Anomaly in Pay Matrix levels of 7th CPC – PB-I

Anomaly in Pay Matrix levels of 7th CPC – PBI

Government issued Gazette Notification , following which the employees will now get the revised pay from their August salaries, but during this situation, many government employees observed many defects in the 7th pay commission pay matrix.

As per the 7th Pay Commission Revised Pay Rules 2016, 7, A (i) “the pay shall be fixed at the immediate next higher Cell in that applicable Level of the Pay Matrix”.

During increment an employee will move one step down in the same level in the pay matrix, incase employee basic pay is 18000, during increment he will be moved down to one level, and he gets increment of 18500, which means he / she get 500 rupees increment in the basic pay.

Incase if we compare with 6^th CPC increment of 3%, then an employee may get difference in the actual increment (more or less than 3%)

Example 1

Basic pay 18000*3% = 540,

= 18000+540=18540

As per 7^th pay commission pay matrix, increment has been fixed at 18500, so employees gets only 2.78 hike in salary

Example 2:

                                Basic pay 18500*3% = 560,

        =18500+560=19060,

                                As per 7th pay commission pay matrix, increment has been fixed at 19100, so employees gets 3.24 hike in salary

Increments Comparison Chart for Pay Band 1 in all level