§ Mr. R. McNEILLasked the Secretary of State for India whether any steps are being taken to grant to officers of the Indian Army an increase of pensions such as has been granted to officers of the British Army and the Royal Navy; and whether, seeing that the majority of officers in the Indian Army are men without private means and in consequence of the neglect by the Government to treat them with the same generosity as their brother officers in the British service, the Indian Army is not attracting the same class of officer as it has done hitherto, he proposes to take any action in the matter?
§ Mr. FISHERAs has frequently been stated in reply to similar questions recently asked, the question of the revision of the scale of pensions of officers of the Indian Army is having careful consideration in communication with the Government of India, and it is hoped that a decision may shortly be come to.