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