No.

17(4)/2008(1 )1D(Pen/Policy)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence,
Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare

New Delhi, the 20th January, 2010

To,

The Chief of the Arny Staff

The Chief of the Naval Staff
The Chief of the Air Staff

Subject: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GOVERNMENT DECISION ON

THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CABINET SECRETARY'S
COMMITTEE RELATING TO PENSION OF PRE 1.1.06 LT GEN
/EQUIVALENTS - REG.

Sir,

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Ministry's letter No.

17(4)/2008(1 )/D(PenlPolicy) dated 11.11.2008 on the above subject as amended vide
this Ministry's letter of even No. dated 20.1.2009 and to state that as per
recommendation of the Committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary, constituted
by the Government, to consider various issues on pension of Armed Forces
pensioners, the pay structure for the rank of Lieutenant General in the Army
(other than MNS officers) and equivalent ranks in Navy and Air Force issued in
implementation of the recommendations of Sixth CPC, has been further revised and
notified vide amendment dated 16th July 2009 to SAI/SNI/SAFI No. 2/S/2008
respectively, under which Lieutenant General and equivalent officers in Navy and
Air Force have been placed in a newly introduced HAG scale of Rs.67000- 79000
with effect from 1.1.2006 corresponding to pre-revised HAG pay scale of
Rs.22400-24500. Accordingly, the rates of minimum guaranteed pension / family
pension for the rank of Lieutenant General and equivalent ranks in Navy & Air
Force, as notified in Annexure -ll (Revised) to this Ministry's above quoted letter
dated 20.1.2009, are substituted with the rates indicated in the enclosed
Annexure.

2. All other entries remain unchanged.

3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Division of this Ministry vide
their U.O. No. 119/Fin/Pen dated 20.1.2010.

4. Hindi version will follow.

Yours faithfully,
Sd xxx
(Harbans Singh)
Director(Pension
Policy)

Copy to:
As per standard distribution list.
 Annexure to MOD Letter No 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pension/Policy)dated 20.1. 2010.

Amendment to Annexure –II (Revised) attached to MOD letter No 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pension/Policy) dated

11.11.2008 as amended vide this Ministry letter of even No. dated 20.1.2009.

COMMISIONED OFFICERS – ARMY & EQUIVALENT IN NAVY AND

AIRFORCE(OTHER THAN MNS)
TABLE – 1 RETIRING PENSION

Rank Lt Gen
Qualifying
Service
10 14379
10.5 14932
11 15485
11.5 16038
12 16591
12.5 17144
13 17697
13.5 18250
14 18804
14.5 19357
15 19910
15.5 20463
16 21018
16.5 21569
17 22122
17.5 22675
18 23228
18.5 23781
19 24334
19.5 24887
20 25440
20.5 25993
21 26548
21.5 27099
22 27852
22.5 28205
23 28758
23.5 29311
24 29864
24.5 30417
25 30970
25.5 31523
26 32078
26.5 32629
27 33182
27.5 33735
28 34288
28.5 34841
29 . 35394
29.5 35947
30 36500
& above .

TABLE - FAMILY PENSION

Rank Lt Gen
21900

NOTE:
While the qualifying service indicated in the Table – 1 above is the actual qualifying
service, the amount of pension indicated is inclusive of the rank weightage as admissible
in terms of Para 5.1 (b) (ii) of this Ministry’s letter No 1(6)/98/D(Pension/Sers) of
3.2.1998