7th Pay
Commission: Know the new salary of central government employees for pay band Rs
9,300-34,800
7th Pay Commission: Know
the new salary of central government employees for pay band Rs 9,300-34,800
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.
