The increase in salaries - How the government gives less to its staff

THE Central Government announced a revised pay structure for its employees on the eve of Independence Day. It has been called a “jackpot” for the roughly five million employees of the government. It has also opened the way for an increase in the salaries of the employees of the state governments and university and college teachers. So, in due course, roughly 17 million public sector employees will have their emoluments raised.

When the Sixth Pay Commission recommendations were announced, no one was happy. The armed forces, police officers, bureaucrats, et al, protested against the meager proposed increase in the salaries which was below their expectations, given the prevailing situation in the economy and their requirements. For instance, the armed forces have been pointing to the difficulties in retaining and recruiting the requisite number of officers and specialists like doctors and engineers at the prevailing salaries.

The government has announced an increase over the Pay Commission recommendations. But if the total increase is of the order of 21 per cent on an average (as some reports suggest), then this would hardly mollify the disgruntled groups. They were not seeking about a 10 per cent or 20 per cent hike but demanding a 200 or 300 per cent increase in their emoluments. The government seems to be in a no-win situation.

Those who have characterised the announcement as a “jackpot” or a “bonanza” obviously feel that the government servants do not even deserve what was announced by the pay commission so that the additional amount is even more unfair. This is in contrast to the applause from the same circles when the corporate sector announces annual (not over 10 years) salary increases of 40 or 50 per cent and huge bonuses for its managers. What is involved in the announcement of a pay commission award?

Pay commissions have been set up at 10-year intervals because the salaries of the government servants lag behind the ongoing inflation. The government servants get an annual increment and every six months a dearness allowance (DA) to compensate for the price rise. However, since the compensation is never commensurate with the price rise, real incomes keep falling and the pay commissions are supposed to correct for this decline.

Thus, in-between the setting up of the pay commissions, the government gets a benefit by paying its employees less than what it should have been paying. Further, the pay commissions typically compensate the employees for inflation only at the bottom of their pay scales so that the emoluments of those at senior levels come down to roughly the starting point of their scales and they lose the benefit of the increments earned due to seniority. This is a permanent advantage to the government.

Further, over a period of time, the official rate of inflation has gone out of line with the real inflation. The services sector is now over 60 per cent of GDP but its weight in the consumer price index is only 16 per cent. Thus, rapid increases in school fees, travel, entertainment, etc, are not factored in. As such, the compensation for inflation is only partial. Consequently, the government servants feel that they are not able to maintain their standard of living. But there is something else even more critical.

Salaries in the private organised sector and the emoluments of professionals and businessmen have seen a huge increase. These have become benchmarks for everyone to aspire for. Economic theory tells us that when income differentials widen, there is social discontent. Up to 1991, corporate salaries were capped at Rs 3,12,000 per annum. This cap was lifted and now salaries in the private sector can go into crores with top salaries up to Rs 25 crore. In other words, there has been an increase of around 800 times at the top. The starting managerial salaries are even higher than the salary of top government officials at retirement.

Such huge salary differentials have led to discontent all around. Senior bureaucrats, doctors, pilots, engineers, etc, aspire for leave for the private sector where they can draw 10 times (or more) their current salaries.

It is argued that the government’s budget would be upset by the announcement of the salary increases. Hence these should be moderated. But it is forgotten that the government has all along been getting the benefit of not paying its employees what it should have been paying.

However, the real issue is not the financial burden but corruption, weak governance and poor delivery of public services. The public faces harassment in the courts, public sector hospitals, government offices, etc. Given the low prestige of government employees, the public resents any additional payment to them since they do not even justify the present payment they receive.

While in a limited framework, these are the relevant questions, at a higher plane, one may ask: how legitimate is it for anyone to earn salaries 3.5 times to 35 times the per capita incomes when in 2004-05, 77 per cent of Indians spent Rs 20 or less per capita per day? In other words, less than Rs 3,000 per month for a family of five? It is true that people usually look at those above them and not those below them, but why should the government not take a broader perspective? Why, in terms of reference, is there no point about the relationship of salaries in the country with the per capita incomes which represents the nation’s true paying capacity? If some get a disproportionately high income, it is at the expense of the others.

Not only should we ask how much a poor nation can afford but also who should get what. Does a school teacher or a researcher not deserve more than what we pay someone to sell cigarettes or toiletries or for moving funds around the globe? Should salaries depend on how much power one has in the market or how much the managers are willing to do the bidding of the businessmen or how much political clout one can exercise or on the long run, the value of one’s work to society?

In an economy where black economy is rampant (50 per cent of GDP) and businesses earn large sums of money in illegitimate ways and share a part of that with politicians, consumerism has become rampant. Not only does one see it in five-star hotels or at flashy weddings but also in parliament. The people’s representatives are flaunting their wealth for all to see. The Prime Minister and the President drive around in flashy cars and live a lifestyle worthy of kings of olden days. This has led to a severe demonstration effect with everyone aspiring for consuming more so that none is happy with less or willing to sacrifice for the sake of a common good. The Prime Minister did talk of ostentation in the corporate sector, but he was laughed out of court and fingers were pointed at the politicians, so he never raised the matter again. That is the clout of the elite.

In brief, since the debate on the emoluments of government servants has remained in the narrow confines of the budget or its inflationary consequences, it has missed the main point that it should relate to the country’s worldview (or a lack of it) about equity and social justice. In the 61st year of our Independence, the ongoing debate shows that for the elite, whether in the public or private sectors, the nation is hardly the reference point for action.

Revised Pay For Posts In Ministries, Departments & UT

Following are the revised pay for posts in ministries, departments & UT as approved by Govt under Sixth Pay Commission:

Section I
(i) The revised pay structure mentioned in Column (5) and (6) of this part of the Notification for the posts mentioned in Column (2) have been approved by the Government. The initial fixation as on 1.1.2006 will be done in accordance with Note 2 below Rule 7 of this Notification.

(ii) On account of merger of pre-revised pay scales of Rs.5000-8000, Rs.5500-9000 and Rs.6500-10500, some posts which presently constitute feeder and promotion grades will come to lie in an identical grade. The specific recommendations about some categories of these posts made by the Pay Commission are included Section II of Part C. As regards other posts, the posts in these three scales should be merged. In case it is not feasible to merge the posts in these pay scales on functional considerations, the posts in the scale of Rs.5000-8000 and Rs.5500-9000 should be merged, with the post in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 being upgraded to the next higher grade in pay band PB-2 i.e. to the grade pay of Rs.4600 corresponding to the pre-revised pay scale of Rs.7450-11500. In case a post already exists in the scale of Rs.7450-11500, the post being upgraded from the scale of Rs.6500-10500 should be merged with the post in the scale of Rs.7450-11500.
(iii) Posts in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 carrying minimum qualification of either Degree in Engineering or a Degree in Law should also be upgraded and placed in the scale of Rs.7450-11500 corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.9300-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4600.
(iv) Posts of scientific staff in the scale of Rs.6500-10500 carrying minimum qualification of engineering degree or a post-graduate degree should also be upgraded and placed in the scale of Rs.7450-11500 corresponding to the revised pay band PB-2 of Rs.9300-34800 along with grade pay of Rs.4600

(v) Upgradation as in (ii) above may be done in consultation with Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance. Regarding (iii) and (iv) above, upgradation may be done by the Ministries concerned in consultation with their Integrated Finance.

Section II

Sl. No.		Post			Present scale		Revised Pay Scale			Corresponding Pay Band & Grade Pay						Para No. of the Report
										Pay Band			Grade Pay
(1)		(2)			(3)		(4)			(5)			(6)			(7)
MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
1	Plant Protection Officer in Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.1.5
2	Senior Instructor in Central Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.1.6
3	Manager (Procurement/Processing/Quality Control/Distribution) in Delhi Milk Scheme			10000-15200				12000-16500			PB-3			7600			7.1.7
4	Senior Dairy Engineer in Delhi Milk Scheme			10000-15200				12000-16500			PB-3			7600			7.1.7
5	Junior Fisheries Scientists Grade I and Grade II in Fishery Survey of India (Posts stand merged)			Grade I 7500-12000 Grade II 6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.1.12
6	Assistant Director in Directorate of Cotton Development			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.1.20
7	Senior Seed Analyst in National Seed Research Training Centre, Varanasi			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.1.22
8	Senior Instructor in Northern Region Farm Machinery Training and Testing Institute			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.1.24
MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POSTS
1	Technical Supervisors in Mail Motor Service			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.6.8
2	Artisan Grade I in Mail Motor Service			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.6.8
3.	Assistant Director (Recruitment)			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.6.9
4	Assistant Superintendent Post Office (ASPOs)			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.6.14
5	Superintendent (Posts)			6500-10500				7500-12000 8000-13500 (after 4 years)			PB-2 PB-2			4800 5400			7.6.14
6	Assistant Manager, Mail Motor Service			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.6.14
7	Deputy Manager, Mail Motor Service			6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.6.14
8	Higher Selection Grade I			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.6.15
9	Postman			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.6.17
10	Mail Guard in Railway Mail Service			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.6.17
11	Translation Officer (French)			6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.6.18
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
1	Technical Assistant in the Directorate of Sugar			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.12.13
MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS
1	Company Prosecutor Grade II & Grade III			Grade II 6500-10500 Grade III 5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.8.5
2	Senior Technical Assistants			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.8.6
3	Assistant Directors in Serious Fraud Investigation Organisation			6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.8.10
MINISTRY OF CULTURE
1	Assistant Superintendent (Archaeologist) in Archaeology Cadre, ASI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.5
2	Assistant Superintendent in the Epigraphy Cadre, ASI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.5
3	Assistant Superintendent in Science Cadre, Assistant Archaeological Chemist, ASI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.5
4	Assistant Superintendent, Achaeological Engineer in Conservation Cadre, ASI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.5
5	Assistant Superintendent, Archaeological Engineer, Horticulture Engineer, ASI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.5
6	Senior Surveyor, Archaeological Survey of India			5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.8
7	Deputy Curator in National Museum			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.14
8	Posts in the National Archives carrying the pre-revised scale of 6500-10500 and feeder post exists in 5500-9000.			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.16
9	Microphotographist in National Archives of India			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.9.18
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Department of Defence
1	Machineman/Operator Offset			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.10.17
2	Assistant Master in Military Schools			5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.21
3	Master Gazetted in Military Schools			7500-12000				8000-13500			PB-3			5400			7.10.21
Coast Guard Organisation (General Duty Branch)
4	Navik			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.10.26
5	Uttam Navik			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.10.26
6	Pradhan Navik			3200-4900 + spl.pay Rs.50				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.10.26
7	Uttam Adhikari			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.26
8	Pradhan Adhikari			6500-10500+ spl. Pay of Rs.200				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.10.26
Coast Guard Organisation (Domestic Branch)
9	Navik			2750-4400				3050-4590			PB-1			1900			7.10.26
10	Uttam Navik			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.10.26
11	Pradhan Navik			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.10.26
12	Pradhan Adhikari			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.26
Coast Guard Organisation (Aviation Branch)
13	Navik			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.10.26
14	Uttam Navik			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.10.26
15	Pradhan Navik			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.10.26
16	Uttam Adhikari			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.26
17	Pradhan Adhikari			6500-10500+Spl. Pay of Rs.200				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.10.26
Coast Guard Organisation (Technical Branch)
18	Uttam Engineer			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.26
19	Pradhan Engineer			7450-11500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.10.26
Department of Defence Production
20	Assistant Accounts Officer in DGQA			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.33
Department of Defence Research and Development
21	Examiner Grade I in Defence Institute of Psychological Research			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.35
22	Senior Technical Assistant in DRDO			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.10.39
MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
1	Technical Assistants in Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology, Kochi			4500-7000				6500-10000			PB-2			4200			7.12.7
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT & FORESTS
1	Junior Administrative Officer in Zoological Survey of India			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.13.9
MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
1	Security Guards			Higher Pay scales as recommended for analogous posts in CISF shall be extended in respect of Security Guards in MEA													7.14.4
2	Superintendent, Central Passport Organization			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.14.5
MINISTRY OF FINANCE Department of Economic Affairs
1	Section Officer (Excluded)			7450-11500				7500-12000 8000-13500 (after 4 years)			PB-2 PB-3			4800 5400			7.15.3
2	Assistant Class-II in Govt. Mint			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.15.5
3	Supervisor in India Security Press and Currency Note Press			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.15.7
4	Deputy Control Officer in India Security Press and Currency Note Press			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.15.7
5	Works Engineer in India Security Press and Currency Note Press			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.15.7
6	Assistant Class-II in Calcutta Mint			3050-4590				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.15.8
7	Technical Wing Officers in Security Printing Press			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.15.9
8	Dy. Technical Officer, Security Printing Press			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.15.9
Department of Revenue
9	Income Tax Officers/ Superintendent, Appraisers etc. (Customs & Central Excise)			7500-12000				7500-12000 8000-13500 (after 4 years)			PB-2 PB-2			4800 5400			7.15.17
10	Notice Server			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.15.18
MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE
1	Medical Supervisor/Health Visitor			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.17.11
MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
1	Statistical Investigator Gr.I in RGI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.19.9
2	Additional DIG in CPMFs			14300-18300				16400-20000			PB-4			8900			7.19.33
3	Constable in CPMFs			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.19.35
4	Head Constable in CPMFs			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.19.35
5	Assistant Sub Inspector in CPMFs			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.19.35
6	Inspector in CPMFs			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.19.35
7	Subedar Major in CPMFs			6500-10500+Rs.200 pm.				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.19.35
8	Constable in Delhi Police			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.19.50
9	Head Constable in Delhi Police			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.19.50
10	Assistant Sub Inspector in Delhi Police			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.19.50
11	Inspector in Delhi Police			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.19.50
12	Security Assistant in IB			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.19.62
13	Junior Intelligence Officer Gr.II in IB			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.19.62
14	Junior Intelligence Officer Gr.I in IB			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.19.62
15	ACIO-I in IB			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.19.62
16	Sr. Translator in CSOLS			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.19.68
17	Asstt. Director (OL) in CSOLS			7500-12000				8000-13500			PB-3			5400			7.19.68
18	Entry Grade in DANICS, DANIPS, Pondicherry Civil Service and Pondicherry Police Service			6500-10500				7500-12000 8000-13500 (after 4 years)			PB-2 PB-3			4800 5400			7.19.51 7.19.68
MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING
1	Technical Assistants (Advertising) in DAVP			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.22.6
2	Assistant Production Manager in DAVP			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.22.8
3	Assistant Distribution Officer in DAVP/Assistant Media Executive			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.22.8
4	Assistant Business Manager in Publications Division			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.22.12
5	Carpenters in Films Division			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.22.14
MINISTRY OF LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
1	Senior Employment Officer			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.23.4
2	Law Officer Grade II in DGMS			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.23.11
3	Legal Assistant in DGMS (To be merged with the post of Law Officer Grade II)			5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.23.11
4	Labour Enforcement Officers in Labour Bureau			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.23.14
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
1	Assistant (Legal)			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.24.12
MINISTRY OF MINES
1	Assistant Mining Geologist in IBM			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.26.5
2	Assistant Chemist in IBM			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.26.5
3	Mineral Officer in IBM			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.26.5
4	Senior Scientific Officer in the Directorate General of Mines Safety			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.26.11
MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
1	Language Instructors			6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.32.10
2	Assistant Directors in ISTM			6500-10500				7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.32.16
3	Constable in CBI			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.32.18
4	Head Constable in CBI			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.32.18
5	Assistant Sub Inspector in CBI			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.32.18
6	Inspector in CBI			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.32.18
MINISTRY OF POWER
1	Professional/Statistical Assistant			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.35.2
MINISTRY OF SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS Border Roads Organization
1.	Technical Assistant, Assistant Engineer and Chief Draughtsman in Deptt. of Road Transport & Highways.			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.39.20
2	Overseer in Border Roads Organisation (To be merged with the promotional post of Superintendent BR Grade II)			3200-4900				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.39.22
3	Superintendent Grade II in the Civil Engineering and Electrical & Mechanical Cadre			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.39.23
4	Foreman Superintendent (Fire)			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.39.28
MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT
1	Senior Investigator in National Commission for Scheduled Castes			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.40.4
MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
1	Statistical Investigator Grade II (To be merged with the post of Statistical Investigator Gr.I)			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.41.5
MINISTRY OF TEXTILES
1	Assistant Director (Technical) in the Office of Textile Commissioner			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.43.11
2	Assistant Director (Economics) in the Office of Textile Commissioner			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.43.11
3	Assistant Director (Handicrafts) in the Office of Development Commissioner (Handicrafts)			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.43.13
MINISTRY URBAN DEVELOPMENT
1	Assistant Engineer in Engineering Wing of CPWD			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.46.12
2	Assistant Director in Horticulture Wing of CPWD			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.46.17
3	Technical Officers in Drawing Wing of CPWD			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.46.23
4	Legal Assistants in the Directorate of Estates			5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.46.27
5	UDC Incharge (To be merged with the post of Deputy Store Keeper)			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.46.31
MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
1	Superintendent in Central Water & Power Research Station			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.47.6
2	Assistant Director Gr.II in Central Water Commission			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.47.8
MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT
1	Demonstration Officer Grade I/Senior Technical Assistant/Chemist			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.48.5
UNION PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
1	Estate Manager & Meeting Officer, Jr. Analyst, Jr. Research Officer, Security Officer, Superintendent (DP), Reception Officer, Assistant Library & Information Officer, Data Processing & Processing Assistant and Superintendent (Typing)		6500-10500			7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.53.6
INDIAN AUDIT AND ACCOUNTS DEPARTMENT
1	Divisional Accounts Officer Gr.II		6500-10500			7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.56.13
2	Divisional Accounts Officer Grade-I		7450-11500			7500-12000			PB-2			4800			7.56.13
3	Sr. Divisional Accounts Officer		7500-12000			8000-13500			PB-3			5400			7.56.13
UNION TERRITORIES
1	Constable in UTs other than Delhi (Constables presently in a pay scale lower than Rs.3050-4590 shall be placed in the revised pay band PB-1 with grade pay of Rs.1800.			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.57.6
2	Head Constable in UTs other than Delhi			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.57.6
3	Assistant Sub Inspector in UTs other than Delhi			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.57.6
4	Inspector in UTs other than Delhi			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.6
5	Forest Guard/Forest Protection Force			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.57.7
6	Head Forest Guard			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.57.7
7	Forester/analogous posts			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.57.7
8	Tehsildars			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.11
Union Territory of Delhi
9	Archaeological Engineer in UT of Delhi			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4200			7.57.15
10	Horticulture Assistant in Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.16
11	Conservation Assistant in Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.16
12	Surveyor in Department of Archaeology, Govt. of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.16
13	Horticulture Assistant in Departments of Revenue & Development, UT of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.17
14	Technical Assistant in Departments of Revenue & Development, UT of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.17
15	Plant Protection Assistant in Departments of Revenue & Development, UT of Delhi			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.17
16	Extension Officer in Departments of Revenue & Development			4500-7000				6500-10500			PB-2			4200			7.57.17
17	Village Level Worker			3200-4000				4000-6000			PB-2			2400			7.57.17
18	Project Officer in UT of Delhi			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.25
19	Junior Staff Officer in UT of Delhi			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.29
20	Public Prosecutor			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.30
Union Territory of Lakshadweep
21	Assistant Director of Fisheries (To be merged with the post of Dy. Director of Fisheries)							7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.47
22	Fireman			2610-4000				3050-4590			PB-1			1900			7.57.46
Union Territory of Andaman & Nicobar Islands
23	Patwari in the UT of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and also other UTs irrespective of the designation it carries.			3050-4590				3200-4900			PB-1			2000			7.57.61
Union Territory of Puducherry
24	Translator, Law Department			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.57.65
25	Reporter, Information Department (To be merged with the post of Sub Editor)			4000-6000				4500-7000			PB-1			2800			7.57.66
26	Overseer Grade I, Local Administration Department			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.57.68
27	Draughtsman Grade II			4500-7000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.57.68
28	Editor of Debates, Legislative Assembly			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.71
29	Assistant Engineer (Marine), Fisheries Department			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.76
30	Overseer, Public Works Department			4000-6000				5000-8000			PB-2			4200			7.57.77
31	Sewage Analyst, Public Works Department (To be merged with the post of Bio Chemist)			5500-9000				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.77
32	Bio Chemist			6500-10500				7450-11500			PB-2			4600			7.57.77
33	Fieldman , Animal Husbandry Department			3200-4900				4000-6000			PB-1			2400			7.57.79

Pay panel revises education allowance

The modified recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, notified by the government on Friday, also ensures a rise in the children education allowance besides an increase by 21 per cent on an average in the salaries of the government employees.
Retrospective effect

The revised salaries will reflect in next month’s pay though the report is to be implemented with retrospective effect from January 1, 2006.

The arrears would be given in cash – 40 per cent this financial year and 60 per cent in the next fiscal.
Reimbursement

According to the notification, children education allowance will be reimbursed up to maximum Rs.1,000 per child per month subject to a maximum of two children from the present Rs. 50 per child.
Hostel subsidy

Besides, hostel subsidy has been raised to the maximum limit of Rs. 3,000 per month per child from Rs. 300 currently.

Also, these reimbursements would be automatically raised by 25 per cent once dearness allowance on the revised pay bands become 50 per cent of the basic salary, the notification said.

As such, an employee getting Rs. 1,000 would get Rs. 1,250 per child per month and hostel subsidy would increase up to Rs. 3,750 when Dearness Allowance becomes 50 per cent of the basic salary.

Sixth Pay Commission and voluntary retirement

Sixth Pay Commission has brought many good news for central government employees. One of them is on Voluntary Retirement front.

The government officials who wanted to quit their job or retire voluntarily had never had it so good and enticing. It will be like having the cake and eating it too.

In fact the sixth pay commission has all the charms to both entice the government officials to be in job and/ or also prompt him to leave his well paying job.

The mid level or senior government officials who still think that they don’t get the pay package they deserve in their present government jobs may well like to seek a job change and here the new pay commission would help them.

The current practices don’t give full pension to a government employee who does not complete 33 years of services in his job. But the sixth pay commission has reduced this period to just 20 years.

So if you have completed 20 years in your government jobs and hope that you could get better options you can think of shifting to a corporate office without fearing that you may lose on your pension.

Sixth pay commission’s recommendation is this regard has been accepted by the Union Cabinet, along with other recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission on pension benefits for the estimated 3.84 million central government pensioners. Experts said the reduction in the number of years of service to 20 years to earn full pension benefit was a liberal move and would end stagnation in government service.

Another important benefit approved by the union cabinet are raising the gratuity limit to Rs 10 lakh, higher pension for octogenarians, exclusion of earned leave encashed while in service from the overall limit, clubbing of earned leave and half-day pay leave for encashment. Octogenarians will now be paid an additional 20 per cent of their basic pension, while those aged 85 will get 30 per cent more, rising to 100 per cent additional pension for centurions.

Whoever said the govt employees were ill-paid?

The report of the Sixth Pay Commission has been accepted by the government with some generous addition. Various experts from the academia and media have given their verdict in its favour, saying the government babus are overworked and underpaid and deserve the hike. Some have even made bizarre observations such as a possible reduction in corruption following the hikes.

Central govt employees' pay hiked by 21%

But it is one of the multitudes of myths in our society that the babus are ill-paid.

Most of the discussion on the emoluments of the government employees focuses on the senior level positions like that of Secretary etc. But more important is the positions at the lower end of the hierarchy.

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There was an interesting news item sometime ago about there being over 11,000 applicants for just three posts of peons advertised by the Haryana Electricity Regulatory Commission.

This is hardly surprising considering the lower the category of position in government the larger is the number of aspirants. The salary and perks in government are significantly higher than those of the private sector at the lower levels.

Reports suggest that post-implementation of the Pay Commission report, the lowest-level worker will get more than Rs 10,000 per month as pay.

In the private sector, a peon or similar-category position might fetch around Rs 3,000 or at best Rs 5,000.

An important consideration is the hours of work involved.

It is suggested that in many a private sector job people are paid Rs 20,000 or even Rs 30,000 at entry, while government babus slog a number of years to reach there.

But, such discussions do not take into account the fact that people with coveted private sector jobs, such as a software professional or investment banker, put in more than 70 hours per week. Even executives at lower levels can be seen slogging from 8 am to 8pm or 9 pm daily.

The situation is far worse in the non-corporate sector, wherein a clerk or accountant has to slog it out for half the government servant’s pay with double the number of hours and without adequate holidays.

Contrast this to a typical state secretariat or central government office. There is hardly 3-4 hours of work and that to for five days of the week. This works out to 25 hours per week at best.

How then can we compare the salaries between the government and the private sector?

The second issue is that of part-time businesses undertaken by government employees, often during working hours.

Many lower level employees have entrepreneurship and are involved in poultry, gas agency, retail stores, barber shops, chits or micro-financing at usurious rates etc. These alternate businesses provide flexi-incomes while the government job offers a fixed income stream. Employees such as corporation sweepers and electricity linemen commonly outsource their jobs to others and carry on other, more paying business. For a private sector employee, this would be unthinkable.

The third issue pertains to bribes, which is perhaps the most attractive part of a government job.

Raids by the Lokayuktha in Karnataka provide proof of unbelievable levels of corruption, with small-time commercial tax inspectors or police constables often found to possess assets worth crores of rupees, a substantial portion of it in cash.

Such corruption hurts the poor much more than the rich.

The India Corruption study 2007, brought out by the NGO Transparency International and Centre for Media Studies, found that about one-third of households below poverty line bribed officials to get a service from police to personnel in the public distribution system. The study found that nearly Rs 900 crore is paid as bribes by the poor.

For example, according to a recent report, in a government hospital in Bangalore, one has to pay Rs 300 for being shown a newborn baby boy and Rs 200 in case of a baby girl by the hospital employees. It is difficult to think such practices will cease with the pay hikes.

Hence, if we consider hourly pay, including bribes, government employees are an extremely pampered lot. So much so one could well question the need to pay them a fixed salary at all. Rather, they should be asked to share a portion of their extra income with the government. That would be a trend-setting move.

Article by: R Vaidyanathan/ DNA MONEY | Tuesday, 26 August , 2008

Beat this: Your local constable just got a raise from pay panel, Rs 100

They have no fixed timings, no breaks, and at times clock in shifts stretching 24 hours. They have no sanctioned weekly or monthly offs. And to get paid leave, they have to fill out a form that needs sanction of at least four different officers.

The police constable, who forms the lowest rung of the department’s hierarchy, has always felt neglected and the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission will make little difference to his pay or status. The increase? Marginal, from the existing Rs 3050-4590 to Rs 3200-4900.

Senior IPS officers of Delhi echo their concern. A senior officer said, “Salaries of constables are comparable only with semi-skilled workers, though their work is much more complicated and risky. But still the common man mistrusts them, and their own senior officers deal strictly with them.”

A beat constable often has to patrol alone at night, armed with only a baton: he stands with two other constables at police pickets and flags down speeding vehicles with only the ‘protection’ of a police barricade.

On May 15, a constable on picket duty was killed when a speeding tempo hit him in Southwest Delhi.

“We are expected to know everything from various Sections of IPC and CrPC rules to the latest Supreme Court judgments, on the basis of which we have to make arrests or escort suspects to police stations,” a constable said. “Senior officers often lecture us about being courteous, and to have a basic knowledge of English. But where is the motivation?”

A senior officer said constables have to be familiar with people on their beat and depend on them for information. It’s hardly a cakewalk to develop ‘contacts’, though: with transfers and suspensions within months of posting, it is a tough ask to cultivate relationships with people.

A constable’s salary is lower than that of an Army jawan and cops claim they also have similar, or at times worse, working hours and conditions.“Bollywood films show the plight of jawans and highlight their pain at being away from their families,” a constable posted in South Delhi said. “I am from Haryana, and I also see my family once in two months or more. But a jawan’s salary is much higher.”

With the Sixth Pay Commission’s recommendations increasing a constable’s grade pay by just Rs 100, senior officers say it is increasingly difficult to recruit young men to the post.

Walking the beat
NEWSLINE chronicles the daily routine of a constable posted in South Delhi. He lives in Vaishali, Ghaziabad, and needs to leave home latest by 7 am to make it in time for the daily 9-am meeting with the Station House Master.
9 am: Meeting lasts for about an hour. The staff is briefed about instructions by senior officers and told about places where more security is required.
10 am: Leaves for his beat (each manned by a head constable and two constables). In his beat, he usually visits senior citizens to know whether they are dissatisfied with security arrangements. Beat duty starts after that. Halts at many places — evidently to light up a beedi — are actually meant for interaction with sources.
1 pm: A lunch break. Beat duty resumes after that. He has to be on guard, as senior officers do random inspection.
5 pm: Back to the police station for evening meeting.
If he misses out on that, he is marked absent and the day’s salary is gone.
6 pm: After tea and snacks, it’s back to the beat.
10.30 pm: Day’s final meeting.
11.30 pm: Leaves for home.

NIGHT SHIFT HOURS

9 am: Morning meeting.
1 pm: Take an accused and produce him in court. He has to be on alert because the accused is normally not handcuffed and has to be held by hand.
5 pm: Evening meeting over, rest in police barracks.
Midnight: After night meeting at 10.30 pm, back to his beat.
5 am: Return to the police station and rest; is woken up for morning meeting at 9 am.

Fifth pay panel salaries still elude coop staff

Amid preparations by the state government to implement the recommendations of the Sixth Pay Commission, there are a few who are still struggling to get the salary benefits recommended by the Fifth Pay Commission, which was implemented in 1996.

The employees belonging to ‘Jodhpur Cooperative Consumer Wholesale Depot’ have raised their voices from time to time and have even won court cases, but a government nod is still eluding them.

In fact, like Jodhpur, the salaries of the employees of none of the depots across the state is commensurate with the Fifth Pay Commission.

According to Vikram Singh, secretary of the employees association, it is ironic that other wings of the cooperative department like the Rajasthan State Cooperative Consumer Federation Limited and the Rajasthan State Sale Purchase Cooperative Federation Limited and Dairy have been granted the salary benefits as per the recommendations of Fifth Pay Commission by the registrar’s office but only this particular wing across the entire state has been given a step-motherly treatment in spite of registering remarkable success continuously.

History of Pay Commissions

Pay Commissions are periodically constituted to examine various issues such as pay and allowances, retirement benefits, conditions of service, promotion policies, etc. of the Central Government employees. There is no stipulation regarding any specific time period for constitution of a Pay Commission for Central Government employees. Till now five Central Pay Commissions have been constituted whose details are as below:-

First Pay Commission

• Date of Appointed : May, 1946
• Date of Submission of Report : May,1947
• Financial Impact (Rs. in Cr.) : NA

Second Pay Commission

• Date of Appointed : August, 1957
• Date of Submission of Report : August 1959
• Financial Impact (Rs. in Cr.) : 39.62

Third Pay Commission

• Date of Appointed : April, 1970
• Date of Submission of Report : March, 1973
• Financial Impact (Rs. in Cr.) : 144.60

Fourth Pay Commission

• Date of Appointed : June, 1983
• Date of Submission of Report : 3 Reports submitted in June, 1986; Dec. 1986 and May, 1987
• Financial Impact (Rs. in Cr.) : 1282

Fifth Pay Commission

• Date of Appointed : April, 1994
• Date of Submission of Report : January, 1997
• Financial Impact (Rs. in Cr.) : 17,000

Thus successive Central Pay Commissions were set up in the past at intervals of 10 to 13 years. The last Central Pay Commission was constituted in April, 1994.

Various States to implement CPC report

After Union Government its now the turn of various State Government. May states have annouced the implementation of 6th Pay Commission in their respective states. UP, Haryana, Tamilnadu, West Bengal have already announced the implementation. It is hoped the majority of the states will announce the implementation this month itself.

What the CoS did about sixth pay commission report

A review on the major changes / addition on CPC report by the CoS

	Modification	Comments
1	Enhanced the revised pay bands recommended by the pay commission to be based on multiplication factor of 1.74 to 1.86	The fitment had to be (Basic + DP)*24%. The CPC members could not make out this simple calculation?
2	The Armed Forces Personnel below Officers Rank will get a Military Service Pay (MSP) of Rs 2,000 per month, Rs 1,000 more than that recommended by the Commission. The Officers of the Defence Forces would get an MSP Rs 6000 over and above their salary.	The forces had dedicated and sincere minister to bargain for them.
3	Increase in the rate of annual increment for 2.5% to 3%.	Removed the performance based increment. After all performance has got a different meaning at government.
4	The middle level officers of the Defence Forces, namely Colonels and Brigadiers, have been placed in the highest pay band of PB-4. Middle level police and civilian officers — DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E and F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades — have also been placed in the highest pay brand.	The higher level officers benefit from the increased grade pay.
5	Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs 600 (from Rs 400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs 400 (from Rs 300 in other cities recommended by the sixth CPC). Removal of Campus restriction for grant of Transport Allowance.	Minor benefit for the lowest level
6	At least three promotions have been assured for all Defence Forces personnel and civilian employees under the modified Assured Career Progression (ACP) Scheme. While the civilians would get it after 10, 20 and 30 years of service, the Defence Forces Jawans would get ACP in 8, 16 and 24 years.	Only 3 promotions i

Calculate your New Salary

Fixation of Pay as on 01.01.2006:

Old basic = 7500 ( in pre revised scale S-14 = 7500 - 250 - 12000)

Revised Pay Band = PB-2 = 9300-34800

Grade Pay = 4800

New Basic pay as on :

01.01.2006 = Old basic pay X 1.86 + Grade Pay = 7500 X 1.86 + 4800 = 18750

01.07.2006 = 18750 X 1.03 = 19313

01.07.2007= 19313 X 1.03 = 19892

01.07.2008 = 19892 X 1.03 = 20489

Transport allowance for A1 city from 01.09.2008= 1600

HRA for A1 city = 30 % of new basic from 01.09.2008 = 0.3 x 20489 = 6147

DA on new basic and transport allowance( but TA will be given from 1.09.2008) = revised DA is 16 % effective from 01.07.2008 = 0.16 X ( 20489 + 1600) = 3524

Total Emoluments from 01.09.2008 = New basic pay + TA + HRA + DA ( on new basic pay + TA) = 20489+1600+6147+3524
= Rs 31760

Total Revised Gross Pay from 01.09.2008 = Rs 31760.

Total Pre revised gross pay as on 01.08.2008

= old basic X 1.5 X 1.54( 7% additional DA will be effective from 01.07.08 in pre revised scale 47+ 7 = 54%) + TA + HRA + CCA = (7500X1.5 X 1.54)+ 400 + (0.3 X 7500 X1.5) + 300
= 17325 + 400 + 3375 + 300 = 21400

Gross pre revised Pay as on 01. 08. 2008 = 21400

Absolute hike in gross salary = Gross revised salary - gross pre revised salary = 31760 - 21400 = 10360

Percentage (%) hike in Gross salary = (10360/21400 ) X 100 = 42 %

Notes:

1. It is assumed that he has not got any promotion between 01.01.2006 to 01.09.2008. If one got promotion between 01.01.2006 and 01.09.2008, one additional increment of 3% of new basic pay will be given plus his revised grade pay after promotion will be added for calculating new basic pay. In above sample calculation, if someone got promotion in 01.08.2007 from pre revised scale S-14 (= 7500 - 250 - 12000) to S-15 scale (8000 - 275 - 13500), this scale is now upgraded in PB-3 ( 15600 - 39100) with grade pay 5400.

Therefore he will get one additional ancrement on 01.08.2007
New Basic pay as on
01.08.2007 = 19892 X 1.03 + 5400 ( new grade pay) - 4800 (old grade pay) = 21089
01.07.2008 = 21089 x 1.03 = 21721
Remaining calculation for TA, HRA and Da will remain as it is.

2. He is staying in Class A-1 city.

3. He is not using official transport, therefore eligible for transport allowance.

4. Revised Da will be effective 2% from 01.07.2006, 6% from 01.01.2007, 9% from 01.07.2007, 12 % from 01.01.2008 and 16 % from 01.07.2008.

Grade Pay for Armed Forces revised - New

Source : The Tribune

The central government has upwardly revised the grade pay for armed forces officers, but the key question remains whether the enhancement would do away anomalies created by the Sixth Pay Commission (SPC) in the status of military officers vis-à-vis civilian officers.

According to information available with The Tribune, the increase in grade pay for armed forces ranges from Rs 400 per month to Rs 2,000 per month at different levels (see chart).

Sources reveal that though the grade pay for the armed forces has been raised, similar enhancement has also been done for civilian officers, which may not give the former any benefit as far as status is concerned. After the SPC recommendations, grade pay remains the sole determinant of status.

The basic pay scales of the armed forces as well as civilian officers as recommended by the SPC were increased after a review committee put in fresh suggestion. This, however, did not give any edge to armed forces personnel vis-à-vis their status.

To cite an example where the revision has further eroded the status of armed forces officers, lieutenant colonels and equivalents in other services have now been granted a grade pay of Rs 7,600.

The SPC had recommended a grade pay of Rs 6,600 for officers at this rank, while recommending Rs 7,600 for the equivalent non-IAS directors of central government and Rs 8,300 for ones from the IAS cadre.

The Army had accordingly sought a raise of grade pay for lieutenant colonels to at least Rs 7,600 since traditionally Lieutenant-Colonels(Lt- Col) had been enjoying a pay more than even directors from the IAS cadre.

Moreover, the time frame for promotion to Lt-Col and director was the same, thatis, 13 years. However, while acceding to the demand of raising the grade pay of Lieutenant Colonels to Rs 7,600, the government has, on the other hand raised the grade pay of directors to Rs 8,700 resulting in the same anomalous situation prevailing prior to the revision.

Though complete details are yet to filter down, officers fear that the same situation may crop up at other ranks. The services are expected to take up the issue with the central government.

While the arrears for the salary will be paid with effect from January 1, 2006, revised applicable allowances will be admissible from September 1, 2008.

Highlights of the Sixth Pay Commission

These are Highlights of Sixth Pay Commission Report finally approved by Cabinet on 14.08.2008. It is expected that the Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan Singh would give the details of the Pay Commission report approved by Cabinet during his independence day speech tomorrow.

• Minimum basic Salary - Rs. 7000
  
  
• Education Allowances for employees for upto two children - Rs. 1,000 per month (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%
  
  
• Increase in Transport Allowance at the lowest level to Rs.600 (from Rs.400 in A-1/A class cities recommended by the Sixth CPC) and Rs.400 (from Rs.300 in other cities recommended by the Sixth CPC).
  
  
• Incentive Schemes to be announced
  
  
• New Medical Insurance 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.
  
  
• Government has continued the present position of granting Group A scale to Group B officers after 4 years of service and these officers would be placed in PB-3 instead of PB-2 recommended by the Sixth CPC. This would benefit Group B officers of the Railways, Accounts Services, CSS, CSSS and DANICS & DANIPS.
  
  
• 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 defence sector, it approved at least three assured promotions for all defence 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.
  
  
• Group D personnel to stay (peons in ministries and porters in Railways).
  
  
• For the Railway employees who are in receipt of Running Allowance, this allowance will be taken into account while fixing their pay in revised pay bands;
  
  
• For Doctors, the Cabinet has approved promotions under the Dynamic ACP Scheme upto Senior Administrative Grade (Joint Secretary level) for Doctors with 20 years of service. Counting of Dearness Allowance (DA) on Non-Practicing Allowance (NPA) as on 01.01.2006 for fixing their pay in revised pay bands has also been approved;
  
  
• For the scientists, continuation of the existing system of grant of Special Pay of Rs.2000 p.m. to Scientists G on promotion and doubling of the amount to Rs.4000 p.m. in Departments of Space and Atomic Energy and Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) has been recommended.
  
  
• Further, the IPS Pay Rules and the Indian Forest Service Pay Rules will be appropriately modified to provide in each State cadre one post of DGP and one post of PCCF at the apex level of Rs.80000 for heading their respective Forces.
  
  
• Middle level Police and Civilian officers i.e. DIGs, Conservator of Forests, Scientists E & F, Superintending Engineers, Directors, Additional Commissioners of Income Tax and Central Excise and posts in equivalent grades have also been placed in PB-4.
  
  
• The rates of Special Forces Allowance for Army and Air Force to be equated with navy’s Marine Commando Allowance;
  
  
• For the officers of Central Para Military Forces, all the posts of Additional DIG upgraded to DIG level by the Pay Commission to continue to be manned by the cadre officers of CPMFs;