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A very exciting and relief news is coming for lakhs of central government employees and pensioners. Amidst the ongoing discussions regarding the 8th Pay Commission, now the employees are hopeful of getting a very good news. According to reports, the country’s apex body representing employee unions ‘National Council Joint Consultative Machinery’ (NC-JCM) has presented a very powerful and new proposal to the government, in which a strong demand has been made for major changes in the entire structure of the pay scale.

The main objective of this new proposal is to greatly simplify the salary structure and reduce the huge difference in the salaries of government employees working at different levels. For this, a strong recommendation has been made to merge several levels of the existing pay matrix.

Suggestion to merge pay matrix to simplify pay structure

According to the proposal put forward, several pay matrix levels can be added to make the entire salary structure simple and clear. In this, mainly it has been suggested to merge Level 2 and 3, Level 4 and 5, Level 7 and 8, and Level 9 and 10.

This change will bring much more clarity and transparency regarding promotions and salary increases of employees in the future. The most important objective of this entire proposal is to bridge the huge gap in salary between different levels, so that the pay structure can become more balanced and equitable for all employees doing the same or similar level of work.

Main points to salary and increment

Some very important and attractive recommendations have been made in this proposal, which are as follows:

• Huge jump in fitment factor: The NC-JCM has recommended implementation of a steeper fitment factor of 3.83, which could see the minimum basic pay of employees jump from the current Rs 18,000 to Rs 69,000.
• Comprehensive Benefits: If this wonderful proposal is approved, crores of central government employees and pensioners across the country will get direct and huge financial benefits from it, which will lead to a huge jump in their total salary packages.
• Double increase in annual increment: In this proposal, a major change has also been suggested in the system of salary increment given every year. In this, it has been strongly recommended to directly increase the annual increment from the current 3 percent to 6 percent.

Employee unions argue that the current salary structure has become too complex and the difference between different pay levels is too high. In view of today’s skyrocketing inflation and rising costs of living, he clearly believes that there is a strong need for a radical change in this old system.

With this objective, to further improve the living standards of the employees, important suggestions like merging the pay scales, increasing the fitment factor and improving the annual increment have been made. However, it is very important to keep in mind that at this stage all these points are only in the form of proposals. Any of these changes will be implemented only when the 8th Pay Commission officially submits its complete recommendations to the government and they are given final approval by the Central Government. If all these historic reforms get the green signal, then this could prove to be the biggest and revolutionary change in government salary history after the 7th Pay Commission.