7th Pay Commission increment – Revised Pay Rules 2016, provides for two dates for annual increments viz., 1st January and 1st July 2016 to take care of delayed annual increments and consequent Pay anomaly
(1) There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1st January
and 1st July of every year, instead of existing date of 1st July:
Provided that an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment
either on 1st January or 1st July depending on the date of his
appointment, promotion or grant of financial upgradation.
(2) The increment in respect of an employee appointed or promoted or
granted financial upgradation including upgradation under Modified
Assured Career Progression Scheme (MACPS) during the period between the
2nd day of January and 1st day of July (both inclusive) shall be granted
on 1st day of January and the increment in respect of an employee
appointed or promoted or granted financial upgradation including
upgradation under MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of July
and 1st day of January (both inclusive) shall be granted on 1st day of
July.
Illustration: (a) In case of an employee appointed or promoted in the
normal hierarchy or under MACPS during the period between the 2nd day of
July, 2016 and the 1st day of January, 2017, the first increment shall
accrue on the 1st day of July, 2017 and thereafter it shall accrue after
one year on annual basis.
(b) In case of an employee appointed or promoted in the normal hierarchy
or under MACPS during the period between 2nd day of January, 2016 and
1st day of July, 2016, who did not draw any increment on 1st day of
July, 2016, the next increment shall accrue on 1st day of January, 2017
and thereafter it shall accrue after one year on annual basis:
Provided that in the case of employees whose pay in the revised pay
structure has been fixed as on 1st day of January, the next increment in
the Level in which the pay was so fixed as on 1st day of January, 2016
shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2016:
Provided further that the next increment after drawal of increment on
1st day of July, 2016 shall accrue on 1st day of July, 2017.
(3) Where two existing Grades in hierarchy are merged and the junior
Government servant in the lower Grade happens to draw more pay in the
corresponding Level in the revised pay structure than the pay of the
senior Government servant, the pay of the senior government servant
shall be stepped up to that of his junior from the same date and he
shall draw next increment in accordance with this rule.
There shall be two dates for grant of increment namely, 1st January and
1st July of every year, instead of existing date of 1st July; provided
that an employee shall be entitled to only one annual increment on
either one of these two dates depending on the date of appointment,
promotion or grant of financial up-gradation.
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