Income Tax officials complain of anomalies in 6th Pay Commission

Income Tax officials complain of anomalies in 6th Pay Commission

By Khabrein.Info Correspondent,

New Delhi, September 8, 2008: After armed forces it is the turn of Income Tax officials to complain of anomalies in the 6th Pay Commission.

They have complained that anomalies in the sixth pay commission have left them feeling neglected.

Earlier Indian armed forces had complained regarding the anomalies in the sixth pay commission against armed forces officials. The issue was taken to the highest level by Navy Chief when in an unprecedented move when he spoke to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on the issue.

He sought that the anomalies against armed officials be eliminated as it will deter young people to join the armed forces as officers.

The armed forces chiefs are worried that he anomalies in the pay structure of armed forces officials viz a viz civilian officials can deter many bright young men from joining the armed forces in the future.

Even now there is a big gap of officials in the armed forces and the gap is increasing. The sort of talent that the army requires at officers level can easily get several time higher pay package than they actually get in the armed forces in India.

On Friday Navy Chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta met Dr Manmohan Singh over perceived discrimination against the armed forces. It is unprecedented for the Indian military to take its campaign for better pay to the level of the Prime Minister.

In the eye of the storm brewing in the army on the issue of revision, the Finance Ministry had on Wednesday virtually rejected military's pay demands, and the three services chiefs had on Thursday said that issues raised by them should be addressed by the country's political leadership instead of the Anomalies Committee.

Now Income Tax officials too have criticized the 6th Pay Commission recommendations calling it discriminatory.

A memorandum submitted by the Indian Revenue Service Association says, “We are shocked at the decision of the government to ignore recommendations of the Pay Commission to upgrade the pay scale of members of CBDT to Rs 80,000 (fixed), even though the pay scales of Directors General of Police and Principal Chief Conservators of Forests have been upgraded without any recommendation”.


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