Pay Fixation in the New Pay Structure
5.1.28 The fitment of each employee in the new pay matrix is proposed to be done by
multiplying his/her basic pay on the date of implementation by a factor of 2.57. The figure so
arrived at is to be located in the new pay matrix, in the level that corresponds to the
employee’s grade pay on the date of implementation, except in cases where the
Commission has recommended a change in the existing grade pay. If the identical figure is
not available in the given level, the next higher figure closest to it would be the new pay of the
concerned employee. A couple of examples are detailed below to make the process amply clear.
5.1.29 The pay in the new pay matrix is to be fixed in the following manner:
Step 1: Identify Basic Pay (Pay in the pay band plus Grade Pay) drawn by an employee as on
the date of implementation. This figure is ‘A’.
Step 2: Multiply ‘A’ with 2.57, round-off to the nearest rupee, and obtain result ‘B’.
Step 3: The figure so arrived at, i.e., ‘B’ or the next higher figure closest to it in the Level
assigned to his/her grade pay, will be the new pay in the new pay matrix. In case the value of
‘B’ is less than the starting pay of the Level, then the pay will be equal to the starting pay of
that level.
Example I
i. For example an employee H is presently drawing Basic Pay of ₹55,040 (Pay in the Pay
Band ₹46340 + Grade Pay ₹8700 = ₹55040). After multiplying ₹55,040 with 2.57, a
figure of ₹1,41,452.80 is arrived at. This is rounded off to ₹1,41,453.
ii. The level corresponding to GP 8700 is level 13, as may be seen from Table 4, which
gives the full correspondence between existing Grade Pay and the new Levels being
proposed.
iii. In the column for level 13, the figure closest to ₹1,41,453 is ₹1,41,600.
iv. Hence the pay of employee H will be fixed at ₹1,41,600 in level 13 in the new pay
matrix as shown below:
Example II
i. Take the case of an employee T in GP 4200, drawing pay of ₹20,000 in PB-2. The Basic
Pay is ₹24,200 (20,000+4200). If there was to be no change in T’s level the pay fixation
would have been as explained in Example I above. After multiplying by 2.57, the
amount fetched viz., ₹62,194 would have been located in Level 6 and T’s pay would
have been fixed in Level 6 at ₹62,200.
ii. However, assuming that the Commission has recommended that the post occupied by
T should be placed one level higher in GP 4600. T’s basic pay would then be ₹24,600
(20000 + 4600). Multiplying this by 2.57 would fetch ₹63,222.
iii. This value would have to be located in the matrix in Level 7 (the upgraded level of T).
iv. In the column for Level 7 ₹63,222 lies between 62200 and 64100. Accordingly, the pay
of T will be fixed in Level 7 at ₹64,100.
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