Panel to look into Army’s concerns over pay

The three-member committee was constituted following a direction from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is currently abroad, government sources said.

The armed forces had on Friday refused to accept the revised pay scales and did not submit the salary bills for October.

However, the defence forces have now agreed to accept the pay scales with the existing ‘anomalies’, but would wait for a decision from the committee in which Defence Minister A K Antony and Finance Minister P Chidambaram would be members.

Consequently, all defence personnel would receive new pay along with the 40 per cent arrears on October 1.