7th Pay Commission Report: Ministry of Finance 7th CPC
By Balaji
Updated on: February 17th, 2023
The 7th Pay Commission announcement of the hike in DA and DR is an incentive for family and central government pensioners. The 7th pay commission will be effective from January 1, 2022.
This post discusses how the 7th Central Pay Commission will prove profitable to 50 lakh government employees and 65 lakh pensioners in India.
Table of content
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1. 7th Pay Commission – Overview
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2. 7th Pay Commission Latest News in 2022
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3. Highlights of the 7th Pay Commission Central Government
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4. Main Points of the 7th Pay Commission
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5. 7th Pay Commission 2020 & 2021
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6. Proposals of the 7th Pay Commission 2021
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7. 7th Pay Commission Pay Ranking for Central Government Employees
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8. 7th Pay Commission HRA Table
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9. 7th Pay Commission Matrix
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10. 7th Pay Commission J&K
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11. 7th Pay Commission Notes PDF
7th Pay Commission – Overview
The 7th Central Pay Commission was established on February 8, 2014. Every ten years, the Central Government appoints a Pay Commission to review the pay structure of Central Government employees.
The Pay Commission provides recommendations after assessing our country’s economic situation and available resources. Because this is not a constitutional body, the Central Government has the authority to accept or reject the recommendations.
7th Pay Commission Latest News in 2022
The Indian central Government has declared a hike in dearness allowance (DA) for central government employees. As per the 7th Pay Commission Latest News Today 2022, the hike has increased by 3% to 34% from 31% earlier. It started on January 1, 2022.
- The hike in DA will not only be helpful for the central government employees but also benefit the central Government and family employees getting a pension from the Government.
- The 7th Pay Commission Latest News for Pensioners is that they will be receiving a hike in the form of Dearness Relief (DR).
- The news also stated that the combined impact on the exchequer on account of both DA and DR would be Rs.9,544.50 crore per annum.
- It will be profitable for about 47.68 lakh Central Government employees and 68.62 lakh pensioners, according to the 7th Pay Commission News.
Highlights of the 7th Pay Commission Central Government
- The Government established the Pay Matrix 7th Pay Commission, chaired by Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur, during the UPA government’s tenure.
- On November 19, 2015, seven other members from various fields submitted a report.
- Their recommendations went into effect on January 1, 2016. This report focuses on the structure of payments, allowances, and service conditions for individuals serving in the Armed Forces.
Main Points of the 7th Pay Commission
New Pay Matrix
- The 7th Central Pay Commission has recommended dissolving existing Pay Bands and Grade Pay instead of introducing a new pay matrix.
- This recommendation has received the Central Government’s approval.
Basic Pay
- The starting salary will be ₹18,000 (for newly recruited officers).
- On the other hand, a newly recruited class 1 officer will be paid ₹56,100.
- This salary structure has a compression ratio of 1:3.12, which means that an officer’s salary is three times that of a low-level entrant.
Increment Rates
- The 7th Central Pay Commission has decided to maintain the increment rate at 3%.
- Therefore, employees will benefit in the long run from higher basic pay because they will receive an annual increment of 2.57 times greater than they do now.
New Structure
- The Central Government has approved the Rationalization Index and collectively offered a minimum pay at each Pay Matrix level based on responsibility, accountability, and increasing role per hierarchy.
- There were previously several levels of pay structure; a new structure absorbed all of these.
Recommendations for Advance to Build a House
- The Cabinet has approved the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission Central Government to raise the ceiling on House Building Advance from 7.50 lakh to 25 lakh.
- However, the Cabinet has retained four interest-free advances to alleviate the burden, such as TA on transfer or tours.
- The 7th Pay Commission Central Government has approved a 3% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA).
- With the recent increase, DA will now account for 34% of the basic income.
7th Pay Commission 2020 & 2021
Due to the widespread coronavirus pandemic between these years, the government froze the hike in DA or DR from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
- The government decided to restore the DA/DR from July 1, 2021, and the hike was around 28% from 17%.
- The increase in DA from 17% to 28% absorbed extra instalments that began on January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020, and January 1, 2021, orders issued by the Department of Expenditure.
- The rate of dearness allowance from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, stayed at 17%.
- In Diwali 2022, the government hiked the DA by 3% and the current rate of 28% of the basic pay and allowance.
- It made the DA/DR to 31% for central government employees and was considered a Diwali gift.
Proposals of the 7th Pay Commission 2021
The 7th Pay Commission gave many recommendations. It included maximum pay for government employees, a new pay matrix, work-related illness and injury leave (WRIIL, and a constant fitment factor.
The recommended Military Service Pay (MSP) per month is as listed below:
Designation |
Recommended By 7th Pay Commission |
Non-Combatants (enrolled) in the Air Force |
Rs. 3,600 |
JCO / ORs |
Rs. 5,200 |
Nursing Officers |
Rs. 10,800 |
Service Officers |
Rs. 15,500 |
7th Pay Commission Pay Ranking for Central Government Employees
The 7th Pay Commission Pay Scales structure is given below for the Central Government Departments working in CRIS under Indian Railways.
Staff |
7th Pay Commission Pay Scales |
Supporting Staff – I |
Pay Matrix Level 4 (25500-81100) |
Supporting Staff – II |
Pay Matrix Level 6 (35400-112400) |
Supporting Staff – III |
Pay Matrix Level 6 (35400-112400) |
Supporting Staff – IV |
Pay Matrix Level 6 (35400-112400) |
7th Pay Commission HRA Table
Following the hike of Dearness Allowance to 28%, the rates of HRA also improved to 9%, 18%, and 27% based to the category of cities and towns. Given below are the previous and the revised HRA Calculation after 7th Pay Commission.
Pre-Revised Rates |
Revised Rates |
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Level |
Basic Pay |
24% |
16% |
8% |
27% |
18% |
9% |
1 |
18000 |
4320 |
2880 |
1440 |
4860 |
3240 |
1620 |
2 |
19900 |
4776 |
3184 |
1592 |
5373 |
3582 |
1791 |
3 |
21700 |
5208 |
3472 |
1736 |
5859 |
3906 |
1953 |
4 |
25500 |
6120 |
4080 |
2040 |
6885 |
4590 |
2295 |
5 |
29200 |
7008 |
4672 |
2336 |
7884 |
5256 |
2628 |
6 |
35400 |
8496 |
5664 |
2832 |
9558 |
6372 |
3186 |
7 |
44900 |
10776 |
7184 |
3592 |
12123 |
8082 |
4041 |
8 |
47600 |
11424 |
7616 |
3808 |
12852 |
8568 |
4284 |
9 |
53100 |
12744 |
8496 |
4248 |
14337 |
9558 |
4779 |
10 |
56100 |
13464 |
8976 |
4488 |
15147 |
10098 |
5049 |
7th Pay Commission Matrix
The 7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix has been a simple and easily understandable table which is also predictable and transparent. The stakeholders interacted with the 7th Pay Commission to place their demands.
Below is the 7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix Table for employees of the Central Government:
1. Level 1 to Level 5 – Grade Pay 1800 to 2800
Below is the brief report about the 7th Pay Commission Salary Slab from Rs.1800 to Rs.2800.
PB-1 (5200 to 20200)
GP |
1800 |
1900 |
2000 |
2400 |
2800 |
Level |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
18000 |
19900 |
21700 |
25500 |
29200 |
2 |
18500 |
20500 |
22400 |
26300 |
30100 |
3 |
19100 |
21100 |
23100 |
27100 |
31000 |
4 |
19700 |
21700 |
23800 |
27900 |
31900 |
5 |
20300 |
22400 |
24500 |
28700 |
32900 |
6 |
20900 |
23100 |
25200 |
29600 |
33900 |
7 |
21500 |
23800 |
26000 |
30500 |
34900 |
8 |
22100 |
24500 |
26800 |
31400 |
35900 |
9 |
22800 |
25200 |
27600 |
32300 |
37000 |
10 |
23500 |
26000 |
28400 |
33300 |
38100 |
11 |
24200 |
26800 |
29300 |
34300 |
39200 |
12 |
24900 |
27600 |
30200 |
35300 |
40400 |
13 |
25600 |
28400 |
31100 |
36400 |
41600 |
14 |
26400 |
29300 |
32000 |
37500 |
42800 |
15 |
27200 |
30200 |
33000 |
38600 |
44100 |
16 |
28000 |
31100 |
34000 |
39800 |
45400 |
17 |
28800 |
32000 |
35000 |
41000 |
46800 |
18 |
29700 |
33000 |
36100 |
42200 |
48200 |
19 |
30600 |
34000 |
37200 |
43500 |
49600 |
20 |
31500 |
35000 |
38300 |
44800 |
51100 |
21 |
32400 |
36100 |
39400 |
46100 |
52600 |
22 |
33400 |
37200 |
40600 |
47500 |
54200 |
23 |
34400 |
38300 |
41800 |
48900 |
55800 |
24 |
35400 |
39400 |
43100 |
50400 |
57500 |
25 |
36500 |
40600 |
44400 |
51900 |
59200 |
26 |
37600 |
41800 |
45700 |
53500 |
61000 |
27 |
38700 |
43100 |
47100 |
55100 |
62800 |
28 |
39900 |
44400 |
48500 |
56800 |
64700 |
29 |
41100 |
45700 |
50000 |
58500 |
66600 |
30 |
42300 |
47100 |
51500 |
60300 |
68600 |
31 |
43600 |
48500 |
53000 |
62100 |
70700 |
32 |
44900 |
50000 |
54600 |
64000 |
72800 |
33 |
46200 |
51500 |
56200 |
65900 |
75000 |
34 |
47600 |
53000 |
57900 |
67900 |
77300 |
35 |
49000 |
54600 |
59600 |
69900 |
79600 |
36 |
50500 |
56200 |
61400 |
72000 |
82000 |
37 |
52000 |
57900 |
63200 |
74200 |
84500 |
38 |
53600 |
59600 |
65100 |
76400 |
87000 |
39 |
55200 |
61400 |
67100 |
78700 |
89600 |
40 |
56900 |
63200 |
69100 |
81100 |
92300 |
2. Level 6 to Level 9 – Grade Pay 4200 to 5400
Have a look on the 7th Pay Commission Salary from Rs.4200 to Rs.5400.
PB-2 (9300 to 34800)
GP |
4200 |
4600 |
4800 |
5400 |
Level |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
1 |
35400 |
44900 |
47600 |
53100 |
2 |
36500 |
46200 |
49000 |
54700 |
3 |
37600 |
47600 |
50500 |
56300 |
4 |
38700 |
49000 |
52000 |
58000 |
5 |
39900 |
50500 |
53600 |
59700 |
6 |
41100 |
52000 |
55200 |
61500 |
7 |
42300 |
53600 |
56900 |
63300 |
8 |
43600 |
55200 |
58600 |
65200 |
9 |
44900 |
56900 |
60400 |
67200 |
10 |
46200 |
58600 |
62200 |
69200 |
11 |
47600 |
60400 |
64100 |
71300 |
12 |
49000 |
62200 |
66000 |
73400 |
13 |
50500 |
64100 |
68000 |
75600 |
14 |
52000 |
66000 |
70000 |
77900 |
15 |
53600 |
68000 |
72100 |
80200 |
16 |
55200 |
70000 |
74300 |
82600 |
17 |
56900 |
72100 |
76500 |
85100 |
18 |
58600 |
74300 |
78800 |
87700 |
19 |
60400 |
76500 |
81200 |
90300 |
20 |
62200 |
78800 |
83600 |
93000 |
21 |
64100 |
81200 |
86100 |
95800 |
22 |
66000 |
83600 |
88700 |
98700 |
23 |
68000 |
86100 |
91400 |
101700 |
24 |
70000 |
88700 |
94100 |
104800 |
25 |
72100 |
91400 |
96900 |
107900 |
26 |
74300 |
94100 |
99800 |
111100 |
27 |
76500 |
96900 |
102800 |
114400 |
28 |
78800 |
99800 |
105900 |
117800 |
29 |
81200 |
102800 |
109100 |
121300 |
30 |
83600 |
105900 |
112400 |
124900 |
31 |
86100 |
109100 |
115800 |
128600 |
32 |
88700 |
112400 |
119300 |
132500 |
33 |
91400 |
115800 |
122900 |
136500 |
34 |
94100 |
119300 |
126600 |
140600 |
35 |
96900 |
122900 |
130400 |
144800 |
36 |
99800 |
126600 |
134300 |
149100 |
37 |
102800 |
130400 |
138300 |
153600 |
38 |
105900 |
134300 |
142400 |
158200 |
39 |
109100 |
138300 |
146700 |
162900 |
40 |
112400 |
142400 |
151100 |
151100 |
3. Level 10 to Level 12 – Grade Pay 5400 to 7600
Read the Pay Scale 7th Pay Commission applicable from Level 10 to Level 12, where the highest grade pay is Rs.7600.
PB-3 (15600 to 39100)
GP |
5400 |
6600 |
7600 |
Level |
10 |
11 |
12 |
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 |
196700 |
– |
38 |
167300 |
202600 |
– |
39 |
172300 |
208700 |
– |
40 |
177500 |
– |
– |
4. Level 13 to Level 14 – Grade Pay 8700 to 10000
PB-4(37400 to 67000)
GP |
8700 |
8900 |
10000 |
Level |
13 |
13A |
14 |
1 |
123100 |
131100 |
144200 |
2 |
126800 |
135000 |
148500 |
3 |
130600 |
139100 |
153000 |
4 |
134500 |
143300 |
157600 |
5 |
138500 |
147600 |
162300 |
6 |
142700 |
152000 |
167200 |
7 |
147000 |
156600 |
172200 |
8 |
151400 |
161300 |
177400 |
9 |
155900 |
166100 |
182700 |
10 |
160600 |
171100 |
188200 |
11 |
165400 |
176200 |
193800 |
12 |
170400 |
181500 |
199600 |
13 |
175500 |
186900 |
205600 |
14 |
180800 |
192500 |
211800 |
15 |
186200 |
198300 |
218200 |
16 |
191800 |
204200 |
– |
17 |
197600 |
210300 |
|
18 |
203500 |
216600 |
– |
19 |
209600 |
– |
– |
20 |
215900 |
– |
– |
No Grade Pay – Hag Scales
Level 15 to Level 18
PB |
67000-79000 |
75500-80000 |
80000 |
90000 |
Level |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
1 |
182200 |
205400 |
225000 |
250000 |
2 |
187700 |
211600 |
– |
– |
3 |
193300 |
217900 |
– |
– |
4 |
199100 |
224400 |
– |
– |
5 |
205100 |
– |
– |
– |
6 |
211300 |
– |
– |
– |
7 |
217600 |
– |
– |
– |
8 |
224100 |
– |
– |
– |
7th Pay Commission J&K
Below is the complete information about the new pay scale structure of J&K State Government employees for Level-1 to Level-5.
Grade Pay |
1800 |
1900 |
2100 |
2300 |
2400 |
2800 |
Pay Matrix Level 1 |
Pay Matrix Level 2 |
Pay Matrix Level 3A |
Pay Matrix Level 3B |
Pay Matrix Level 4 |
Pay Matrix Level 5 |
|
1 |
18000 |
19900 |
25300 |
25400 |
25500 |
29200 |
2 |
18500 |
20500 |
26100 |
26200 |
26300 |
30100 |
3 |
19100 |
21100 |
26900 |
27000 |
27100 |
31000 |
4 |
19700 |
21700 |
27700 |
27800 |
27900 |
31900 |
5 |
20300 |
22400 |
28500 |
28600 |
28700 |
32900 |
6 |
20900 |
23100 |
29400 |
29500 |
29600 |
33900 |
7 |
21500 |
23800 |
30300 |
30400 |
30500 |
34900 |
8 |
22100 |
24500 |
31200 |
31300 |
31400 |
35900 |
9 |
22800 |
25200 |
32100 |
32200 |
32300 |
37000 |
10 |
23500 |
26000 |
33100 |
33200 |
33300 |
38100 |
11 |
24200 |
26800 |
34100 |
34200 |
34300 |
39200 |
12 |
24900 |
27600 |
35100 |
35200 |
35300 |
40400 |
13 |
25600 |
28400 |
36200 |
36300 |
36400 |
41600 |
14 |
26400 |
29300 |
37300 |
37400 |
37500 |
42800 |
15 |
27200 |
30200 |
38400 |
38500 |
38600 |
44100 |
16 |
28000 |
31100 |
39600 |
39700 |
39800 |
45400 |
17 |
28800 |
32000 |
40800 |
40900 |
41000 |
56800 |
18 |
29700 |
33000 |
42000 |
42100 |
42200 |
48200 |
19 |
30600 |
34000 |
43300 |
43400 |
43500 |
49600 |
20 |
31500 |
35000 |
44600 |
44700 |
44800 |
51100 |
21 |
32400 |
36100 |
45900 |
46000 |
46100 |
52600 |
22 |
33400 |
37200 |
47300 |
47400 |
47500 |
54200 |
23 |
34400 |
38300 |
48700 |
48800 |
48900 |
55800 |
24 |
35400 |
39400 |
50200 |
50300 |
50400 |
57500 |
25 |
36500 |
40600 |
51700 |
51800 |
51900 |
59200 |
26 |
37600 |
41800 |
53300 |
53400 |
53500 |
61000 |
27 |
38700 |
43100 |
54900 |
55000 |
55100 |
62800 |
28 |
39900 |
44400 |
56500 |
56700 |
56800 |
64700 |
29 |
41100 |
45700 |
58200 |
58400 |
58500 |
66600 |
30 |
42300 |
47100 |
59900 |
60200 |
60300 |
68600 |
31 |
43800 |
48500 |
61700 |
62000 |
62100 |
70700 |
32 |
44900 |
50000 |
63600 |
63900 |
64000 |
72800 |
33 |
46200 |
51500 |
65500 |
65800 |
65900 |
75000 |
34 |
47600 |
53000 |
67500 |
67800 |
67900 |
77300 |
35 |
49000 |
54600 |
69500 |
69800 |
69900 |
79600 |
36 |
50500 |
55200 |
71600 |
71900 |
72000 |
82000 |
37 |
52000 |
57900 |
73700 |
74100 |
74200 |
84500 |
38 |
53600 |
59600 |
75900 |
76300 |
75400 |
87000 |
39 |
55200 |
61400 |
78200 |
78600 |
78700 |
89600 |
40 |
56900 |
63200 |
80500 |
81000 |
81100 |
92300 |
7th Pay Commission Notes PDF
Pay matrix table defines the basic salary of an individual Central Govt employee. The pay matrix table has 19 columns and 40 rows full of structured pay hierarchy for more than 33 lakh employees. To read , click here to download the 7th Pay Commission Pay Matrix PDF.
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