7th Pay Commission: How it will change your exact salary-know simply

7th Pay Commission: How it will change your exact salary-know simply

New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government on June 29 approved the recommendations of 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) on pay and pensionary benefits.

It will come into effect from January 1, 2016.

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.

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 of 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 covered: Security guard, junior attendant, senior laboratory assistant, overseer

Existing Pay Band (9300-34800)

Basic pay = 9300
Grade pay = 4200
Total entry pay =13500
Dearness allowance of 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: TGT/PGT teacher, pharmacist, senior security inspector, senior superintendent

Existing Pay Band (15600-39100)

Basic pay = 15600
Grade pay = 5400
Total entry pay = 21000
Dearness allowance of 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 covered: Medical officer, Assistant registrar, manager, scientific officer, assistant professor, engineer

Existing Pay Band (37400-67000)

Basic pay = 37400
Grade pay = 8700
Total entry pay = 46100
Dearness allowance of 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 covered: Professor, director, associate professors

Note: The decision regarding implementation of revised allowances is still pending and the employee will keep drawing the existing allowances for now.

Source: Zeenews