The Ministry of Defence, on the basis of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, has approved new pay scales and other allowances for officers as well as for the Personnel Below Officer Rank (PBOR) of the Armed forces.
The Government on October 2006 set up the Sixth Central Pay Commission (CPC) and the Commission submitted its report on March 24 this year.
The report covered among other things, matters relating to structure of emoluments, allowances and conditions of service of Armed forces personnel.