Tenth Pay Revision Commission: How minimum & maximum salaries were fixed

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The revised minimum salary of Rs 17,000 has been fixed by adding both the increase in per capita income during 2009-10 to 2013-14 and dearness allowance to the existing basic salary.

The maximum pay was fixed as seven times the minimum pay. The lowest grade basic pay on July 1, 2014, is Rs 8,500.

The increase in per capital income at constant prices from 2009-10 to 2013-14 has been estimated as Rs 1,086.

DA, which will be 80 percent of the basic pay, therefore will be Rs 6,800. Adding all the three figures (Rs 8,500 + Rs 1086 + Rs 6,800) will give the figure Rs 16,386.

This has been rounded to arrive at the new minimum, Rs 17,000. Seven times Rs 17,000 is Rs 1.2 lakh, the maximum.

The PRC also noted that some officials would stagnate at Rs 1.2 lakh. “The limit is fair enough and it is a conscious decision of the Commission not to go beyond that limit, especially as inflationary pressures are compensated by timely release of DA,” the report stated.