Friday 20 November 2015

7th PAY COMMISSION HIGHLIGHTS



1.      The date of effect of pay commission report should be 01.01.2016.
     Rejecting our demand of date of effect from 01.01.2014.
There are 18 Levels of pay. The Level would henceforth be the Status determiner.
OLD PAY STRUCTURE
PROPOSED NEW PAY STRUCTURE
PAY BAND
GRADE PAY
LEVEL
PAY SCALE
ENTRY PAY
PB-1-Rs.5200-20200
1800
1
18000-56900
18000
1900
2
19900-63200
19900
2000
3
21700-69100
21700
2400
4
25500-81100
25500
2800
5
29200-92300
29200
PB-2-Rs.9300-34800
4200
6
35400-112400
35400
4600
7
44900-142400
44900
4800
8
47600-151100
47600
5400
9
53100-167800
53100
PB-3-Rs.15600-39100
5400
10
56100-177500
56100
6600
11
67700-208700
67700
7600
12
78800-209200
78800
PB-4-Rs.37400-67000
8700
13
118500-214100
118500

10000
14
131100-216600
131100
          67000-79000
HAG
15
144200-218200
144200
          75500-80000
HAG+
16
205400-224400
205400
80000
Apex
17
225000
225000
90000
Cabinet Secretary, Defence Chiefs
18
250000
250000
2.This fitment factor of 2.57 is being proposed to be applied uniformly for all employees.
 As against our demand 3.70 multiplying factor.
It includes the current DA of 119% and future DA of 6% assumed to accrue on 1-1-2016. The fitment benefit would be 32%  on pay in the pay band and grade pay.

3. The Minimum Pay would be Rs.18000/-
As against our demand of Rs.26000/-   Dr. Aykroyd Formula of 15th Indian Labour  Conference for calculation of Minimum wage distorted by 7th CPC to deny the eligible minimum pay.

4.The fitment in the new pay matrix is proposed to be done by multiplying the basic pay on the date of implementation by a factor of 2.57. The figure so arrived at is to be located in the new pay matrix, in the level that corresponds to the employee’s grade pay on the date of implementation. If the identical figure is not available in the given level, the next higher figure closest to it would be the new pay of the concerned employee.

5. The rate of annual increment is being retained at 3 percent. As against our demand of 5%

6. On promotion, 3% increment will be added to the existing pay and it will be fixed in the same stage if it is available in the promoted cadre(Level) pay matrix or else next stage closure to the figure.
Our demand is two increments at the time of promotion
7. Modified Assured Career Progression (MACP) There is no change in the existing scheme except (1) Bench mark for MACP is Very good which is changed from existing 'Good' and (2) introduction of more stringent criteria such as clearing of departmental examinations or mandatory training before grant of MACP
8. Withholding Annual Increments of Non-performers after 20 Years Withholding of annual increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for MACP or a regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service is proposed.
9.Maximum pay increase is 14.29% as against our demand of minimum of 40% increase for all employees

10.DA Formula: No Change

11.Casual Leave: No Increase

12.Leave encashment at time of retirement: No increase . Maximum 300 days only.

13. Medical: Medical Insurance Scheme for serving and retired employees recommended
14. Periodical review of Wages recommended. No pay Commission required.

15. Compulsory retirement and efficiency Bar reintroduced.

16. Promotee and direct recruits – entry level pay anomaly is removed.

17.Cadre review to be completed in a time bound manner.

18. There is no opinion about the apex level grievance machinery to Gazetted Officers.

19.AllowancesThe Commission has recommended abolishing 52 allowances altogether.
House Rent Allowance (HRA) is reduced by 20% and the revised HRA is as follows
X city
24%
Y city
16%
Z city
8%





20. Daily allowances &Travelling Allowance
Level
staying accommodation Ceiling for Reimbursement
travelling charges Ceiling for Reimbursement
Food bills lumpsum payable
Travelling Allowance
14 and above
7500
AC Taxi charges up to 50 km
1200
Business/Club class by air OR AC-I by train
12 and 13
4500
Non-AC Taxi charges up to 50 km
1000
Economy class by air OR AC-I by train
9 to 11
2250
Rs. 338 per day
900
Economy class by air OR AC-II by train
6 to 8
750
Rs. 225 per day
800
AC-II by train
5 and below
450
Rs. 113 per day
500
First Class/AC-III/AC Chair car by train

Additionally for accommodation, it is also provided that for stay in Class ‘X’ cities, the ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be Rs.1,000 per day, but it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production of relevant vouchers. For levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of stay, name of dwelling, etc. No food bills required to be submitted.

Length of absence
Amount Payable
If absence from headquarters is <6 hours
30% of Lump sum amount
If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours
70% of Lump sum amount
If absence from headquarters is >12 hour
100% of Lump sum amount

21.Transport Allowance: No Hike only 125% merger
Pay Level
Higher TPTA Cities
Other Places
9 and above
7200+DA
3600+DA
3 to 8
3600+DA
1800+DA
1 and 2
1350+DA
900+DA

22. Children Education Allowance (CEA)
CEA
2250/PM
Hostel Subsidy
6750/PM

23. a. Child Care Leave (CCL) a) CCLshould be granted at 100 percent of the salary for the first 365 days, but at 80 percent of the salary for the next 365 days. ( Salary reduced to 20%).

b) extension of CCL to single male

24.New pension Scheme will continue

25.Pensioners – Parity – long standing demand of the pensioners accepted: Commission recommends a revised Pension Formulation for Civil employees and Defence Personnel who have retired before 01.01.2016. (expected date of implementation of seventh CPC recommendations). This formulation will bring about complete parity of past pensioners with current retirees

26. Pensioners – minimum pension Rs. 9000/-
(50% of the minimum pay recommended by the 7th CPC)

27. Pensioners – Fixed Medical Allowance (FMA) – no change (RS. 500/-

28. CGHS Facilities to all postal pensioners recommended
       33 Postal dispensaries should be merged with CGHS

29. Gratuity: Ceiling of gratuity is proposed for increase from the existing Rs.10 lakh to Rs.20 lakh from 01.01.2016. The Commission further recommends, as has been done in the case of allowances that are partially indexed to Dearness Allowance, the ceiling on gratuity may increase by 25% whenever DA rises by 50 percent

30. Leave travel Concession: No Change. One time LTC to foreign Country during the Service rejected.

S.Mohan
Secretary General

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