28% salary jump for top babu, 17% for entry level

The Seventh Pay Commission's recommendations will result in the basic salaries of Secretaries seeing the steepest jump of over 28% while the rise at the bottom is expected to be around 17% from the current level.

While the entry-level government functionary usually gets the lowest hike, the gap between someone in the lowest pay band with the cabinet secretary , the top band, has widened a little.

Factoring in the 119% dearness allowance that is currently paid, a government employee at the lowest scale earns around Rs 15,300 a month (without factoring in other allowances), which is now projected to rise to Rs 18,000. In contrast, the cabinet secretary , who earns Rs 1.97 lakh would be eligible to get Rs 2.5 lakh if the government accepts the recommendations.

Once the change takes place, the entry-level employee would be getting a little over 7% of the cabinet secretary's basic salary , compared to under 8% now.

Even an entry-level Group A employee, who is an under secretary would get less than a quarter of what the cabinet secretary -the country's top bureaucrat earns.

Overall, the pay commission has recommended a hike of 23.6% in pay and allowances of central government employees, while pension is projected to increase by 24%. 

Source : Times Of India,21-Nov-2015

 

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Important Points:-

• Pay Commission is set up intermittently by government of India, and gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees
• 7th Pay Commission Chairman Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur Retired Judge of the Supreme Court and Retired Chairman, Armed Forces Tribunal
• 6th Pay Commission Chairman  Justice B.N.Srikrishna

Source:- Times Of India, 21-Nov-2015