Centre to grant long-pending non-functional upgrade benefit to armed forces
The HinduIn a move to address one of the core anomalies of the services with respect to their civil counterparts in the government, the Centre has decided to grant Non-Functional Upgrade benefit over which a legal battle has been going on for some time. In December 2016, the Principal Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal, New Delhi granted NFU to armed forces personnel in pay and allowances in response to a petition filed by over 160 officers. A morale booster Lieutenant Colonels who don’t get empanelled to the next rank remain in the same pay bracket as well for almost 18 years and there are a large number due to the steep hierarchy, one official said, adding that NFU would be a morale booster and motivate them. In the pay matrix of armed forces which differs from that of civil Group A services, Lieutenant Colonels are at 12A, Colonels at 13 and Brigadiers at 13A. After the implementation of Seventh Pay Commission in 2017, the services had on several occasions raised four core concerns which they perceive reduce the status of the armed forces with respect to their civilian counterparts.
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