The Sixth Central Pay Commission has submitted its report to the Indian Government on March 24, 2008.
This report is believed to have been made with much thought and more acceptable to the people.
There is also a new and refined pay calculator which is reported to have been cleared of the prior errors.
Here are the highlights of the report:
- High performers to get 3.5% increment against normal 2.5%
- Pay substantially hiked by an average 40%
- To cost exchequer Rs 12,561 cr in 2008-09
- Additional one-time burden of Rs 18,060 cr toward arrears
- Minimum entry level pay Rs 6,660; Cab Sec to get Rs 90,000
- Mkt driven compensation for young scientists & special posts
- Contract appointment for select posts requiring high skills
- Current age of 60 for superannuation to be maintained; no exceptions barring scientists & medical specialists
- Number of grades reduced to 20 against prevailing 35
- Defense forces at par with civilians in pay and grades
- Rs 6,000 allowance a month for officers up to brigadier rank
- 5-day work week to continue; only 3 National holidays allowed
- Substantial increase in allowances like education and HRA; a new medical insurance scheme recommended
- Performance linked incentive scheme to be introduced; all fixed allowances to be made inflation proof with automatic revision whenever DA on revised scales goes up by 50 per cent
- Existing parity between IAS and IFS to be maintained
- Enhanced pay scales for nurses, teachers and constabulary
- Existing rates of most of the allowances to be doubled
- Education allowance reimbursement at Rs 1,000 per child a month against Rs 50 now
- Hostel subsidy to be increased 10 times to Rs 3,000
- Person stagnating at maximum of any pay band for more than a year to be placed in immediate next higher pay band without change in grade
- All fixed allowances to be made inflation proof
- All recommendations to be treated as an ‘organic whole’ as partial implementation will bring in several anomalies and inconsistencies.
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