SCPC Updates

Minimum basic Salary - Rs. 7000

New allowances to be effective from 1st September 2008

IRS officers demand to be considered a superior service to IAS and IPS rejected

Education Allowances for employees for upto two children - Rs. 1,000 (Earlier, it was Rs. 100)

Maximum Basic Salary - Rs. 90,000 (Cabinet Secretary)

National Holidays - 3

Gazette Holidays to be canceled

Pay hike will be implemented from January 01, 2006

Maternity Leave : 6 Months

HRA in A-1 Cities - 30% (Unchanged)

HRA in A, B, B-1 Cities - 20%

Incentive Schemes to be announced

New Medical Insurance Scheme to be launched for government employees

Market-driven pay for scientists and all other jobs that require professional skill set.

Total number of salary grades to be reduced from 35 to 20.

The wage hike would increase the financial implication for the Centre by Rs 17,798 crore annually and the arrears with effect from January 2006 would cost Rs 29,373 crore, Information and Broadcasting Minister P R Dasmunsi told reporters after the Cabinet meeting.

The government increased the minimum entry level salary of a government employee to Rs 7,000 against Rs 6,660 recommended by the Commission headed by Justice B N Srikrishna who submitted the report in March this year.

Consequently, it would push up the total emoluments of an employee at the lowest level beyond Rs 10,000 per month including allowances.

It also increased the rate of annual increment from 2.5 per cent to 3 per cent.

In the defense sector, it approved at least three assured promotions for all defense forces personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression scheme.

While civilians would get this after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, defence forces jawans would be promoted under ACP after 8, 16 and 24 years.

The hiked salary would be given to the employees beginning September this year and the arrears from January 2006 would be given in cash in two installments - 40 per cent this fiscal and 60 per cent in 2009-10.

The financial implication of Pay Commission on the General Budget would be Rs 15,717 crore and Rs 6414 crore on Railway Budget in 2008-09.

The government’s present salary bill is over Rs 70,000 crore and the pension bill is over Rs 30,000 crore.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the budget deficit target would be adhered to, despite the implementation of the Pay Commission recommendations.

The government for the first time approved Military Service Pay for armed forces personnel, under which officers would get Rs 6,000 over and above their pay per month.

The lowest limit of disability pension for defence personnel would be doubled to Rs 3100 a month.

No Cabinet Secretary rank for Intelligence Bureau chief, the three Service chiefs or the Chairman, Railway Board

Group D personnel to stay (peons in ministries and porters in Railways)

Military service pay for persons below the officer rank (POBR) would be Rs 2,000 per month

DIG-scale abolished in IPS and Indian Forest Service

The salaries of Brigadiers will be in Pay Band 4 (Rs 39,200-67,000) as against the suggested pay band 3 (Rs 15,600 - 39,100) previously.

Sixth Pay Commission Calculation to be finalized
Sources said a wait for one more week may bring Sixth Pay Commission Report in Black and White as Men in charge are making the 6CPC report finer which was earlier approved by cabinet broadly a week back.

One of the senior level officers who are finalising the 6CPC implementation told that after the approval by the Cabinet, the report has been handed over to DOPT (Department of Personnel and Training) for making it executable. The Official has also told that the following areas are being concentrated by DOPT now before implementing the report.

Pay Fixations relating to Group D cadre as the same is to be retained as per Cabinet’s approval against the 6CPC recommendations otherwise.

Workability of Uniform Date of increment (during every July of the year) recommended by 6CPC.

Possibility of reducing HRA to higher level Officers stationed at A1 Cities, as 30% HRA on the Pay of certain high level cadres exceeds Market Rent prevails at Metropoliton Cities.

Adjustments in Grade Pays relating to certain Pay scales of Group C and Group B which were merged by Sixth Pay Commission recommendations.

Modility in the Grant of Personal Pay in the background of fixed annual increment which was the basis for payment of Personal Pay so far has been replaced with percentage based annual increment.
Sixth Pay Commission Updates