7th CPC Pay Matrix 2017

A simple table with a comprehensible chart highlighting the pay hierarchy of Central Government employees and officers.

The 7th Central Pay Commission has designed and recommended in its report to simplify the calculation of Pay and Pension for Central Government Employees and Pensioners.

Pay Matrix Table, which is simple, transparent, predictable and easily comprehensible. The new Pay Matrix incorporates all these features: subsuming the grade pay, the rationalized matrix presents the whole universe of pay levels in one simple chart. The levels have been rationalized too, displaying a logical pay progression. Employees would be able to see their pay level, where they fit in and how they are likely to progress over their career span. The Commission has also recommended simplified procedures for the computation of pension.

The 7th Central Pay Commission has adopted an innovative design to make the remuneration structure attractive. It has adopted the need-based minimum wage formula for designing the pay matrix. The rationalization of pay levels has been done keeping this minimum pay as the base for all calculations. It has been recommended that the minimum pay at each level will be the entry pay for direct recruits for those levels. Each level has been placed equidistantly. The various stages within a level move upwards at the rate of 3 per cent per annum. Owing to this rationalization, the quantum of increase in pay on promotion, either on regular basis or through the MACP, is likely to be substantial. This design will make the existing remuneration pattern in the government more attractive.