Forest officers in Haryana with hardly any forest will get more salary than Chief Commissioner of Income Tax – IRS Grouse
IRS officers are shocked that the Government has not accepted the Pay Commission recommendation to upgrade the Members of CBDT to the rank of Secretaries. Directors General of Police and Principal Chief Conservators of Forests will now have Secretary rank and pay, while the CBDT Members and Chief Commissioners are left far behind.
The IRS Association wants the Prime Minister to interfere. They have also met External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee , Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and Railways Minister Lalu Prasad demanding restoration of parity.
The Association lamented that six members of the Board would be getting Rs 4,450 a month less against the recommendation of the Pay Commission, while the DGPs and PCCFs , whose rank earlier used to be equivalent to the members of CBDT, would get Rs 14,230 more than what has been recommended by the Commission.
The Association wants the six Members of the CBDT and 18 Senior Chief Commissioners to be upgraded to the Secretary's salary of Rs. 80,000/-. They want the remaining 75 Chief Commissioners to be placed in the Higher Administrative Grade (HAG) plus scale that is being worked out for General Managers of Railways and other equivalent senior posts.
All the above apply mutatis mutandis to CBEC.
Immediately after the Pay Commission released its report, DDT called up a CBEC Member and told him that his post is going to be upgraded to the level of secretary. His immediate reaction was, “No, they will not accept this recommendation”. How right you were Sir?
The CBDT and CBEC together do not have a single Secretary Level post among them – And they collect all the money to pay the arrears for all those forest officers who have no forests to administer.
There is a strong feeling among the Revenue officers that the Finance Minister is not bothered about their welfare.
A frustrated Revenue Force does not augur well for a healthy economy.