“On July 1 of each
year, annual increments are given for all the Central Government
employees. So, tomorrow is the “Increment Day” for all.”
The 6th Pay Commission
had introduced the practice of granting annual increment for all on the
same day. Until then, increments were implemented for the employees
based either on their date of joining or on their promotion dates.
In order to reduce the
monthly work burden and for administrative expediency, suggestions from
the various departments were presented to the 6th Pay Commission to
recommend a single day as increment date. The 6th Pay Commission had
recommend 1st July of earch year as increment day. From 01.01.2006
onwards, July 1 was made the day of implementation of annual increments
to all CG staff.
Employees who are
appointed after January 1st are not eligible for that year’s annual
increment on July 1. They qualify for annual increment only the next
year. And those who retire on 30th June, they are not eligible for
annual increment.
The new increment rule
continues to make a huge impact, when employees are joining duty and
retire from duty, due to complex CCS (RP) rules on increment. Pointing
out the practical difficulties in implementing this scheme, the National
Council JCM suggested to the 7th Pay Commission may recommend that two
specific dates, Viz January 1st and July 1st.
According to the NC JCM
Staff Side suggestion, those recruited/appointed/promoted during the
period between 1st January and 30th June will have their increment date
on 1st January and those recruited/appointed/promoted between 1st July
and 31st December will have it on 1st July next year.
It was also suggested to
recommend that those who retire on June 30 and December 31 should be
given one increment on the last day of their service.
Reliable sources confirm
that, instead of granting 1st July, the 7th Pay Commission may
recommend to implement a 2 Day annual increment method.
