Forces study suggests new salary structure

The amount, a certain percentage of the basic, can be paid over and above the pay and allowances that military personnel are entitled to. Highly placed sources said the compensation system is exclusive to the armed forces and cannot be equated to the corporate world or any other department. Parameters like compensation for job content, environment in which a military personnel was working in, nature of risks involved and nature of physiological deprivations have been discussed by the study group and all or certain portions of each have been grouped as pay, motivational factors, allowances and entitlements.

The final report, which has the nod of the three services, has taken into account the aspirations and the economic resources of the nation, a source said, adding that the country8217;s GDP and the burden on the national exchequer were studied closely as compared to those of the countries analysed.