Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Pay and promotional disparity in BSF compared to armed forces
World's largest para-military organisation, Border Security Force (BSF) suffers from highest attrition for quite a while. Experts cite reasons like low promotional avenues along with pay disparity in relation to their armed forces counterparts
after the implementation of the Sixth pay commission report for the high attrition rate in the BSF. Every month at least 350-400 BSF jawans and officers seek premature retirement of which Rajasthan Frontier has not been far behind.
A BSF source said the Centre does not realise the challenges our jawans and officers face every day while protecting the 7,000 km long border adjoining Pakistan and Bangladesh. "During 30-35 years of career, a BSF person could manage to stay
not more than a few days with his family and the promotional avenues in comparison to the army personnel, it has been frustrating for them," said a source.
According to an available data more than 900 jawans and officers from the Rajasthan Frontier alone left the job during October 1, 2008 to September 30 ,2009. The data released by BSF headquarters at New Delhi reads that in 2008 alone at
least 4,400 people left the job while till June 2009, it has crossed 2,600 at the all-India level from the organisation.
As the data reveals most of the personnel leave the job after completing 20 years in service just to take post retirement benefits while almost 40% of them leave the organisation well before 20 years of service on account of low wages, promotional avenues and tough living conditions and service conditions.
A retired director general BSF, M L Kumavat, accepted the fact of high attrition rate in the BSF but said "The trend has been arrested after the implementation of the pay commission report." Kumavat believes that not only the service conditions and pay disparity have not been the reasons for high attrition. "People leave the job as they get lucrative offers from the private sectors and also family pressures and responsibility plays its role," added Kumavat.
Kumavat accepted the fact that a constable in the BSF takes at least 20 years to be promoted to head constable while a similar rank in the Army needs 7-8 years to reach that level. Similarly, a second command officer in the BSF have not been included in the pay band 4 (P4) while his counterparts Lt colonel has been included.
Agrees P S Nayar, general secretary, All India Central Para Military Forces and Services Welfare Association, who said "The difference between the salary of a jawan in BSF and Army is of at least Rs 5,000 a month meanwhile the difference goes up to Rs 22,000 in case of higher ranks. This disparity does more harm than good so far moral of BSF is concerned."
Source:The Times of India
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This seems to be a biased opinion. For one, leaving the BSF is far far easier than quitting the army - so figures are not comparable (Although no equivalent figures are given for the army). Secondly, Lt Col in the army is not necessarily the second-in-command - most often Lt Col is the CO - Lt Col in the Army being merely a rank and not an appointment! Moreover, the role of the BSF / CPMF and Army is JUST NOT COMAPRABLE!! In Fact, it is high time we stopped comparing Army with any other service and for a change give due regard to ALL OUR ARMED FORCES INCLUDING CPMF/ BSF AND POLICE. (Why was Army required for rescue ops of a rail accident at Mathura on 21 October 2009?)PLEASE DO NOT POST SUCH BIASED ARTICLES!!!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anonymous. Noeadays it seems to be fashion to berate army while calling upon them for all sorts of civilian functions. Time to listen to the voice of aam aadmi.
ReplyDeleteA Concerned Citizen.
hey, why d fuss? army is ARMY & bsf is bsf
ReplyDeleteThere is no comparision between a Army Lt Col and a BSF 2I/C --- Please do not REPEAT do not go on shoulder rank badges ----- a Lt Col has always been equivalent to a para military commandant and continues to remain so. The only difference is that earlier the 2nd in command or the 2I/c was wearing a Ashoka as his shoulder rank badge and now a star has been added to it but this additional star does not bring him at par with the armt Lt Col who continues to command a unit in Army and their equivalent in Navy and Air Force, where as a 2I/c despite that additional star on the shoulder is still a 2nd in command.So please get your facts right
ReplyDeleteWell! I agree that service conditions in BSF are difficult, but so is with Army. It is unfair to compare service conditions of BSF with Army...or for that matter with that of any two services. Even in Armed forces, Air Force is relatively more better of and comfortable as compared to the other two services. That does not mean we start introspecting with lens and demand parity in pay and service conditions.
ReplyDeleteSo let us get mature and demand what we deserve extending logic of our own and do not make fool of ourselves in the hands of babus.
It is the fact that the BSF and CRPF personnel do not get their due in comparision to armed forces. Only the combatent in the armed forces face hardships but rest all enjoy their life with drink and dance... and keep fighting for their equavalance with civil counterparts.
ReplyDeleteThere is no doubt that BSF is performing is very hard duty, a BSF person has to remain stand on the international border front of counterpart which is called ACTIVE DUTY, but usually army performs the duties in the mid cities and a soldier of ARMY tender his job after 15 yrs and perhaphs throughout his service he would have not seen the border.I want to say that when a bullet hits a soldier it never sees whether an army person is killed or a BSF person is killed. Disparity in income only proves that life of an BSF person cheap as compared to army man which is not justifiable.
ReplyDeleteIts not understood as to why people in the name of anonymous overreact towards genuine cause of BSF.well G'leman "anonymous" what BSF is asking for itself,is affecting u.U may well claim high for Army, Air Force or Navy.I respect yr concern but please don't disrespect somebody's else concern.The colour of our "lanyard" may be different from yours however our conviction,dedication & sacrifice towards the country is no less than yours,rather in few aspects more than yours.So calm down yr anxities & worries.U asked for yr self ,u got it.Allow us to putforth our point.Learn to respect others as well.Good Luck
ReplyDeleteWell this is true that we don't want to be compared with indian army who left the post and in the name of cold or ice then again fighting a war just to reclaim the own land suffring the casualties and showing that how heroic act was at the same time all the LC where BSF was deployed not a single inch were encroched by intrudes so this the diffrence between them and us i believe Lt Col is merely a rank only in army because of deployment in peace posting or way behind the borders just making fools of our countryman well how many wars our army had fought so far and won for us only one 1971 its better they utilized in accidents as far as mathura accident because they r there only having all sort off material with them its better you start thinking that there are others who are doing agreat job better than you not killing the innocents or brothres officers or doing land scam.
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