Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Rajya Sabha
During the last 10 years (July 1998-June 2008), 1794 scientists, mainly at junior level, have resigned from Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO).
Sixth Central Pay Commission has recommended a number of incentives for scientists, which have been accepted and implemented by the Government. DRDO has made efforts to arrest the attrition through career enhancement by providing study leave for acquiring higher qualifications viz., PhD, MTech, etc, sponsoring scientists for attending conferences/seminars/symposia/short and long term training courses in frontier areas of research within the country and abroad, mentoring of young scientists, creating better working environment and social life in living campuses, etc.
Fourteenth Report of the Standing Committee on Defence has recommended certain measures. Some of the proposed incentives for the scientists have already been recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Commission. These have been accepted and implemented by the Government.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in a written reply to Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania and Shri Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi in Rajya Sabha today.
Samir/RAJ
Source: http://pib.nic.in/release/release.asp?relid=44018
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