NEW DELHI, Oct. 6: The Navy chief, Admiral Sureesh Mehta, today said the three-member ministerial committee headed by he external affairs minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, to examine the “core issues” raised by the armed forces is likely to give its report within two weeks.
The Naval chief who heads the Chiefs of Staff Committee brushed aside reports that he was pulled up by the defence minister, Mr AK Antony, on his “defiance” over the Pay Commission report.
The Naval chief reiterated that the defence personnel’s grievances over the 6th Pay Commission report were “not about money,” but about status equivalence and command and control issues. He said the issues “missed out” were “oversights” and nobody “could have done it willfully”.
“I should think that we will have a final answer within about two weeks time or so,” Admiral Mehta told reporters while replying to a question on when the committee headed by Mr Mukherjee was expected to submit its report.
“But they (the Mukherjee committee) are in the process of finding out what are the issues involved. And I’m sure they will take the right decision pretty quickly,” he said.
Asserting that the issues were about “status equivalence”, the Navy chief said: “I said so the other day and I will say it again. The issue over here is not about money.” n SNS
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