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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
31-March-2017 18:17 IST
7th Central Pay Commission
The 7th Central Pay Commission has retained rate of annual increment at 3
percent. The 7th CPC has also recommended withholding of annual
increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the
benchmark either for MACP or a regular promotion within the first 20
years of their service. These recommendations have been accepted by the
Government.
The 7th CPC has observed that it is essential to have a linkage between
Departmental Results Framework Documents (RFD) and Annual Appraisal
Performance Report (APAR) and has suggested the following modification
in the existing APAR system for determining Performance Related Pay:
(i) Alignment of Objectives: The Ministry’s
Vision/Mission needs to be translated into a set of strategic objectives
for each department and these objectives need to be cascaded by the
Department Head to his subordinates and subsequently down the chain.
(ii) Prioritizing Objectives, Assigning Success Indicators
and their Weights: Objectives reflected in the APAR should be
prioritized and assigned weights along with success indictors or Key
Performance Indicators. The Commission recommended 60 percent weight on
work output and 40 percent weight on personal attributes, instead of
existing 60 percent weight on personal attributes and only 40 percent
weight to work output.
(iii) No Ex-ante Agreement: The indicators in the APAR of an
officer/staff will need to be discussed and set with the supervisor at
the beginning of the year.
(iv) Timelines: The timelines for RFD may be synchronized
with the preparation of the APAR so that the targets set under RFD get
reflected in individual APARs in a seamless manner.
(v) Online APAR System: The Commission recommended
introduction of online APARs system for all Central Government
officers/employees.
This was stated by Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal, Minister of State in the
Ministry of Finance in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
