In a move to address one of the core anomalies of the services with respect to their civil counterparts in the government, the Centre has decided to grant Non-Functional Upgrade (NFU) benefit over which a legal battle has been going on for some time.
“The Defence Ministry has agreed to grant NFU to officers of the armed forces. The government has taken a decision to inform the court in the next hearing that the armed forces will also be given NFU,” an official source said. The matter was listed for February 28 and the hearing could not take place, the source said, and the government is expected to inform the court in the next hearing.
