7th Pay Commission: Know the exact salary of class 1 officers for pay band Rs 15,600-39,100

Zee Media Bureau/Ajeet Kumar

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 Union Cabinet in its meeting on June 29 accepted the recommendations of Justice A K Mathur headed 7th Pay Commission in respect of the hike in basic pay and pension but the decision on its suggestions relating to allowances has been referred to a Committee headed by Finance Secretary.

The Committee will complete its work in a time bound manner and submit its reports within a period of 4 months. Till a final decision, all existing Allowances will continue to be paid at the existing rates.

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. Rate of annual increment has been retained at 3 percent.

The table below shows the new salary of central government employees fall under the pay band of Rs 15,600- Rs 39,100.

Pay Band 15,600-39,100 (In Rupees)
Grade Pay	5400	6600	7600
Entry Pay (EP)	21000	25350	29500
Level	10	11	12
Index	2.67	2.67	2.67
1	56100	67700	78800
2	57800	69700	81200
3	59500	71800	83600
4	61300	74000	86100
5	63100	76200	88700
6	65000	78500	91400
7	67000	80900	94100
8	69000	83300	96900
9	71100	85800	99800
10	73200	88400	102800
11	75400	91100	105900
12	77700	93800	109100
13	80000	96600	112400
14	82400	99500	115800
15	84900	102500	119300
16	87400	105600	122900
17	90000	108800	126600
18	92700	112100	130400
19	95500	115500	134300
20	98400	119000	138300
21	101400	122600	142400
22	104400	126300	146700
23	107500	130100	151100
24	110700	134000	155600
25	114000	138000	160300
26	117400	142100	165100
27	120900	146400	170100
28	124500	150800	175200
29	128200	155300	180500
30	132000	160000	185900
31	136000	164800	191500
32	140100	169700	197200
33	144300	174800	203100
34	148600	180000	209200
35	153100	185400
36	157700	191000
37	162400	195700
38	167300	202600
39	172300	208700
40	177500