The third pay commission added three concepts of inclusiveness,
comprehensibility, and adequacy for the pay structure to be sound.
The Commission believed that the most practical and equitable method for
determining Service pay would be based on a fair comparison with the pay
rates fixed for the civilian employees of the Central Government.
This nexus becomes relevant and desirable when we recall that recruitment to
our Armed Forces is voluntary, which means that persons have to be attracted
to civilian life.
The quality of recruitment to the Armed Forces will be satisfactory only if
Service pays are comparable to remuneration levels in civilian employment.
Therefore, a link between the two is inherent in the case of volunteer armed
forces.