How to calculate Advance Increment in 7th Pay Commission?

How to calculate Advance Increment for Stenographer after 7th Pay Commission?

Who are all eligible for advance increment in Central Government Services?

Granting the advance increment(s) to Stenographers of Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100/120 w.p.m., w.e.f. 01.01.2016 the advance increments shall be regulated as under:

The stenographer who is recruited on the basis of the speed test in the shorthand at 80 w.p.m. may be granted one advance increment on the qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100 w.p.m. and one more advance increment on the qualifying speed test in shorthand at 120 w.p.m. while in service. However, if a stenographer who is recruited on the basis of a speed test in the shorthand at 80 w.p.m. directly qualifies for the speed test in shorthand at 120 w.p.m. while in service, he/she may be granted two advance increments.

The stenographer, who is recruited on the basis of a speed test in the shorthand at 100 w.p.m., may be granted one advance increment on the qualifying speed test in shorthand at 120 w.p.m. while in service.

These speed tests shall be conducted by properly constituted Authorities including Departmental Authorities.

These advance increments shall be granted from the date of passing the test.

These advance increments shall not be absorbed in future increments and the date of the next increment after the grant of these advance increments shall remain the same. No option for fixation of pay from the Date of Next Increment shall be available/ allowed for fixation of pay on account of these advance increments.

The amount of these advance increments shall be treated as a separate element in addition to the basic pay and it should be counted as pay for all purposes. Further, once these advance increments are taken into account for the purpose of fixation of pay on promotion or being placed in a higher scale on grant of MACP or due to revision of PayScale or Pay Structure etc., these advance increments no longer continue as a separate element.

In respect of the stenographers, who become eligible for grant of these advance increments consequent upon the implementation of CCS (RP) Rules, 2016, they may be granted one/ two advance increments (as the case may be) in the vertical Level, in which the Government Servant is placed on the date of passing the test, as illustrated below:

The calculation for granting two advance increment

Pay Matrix Table for 2 Advance Increment Calculation

The calculation for granting one advance increment

Pay Matrix Table for 1 Advance Increment Calculation

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Advance Increment in 7th Pay Commission to Stenographers of Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in Shorthand at 100/120 w.p.m

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
Ministry of Railways
Railway Board

PC-VII No. 190

RBE No : 104/2022

File No. PC-VII/2020/RSRP/2

New Delhi, dated:.31/06/2022

The General Manager/CAQs(R),
All India Railways & Production Units,
(As per mailing list)

Sub: – Advance Increments granted to Stenographers of Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in Shorthand at 100/120 w.p.m in the 7th CPC scenario – regarding.

Please refer to this Ministry’s letter No. PC-VI/2010/1/7/5/2 dated 11.04.2011 (RBE No. 47/2011) regarding grant of advance increment(s)/special allowance to Stenographers in subordinate offices for acquiring higher speed in Shorthand. Subsequent Clarification(s) on the subject matter issued from time to time are also referred.

2. Consequent upon the implementation of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, the system of Pay Band and Grade Pay has been replaced by the Pay Matrix. The manner in which the advance increment(s) are to be computed and the guidelines for granting these advance increments to Stenographers of Subordinate Offices on qualifying speed test in shorthand at 100/120 w.e.f., in 7th CPC Scenario, have been considered in Department of Personnel & Training (Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions) in consultation with Department of Expenditure, Department of Personnel & Training have issued fresh guidelines on the Subject matter vide OM F. No. 1/7/201 7-Estt(Pay-I) dated 24.07.2020.

3. Revised pay structure has been implemented in Ministry of Railways vide Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016. In the context of Railway Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016, guidelines issued by Department of Personnel & Training vide OM No. OM F. No. 1/7/2017-Estt(Pay-I) dated 24.07.2020 (copy enclosed) are adopted in Ministry of Railways in respect of Stenographers of Subordinate Office in a mutatis-mutandis manner.

4. This issues are with the concurrence of Establishment(N G) Dte.

5. Hindi version will follow.

sd/-
(Jaya Kumar G)
Deputy Director, Pay Commission-VII & HRMS
Railway Board

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