Zee Media Bureau/Ajeet Kumar


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New Delhi: The Union Cabinet in its meeting on June 29 accepted the recommendations of Justice A K Mathur headed 7th Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension but the decision on its suggestions relating to allowances has been referred to a Committee headed by Finance Secretary.


The Committee will complete its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports within a period of 4 months. Till a final decision, all existing Allowances will continue to be paid at the existing rates.


Those recommendations related to basic pay and pension will be implemented with effect from January 1, 2016. The Cabinet has also decided that arrears of pay and pensionary benefits will be paid during the current financial year (2016-17) itself, unlike in the past when parts of arrears were paid in the next financial year.


 


The recommendations will benefit over 1 crore employees. This includes over 47 lakh central government employees and 53 lakh pensioners, of which 14 lakh employees and 18 lakh pensioners are from the defence forces.


 


The new scales of pay provide for entry-level basic pay going up from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000, while at the highest level i.e. Secretary, it would go up from Rs 90,000 to Rs 2.5 lakh. For Class 1 officers, the starting salary will be Rs 56,100. Rate of annual increment has been retained at 3 percent.


The table below shows the new salary of central government employees fall under the pay band of Rs 9,300- Rs 34,800.


                                     Pay Band 9,300-34,800 (In Rupees)
Grade Pay 4200 4600 4800 5400
Entry Pay (EP) 13500 17140 18150 20280
Level 6 7 8 9
Index 2.62 2.62 2.62 2.62
1 35400 44900 47600 53100
2 36500 46200 49000 54700
3 37600 47600 50500 56300
4 38700 49000 52000 58000
5 39900 50500 53600 59700
6 41100 52000 55200 61500
7 42300 53600 56900 63300
8 43600 55200 58600 65200
9 44900 56900 60400 67200
10 46200 58600 62200 69200
11 47600 60400 64100 71300
12 49000 62200 66000 73400
13 50500 64100 68000 75600
14 52000 66000 70000 77900
15 53600 68000 72100 80200
16 55200 70000 74300 82600
17 56900 72100 76500 85100
18 58600 74300 78800 87700
19 60400 76500 81200 90300
20 62200 78800 83600 93000
21 64100 81200 86100 95800
22 66000 83600 88700 98700
23 68000 86100 91400 101700
24 70000 88700 94100 104800
25 72100 91400 96900 107900
26 74300 94100 99800 111100
27 76500 96900 102800 114400
28 78800 99800 105900 117800
29 81200 102800 109100 121300
30 83600 105900 112400 124900
31 86100 109100 115800 128600
32 88700 112400 119300 132500
33 91400 115800 122900 136500
34 94100 119300 126600 140600
35 96900 122900 130400 144800
36 99800 126600 134300 149100
37 102800 130400 138300 153600
38 105900 134300 142400 158200
39 109100 138300 146700 162900
40 112400 142400 151100 167800