5.2.1 The
Defence Services in their Joint Services Memorandum have contended that the
emoluments in the Defence Services should stand a fair comparison with what is
available in the Civil Services, otherwise the Defence Services will be denied
their legitimate share of the available talent pool.
5.2.2 The
Commission has devised pay matrices for civil and defence forces personnel,
after wide ranging feedback from multiple stakeholders. The common aspects of
the two matrices and the unique elements in the defence pay matrix are outlined
in the succeeding paragraphs.
General Approach to the
Pay Matrices: Civil and Defence
5.2.3 Pay
levels have been set out in a pay matrix, separately for civilian and defence
forces personnel. The Commission has evolved a fresh approach by merging the
grade pay and pay bands into distinct pay levels. The approach regarding the
pay levels and pay matrix has been explained in Chapter 5.1. Some of the major
points in the pay matrix which have a common bearing on civilian and defence
forces personnel, are highlighted below.
5.2.4 Pay
Bands and Grade Pay:
Pay Bands and Grade Pays have been dispensed with and the new functional levels
have been arrived at by merging the Grade Pay in the Pay Band. All the existing
levels have been subsumed in the new structure.
5.2.5 Entry
Pay: The entry pay for various ranks of defence forces personnel,
other than MNS Offices, has been arrived at on the same premise, as has been
done in the case of civilian. As an illustration, entry pay for a Captain has
been arrived at as follows:
Entry pay in
existing pay band + (Residency Period for promotion to Captain from Lieutenant
x annual increment) + grade pay of the rank of Captain
= Rs.15,600
+ (2 x Rs.630) + Rs.6,100 = Rs.22,960.
5.2.6 An
exception to this approach has been made in the case of Brigadiers/equivalents
where pay for the rank has been arrived at as per the fitment table notified by
the Ministry of Defence through its Special Army Instructions of October 2008.
5.2.7 Fitment:
The starting point of a Sepoy (and equivalent), the entry level personnel in
the defence forces, has been fixed in the Defence Pay Matrix at Rs.21,700. The
starting point in the existing pay structure is Rs.8,460 for a
Sepoy/equivalent. The fitment in the new matrix is essentially a multiple
factor of 2.57. This multiple is the ratio of the new minimum pay arrived at by
the Commission (Rs.18,000) and the existing minimum pay (Rs.7,000). The fitment
factor is being applied uniformly to all employees. It includes a factor of
2.25 to account for DA neutralisation, assuming that the rate of Dearness
Allowance would be 125 percent at the time of implementation of the new pay as
on 01.01.2016. The actual raise/fitment being recommended by the Commission is
14.29 percent. An identical fitment of 2.57 has also been applied to the
existing rates of Military Service Pay (MSP), applicable to defence forces
personnel only.
5.2.8 Rationalisation:
An ‘index of rationalisation’ has been applied while making enhancement of
levels from Pay Band 1 to 2, 2 to 3 and 3 onwards on the premise that role,
responsibility and accountability increases at each step in the hierarchy. At
the existing PB-1, this index is 2.57, increasing to 2.62 for personnel in PB-2
and further to 2.67 from PB-3. Recognising the significantly higher degree of
responsibility and accountability at levels corresponding to Senior
Administrative Grade, the entry pay is recommended for enhancement by a
multiple of 2.72. The same multiple is also being applied at the HAG and HAG+
levels. At the apex level the index applied is 2.81 and for the Service
Chiefs/Cabinet Secretary the index has been fixed at 2.78.
5.2.9 As
noted in Chapter 5.1, dealing with the Civilian pay matrix, marked increase was
accorded to directors in the GP 8700 at the stage of implementation of the VI
CPC Report. Accordingly in the matrix the rationalisation index applied at this
level has been fixed at 2.57, lower than the index of 2.67 applied to existing
PB-3 officers. A similar formulation has necessarily to be applied to the
defence pay matrix since the Lieutenant Colonels also received a marked
increase in their pay level, post VICPC recommendations. Since the defence
services have an additional level in the existing PB-4 and there is a common
pay level for SAG level officers in Defence and Civil, the Commission has
applied the rationalisation index of 2.57 also to the officers in the rank of
Colonel and Brigadier and their equivalent.
5.2.10 MACP:
The Commission is not recommending an increase in the number of MACPs. For
defence forces personnel this will continue to be administered at 8, 16 and 24
years as before. In the new pay matrix defence forces personnel will move to
the immediate next pay level in the hierarchy. Fixation of pay will follow the
same principle as that for a regular promotion in the pay matrix.
5.2.11 Equivalence
in Pay Levels for Certain
Levels : The starting pay level for officers at Group `A’
entry level is identical at Rs.56,100 in the case of both civilian and defence
service officers. Similarly the pay of the Major General and Joint Secretary
and equivalent officers and those above [viz., Lieutenant General (in HAG,
HAG+, Apex) and Chief of each defence service] has been kept identical with
their civilian counterparts. Identical pay levels has been devised for JCO/ORs
and their civilian counterparts corresponding to the existing pay bands and
grade pay.
Defence Pay Matrix: Some
Distinct Aspects
5.2.12 For
defence forces personnel, there are two separate matrices, one for the Service
Officers and JCO/ORsand anotherfortheMilitaryNursingOfficers. Theexistingranks
among Officers and JCO/ORs in the Defence Forces personnel has been kept in
view while devising the matrix. There are a number of common strands in the Civil
and Defence Pay Matrices, indeed the principles and philosophy on which they
are based are identical. In the case of the pay matrix for Military Nursing
Officers (MNS), the Commission has adopted an approach that blends elements of
the principles and philosophy adopted in devising the pay matrices with the
existinguniqueness in the paystructureof MNS officers. Some of theunique
elements that merit mention in the defence Pay Matrix have been outlined below:
5.2.13 Commencement
of Matrix: The commencement of the Defence Pay
Matrix for combatants corresponds to the existing GP 2000, which is the
induction level for Sepoys and equivalent.
5.2.14 More
Compact: The Pay Matrix designed for the defence forces personnel
is more compact than the civil pay matrix keeping in view the number of levels,
age and retirement profile of the service personnel. For example, the term of
engagement of various ranks of JCOs/ORs are fixed and of shorter duration.
Service Officers on the other hand are given time scale promotion upto the rank
of Colonel and Equivalent and will therefore move, from one pay level to
another, in accordance with the stipulated time frame.
5.2.15 Pay
Levels Unique to Defence
Forces Personnel: Pay levels corresponding to the
existing GP 3400, GP 5700, GP 6100, GP 6600, GP 7600, GP 8000, GP 8400, GP
8700, GP 8900 and GP 9000 are unique to defence forces personnel. The minimum
pay corresponding to each of these pay levels takes into account the normative
residency period of the various ranks of officers.
5.2.16 The
Commission emphasises that the pay structure designed by it for the defence
forces personnel has been done keeping in view (a) some of the aspects in their
rank structure unique to them and (b) pay structure is not intended to
determine the status of the personnel vis-à-vis their counterparts on the civil
side.
Report of the Seventh
CPC
Pay Matrix (Defence Forces
Personnel - Except MNS)
Pay Band
|
9 300-34800
|
|||||
Grade Pay
|
3 400
|
4 200
|
4 600
|
4 800
|
5 400
|
|
E ntry Pay (EP)
|
1 2700
|
1 3500
|
1 7140
|
1 8150
|
2 0280
|
|
Le vel
|
5A
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
|
Index
|
2 . 6 2
|
2 . 6 2
|
2 . 6 2
|
2 . 6 2
|
2 . 6 2
|
|
1
|
33300
|
35400
|
44900
|
47600
|
53100
|
|
2
|
34300
|
36500
|
46200
|
49000
|
54700
|
|
3
|
35300
|
37600
|
47600
|
50500
|
56300
|
|
4
|
36400
|
38700
|
49000
|
52000
|
58000
|
|
5
|
37500
|
39900
|
50500
|
53600
|
59700
|
|
6
|
38600
|
41100
|
52000
|
55200
|
61500
|
|
7
|
39800
|
42300
|
53600
|
56900
|
63300
|
|
8
|
41000
|
43600
|
55200
|
58600
|
65200
|
|
9
|
42200
|
44900
|
56900
|
60400
|
67200
|
|
10
|
43500
|
46200
|
58600
|
62200
|
69200
|
|
11
|
44800
|
47600
|
60400
|
64100
|
71300
|
|
12
|
46100
|
49000
|
62200
|
66000
|
73400
|
|
13
|
47500
|
50500
|
64100
|
68000
|
75600
|
|
14
|
48900
|
52000
|
66000
|
70000
|
77900
|
|
15
|
50400
|
53600
|
68000
|
72100
|
80200
|
|
16
|
51900
|
55200
|
70000
|
74300
|
82600
|
|
17
|
53500
|
56900
|
72100
|
76500
|
85100
|
|
18
|
55100
|
58600
|
74300
|
78800
|
87700
|
|
19
|
56800
|
60400
|
76500
|
81200
|
90300
|
|
20
|
58500
|
62200
|
78800
|
83600
|
93000
|
|
21
|
60300
|
64100
|
81200
|
86100
|
95800
|
|
22
|
62100
|
66000
|
83600
|
88700
|
98700
|
|
23
|
64000
|
68000
|
86100
|
91400
|
101700
|
|
24
|
65900
|
70000
|
88700
|
94100
|
104800
|
|
Pay Band
|
5 200-20200
|
|||||
Grade Pay
|
2000
|
2400
|
2800
|
|||
E ntry Pay (EP)
|
8 460
|
9 910
|
1 1360
|
|||
Le vel
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
|||
Index
|
2 . 5 7
|
2 . 5 7
|
2 . 5 7
|
|||
1
|
21700
|
25500
|
29200
|
|||
2
|
22400
|
26300
|
30100
|
|||
3
|
23100
|
27100
|
31000
|
|||
4
|
23800
|
27900
|
31900
|
|||
5
|
24500
|
28700
|
32900
|
|||
6
|
25200
|
29600
|
33900
|
|||
7
|
26000
|
30500
|
34900
|
|||
8
|
26800
|
31400
|
35900
|
|||
9
|
27600
|
32300
|
37000
|
|||
10
|
28400
|
33300
|
38100
|
|||
11
|
29300
|
34300
|
39200
|
|||
12
|
30200
|
35300
|
40400
|
|||
13
|
31100
|
36400
|
41600
|
|||
14
|
32000
|
37500
|
42800
|
|||
15
|
33000
|
38600
|
44100
|
|||
16
|
34000
|
39800
|
45400
|
|||
17
|
35000
|
41000
|
46800
|
|||
18
|
36100
|
42200
|
48200
|
|||
19
|
37200
|
43500
|
49600
|
|||
20
|
38300
|
44800
|
51100
|
|||
21
|
39400
|
46100
|
52600
|
|||
22
|
40600
|
47500
|
54200
|
|||
23
|
41800
|
48900
|
55800
|
|||
24
|
43100
|
50400
|
57500
|
|||
Military Service Pay (MSP)
5.2.22 The
defence forces personnel, in addition to their pay as per the Matrices above,
will be entitled to payment of Military Service Pay for all ranks up to and
inclusive of Brigadiers and their equivalents. The Commission recommends an MSP
for the four categories of Defence forces personnel at Rs.15,500 for the
Service Officers, Rs.10,800 for Nursing Officers, Rs.5,200 for JCO/ORs, and
Rs.3,600 for Non Combatants (Enrolled) in the Air Force per month. MSP will
continue to be reckoned as Basic Pay for purposes of
Dearness Allowance, as also in the computation
of pension. Military Service Pay will however not be counted for
purposes of House Rent Allowance, Composite Transfer Grant and Annual Increment.
17 Without
moderation upwards, by use of formula, the minimum pay for a Captain of MNS
would be Rs.57,280, which would be very close to Rs.56,100 the minimum pay at
the level of an MNS Lieutenant.
Annex to
Chapter 5.2
Annex: L evels as per the
Pay Matrix
|
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Existing Pa y Bands
|
Existing levels o f Grade Pay
|
Available for*
|
New Levels
|
PB-1
|
1800
|
C
|
1
|
1900
|
C
|
2
|
|
2000
|
C,D
|
3
|
|
2400
|
C
|
4
|
|
2800
|
C,D
|
5
|
|
PB-2
|
3400
|
D
|
5A
|
4200
|
C,D
|
6
|
|
4600
|
C,D
|
7
|
|
4800
|
C,D
|
8
|
|
5400
|
C
|
9
|
|
PB-3
|
5400
|
C,D,M
|
10
|
5700
|
M
|
10A
|
|
6100
|
D
|
10B
|
|
6100
|
M
|
10B
|
|
6600
|
C,D,M
|
11
|
|
7600
|
C
|
12
|
|
PB-4
|
7600
|
M
|
12
|
8000
|
D
|
12A
|
|
8400
|
M
|
12B
|
|
8700
|
C
|
13
|
|
8700
|
D
|
13
|
|
8900
|
C
|
13A
|
|
8900
|
D
|
13A
|
|
9000
|
M
|
13B
|
|
10000
|
14
|
||
HAG
|
15
|
||
HAG+
|
16
|
||
Apex
|
17
|
||
Cabinet
Secretary, Defence Chiefs
|
18
|
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*C: Civil;
D: Defence; M: Military Nursing Service
(MNS)
