New
Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on June 29 approved the implementation of
the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary
benefits.
It will come into 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.
The
table below shows the new salary of central government employees fall under the
pay band of Rs 9,300- Rs 34,800.
