Higher Military Service Pay (MSP) Proposal to Military Personnel including JCOs and Equivalent rank rejected
Higher Military Service Pay (MSP) Proposal to Military Personnel including JCOs and Equivalent rank rejected Government rejects demand for higher military pay for over 1 lakh military officers; Army anguished In a decision that "anguished" the Army, the government has rejected a long-standing demand of the armed forces for higher Military Service Pay (MSP) for over 1.12 lakh military personnel, including Junior Commissioned Officers, official sources said Tuesday. They told PTI that the Army headquarters was very upset over the decision of the Finance Ministry, and will seek its immediate review. Around 1.12 lakh military personnel including 87,646 JCOs and 25,434 personnel of equivalent rank from the Navy and the Indian Air Force will be impacted by the decision. The proposal for higher MSP for JCOs and equivalent rank of the Navy and IAF has been rejected by the Finance Ministry, sources said. The three services, particularly the Army, was pres...