee resolved the military’s representations against the 7CPC recommendations.

While the military’s three key requests have not been addressed in this award,