7th Pay Commission: Good news for central govt employees, increased salary to be paid post April

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has reportedly assured to implement the pay hike for government employees from April.

New Delhi: Hundreds of thousands of central government employees who are eagerly waiting for the implementation of increased pay as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission may finally get some relief in April.

As per media reports Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has assured to implement the pay hike for government employees from April.

Reports further said that the proposal of pay hike will be sent to Cabinet in the beginning of April for approval. Employees on the level 1 and 5 pay matrix band will get the revised salary.

The Union Cabinet had in June approved recommendations of the CPC with 34 modifications, which will mean an additional annual burden of Rs 30,748 crore on the exchequer.

All allowances are given effect from July 1, 2017.

The recommendations 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.

Here we will show you how the 7th Pay Commission will change your exact salary keeping in mind the 4 main pay bands:

Existing Pay Band (5200-20200)

(All numbers are in rupees)

Basic pay = 5200

Grade pay = 1800

Total entry pay = 7000

Dearness allowance: 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 8750

Total salary = 7000+ 8750+ allowances = 16750 + allowances

New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 18000 + allowances

Net difference = 1250

Employees fall under this pay band: Security guard, Junior Attendant, Driver etc.

Existing Pay Band (9300-34800)

Basic pay = 9300

Grade pay = 4200

Total entry pay =13500

Dearness allowance: 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 16875

Total salary = 13500+ 16875 + allowances = 30375 + allowances

New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 35400 + allowances

Net difference = 5025

Employees fall under this pay band: TGT Teacher, Pharmacist, Senior Security Inspector, Junior Engineer etc.

Existing Pay Band (15600-39100)

Basic pay = 15600

Grade pay = 5400

Total entry pay = 21000

Dearness allowance: 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 26250

Total salary = 21000+ 26250 + allowances = 47250 + allowances

New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 56100 + allowances

Net difference = 8850

Employees fall under this pay band: Medical Officer, Manager, Scientific Officer, Assistant Professor, Engineer etc.

Existing Pay Band (37400-67000)

Basic pay = 37400

Grade pay = 8700

Total entry pay = 46100

Dearness allowance: 125% on Basic pay and Grade pay = 57625

Total salary = 46100 + 57625 + allowances = 103725 + allowances

New salary ( as per 7th Pay Commission) = 118500 + allowances

Net difference = 14775

Employees fall under this pay band: Associate Professor