Rent and Allied Charges in Respect of Indian Army Officers GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE OFFICE OF THE PRINCIPAL CONTROLLER OF ACCOUNTS (FYS) PAY TECH SECTION No.Pay/Tech-I/Misc CIRCULAR.01 Dated:12/02/2019 To ALL Branch AOs Subject:   Information regarding rent and allied charges in respect of Indian Army Officers A DO Letter has been revived from shri A.V.Rao, IDAS, PCDA, PCDA (O) Pune regarding timely closing of accounts on retrenchment/release of the Army Officers. It has been intimated that large number of debit balances are being reflected in IRLAs of the Army Officers on account of recovery of rent and allied charges after their date of retirement. As per provisions of Rule 693 & 694 of RMES, “In the case of pensioners and private individuals, rent is recoverable month;y in advance.Rent bills will be sent through the appropriate MES office direct to them for payment, either into the treasury or to the MES office concerned on or before the 5th o...

Ministry of Defence MODERNISATION OF ARMED FORCES 02 JAN 2019 Budget Estimates, Revised Estimates, Modified Appropriation and Actual Expenditure incurred under Capital Acquisition (Modernisation) Head under Defence Services Estimates (DSE) for the last five years and the current year are tabulated below:- (Rs. in crore) Year Budget Estimates Revised Estimates Modified Appropriation Expenditure 2013-14 73,444.59 66,406.41 66,201.92 66,850.30 2014-15 75,148.03 66,151.73 65,706.04 65,862.38 2015-16 77,406.69 65,400.00 61,699.39 62,235.54 2016-17# 69,898.51 62,619.36 64,853.86 69,280.16 2017-18* 69,473.41 68,965.24 68,980.89 72,732.20 2018-19 74,115.99 Not yet finalised. Not yet finalised. 54,230.94@ (# figure excludes MF, ECHS, DGQA, NCC, RR, DGOF and R&D) (* figure excludes MF and ECHS) (@Expenditure in r/o Financial Year 2018-19 is upto November, 2018) The Final Appropriation has been fully and optimally utilized during the said period. Internal Audit and E...

Ministry of Defence Allowance to Armed Forces 31 DEC 2018 Taking note of the rigours of military life, the 6th Central Pay Commission (CPC) had recommended an additional, separate element of Pay for the Defence Forces called Military Service Pay (MSP) which the CPC intended would also maintain the edge enjoyed by the Defence Forces over the civilian scales. The Commission was of the view that the rate of MSP as a percentage of the existing pay has to be maintained in case of officers (up to the level of Brigadier / equivalent) as well as PBORs because the difficulties faced in field situations by both these categories are similar. The 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) had considered all aspects with regard to applicability of MSP including the rates while making its recommendations. This was done after considering the views of the Services in the matter. The  7th CPC  has consciously decided not to create additional categories of personnel for the grant of MSP or to dist...

133 Armed Forces Hospitals along with Location Ministry of Defence Defence Hospitals There are 112 Military Hospitals, 12 Air Force Hospitals and 9 Naval Hospitals in the country. The State / UT wise number of such hospitals, along with location is as under: No. CITY No. of Hospitals opted out from CGHS during the last 3 years Names of Hospitals Reasons for opting out 1 AHMEDABAD 3 (i) Nidhi Hospital (ii) Anand surgical (iii) Sidhi Vinayak Due to technical problem and delay in payment. 2  BANGALORE 3 (i) Vasan Eye Care, Nagarbhavi  Change in Management (ii) Medihope Super Speciality Hospital Inability to provide certain service (iii) Shirdi Sai Hospital Pvt. Ltd. Due to renovation 3  CHANDIGARH 1 Centre For Sight Low CGHS rates. 4 GUWAHATI 4 (i) Guwahati Neurological Research Centre Hospital Due to technical reasons (ii) International Hospitals (iii) Nemcare Hospitals (iv) Primus imagi...

Clarification on Reimbursement of Tuition Fee and Hostel Charges provided to the children of Armed Forces Officers / PBORs missing / disabled / killed in action GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:5354 ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2018 Reimbursement of Tuition Fee RAJAN BABURAO VICHARE Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:- (a) whether the Government has curtailed the reimbursement of tuition and hostel fees provided to the children of working and retired armed forces personnel including martyred, disabled and missing soldiers / officers; (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the likely saving in Government exchequer as a result thereof; (c) whether servicemen and ex-servicemen are distressed by the Government decision; (d) if so, whether the Government proposes to reconsider the decision; and (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE) IN THE MINISTRY O...

Option for Fixation of Pay on Promotion from the Date of Next Increment – MoD Orders dt.22.3.2018 Availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI, if opted for, in respect of Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay Rules 2017 and Navy Pay Regulations 2017 in respect of Officers and JCOs/ORequivalent No.1(20)/2017/D(Pay/Services) Ministry of Defence D (Pay/Services) Sena Bhawan, New Delhi Dated 22nd, March 2018 OFFICE MEMORANDUM Subject:   Availability of option for fixation of pay on promotion from the Date of Next Increment (DNI) in the lower post and method of fixation of pay from DNI, if opted for, in respect of Army Pay Rules 2017, Air Force Pay Rules 2017 and Navy Pay Regulations 2017 in respect of Officers and JCOs/OR equivalent. Reference is invited to Special Army Instructions (SAI-2008), Special Air Force Instructions (SAFI-2008), Special Navy Instructions (SNI-20...