Sixth Central Pay Commission
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 5 October 2006 |
| Dissolved | 24 March 2008 |
| Jurisdiction |
 Government of India
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| Headquarters | New Delhi |
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| Parent agency | Ministry of Finance, Government of India |
| Website | http://finmin.nic.in/6cpc/index.asp |
The Sixth Central Pay commission was set up by Union Cabinet of India on 5 October 2006. The Commission, headed by Justice B.N.Srikrishna.The Other members of the commission were Prof. Ravindra Dholakia, Mr. J.S.Mathur and Member-Secretary Ms Sushama Nath, IAS.
The Pay Commission submitted its report to Finance Minister P. Chidambaram on 24 March 2008. On 29 August 2008, the government announced it decision to implement the report on "structure of emoluments, allowances, conditions of service and retirement benefits of Central Government employees including... the Defence Forces", 'subject to some modifications'.
Sixth Central Pay Commission, unlike the earlier Central Pay Commissions(CPC), was given wide remit. Its Terms of Reference, were expansive and went well beyond recommending "a proper pay package for the Government employees". It included making recommendations rationalizing the governmental organization and structure to make them more "modern, professional and citizen friendly entities that are dedicated to the service of the people".
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government headed by Manmohan Singh, approved the Sixth Pay commission recommendations with some modifications on 14 August 2008. Revised pay were implemented with effect from 01.01.2006 and allowances with effect from 01.09.2008.The report led to a 6% increase in dearness allowance for central govt employees from 16% to 22%.
The 6CPC estimated that the financial implication of its recommendations would be "Rs.7975 crore for the year 2008-09, and an additional, one-time burden of Rs.18060 crore on payment of arrears".
The sixth pay commission, in a departure from earlier pay commission, created 20 distinct pay grades or ranks in the Government hierarchy, with intent to determine the status, and the Seniority of a post. The Pay grades were also intended to make "Pay scales ..irrelevant for purposes of computing seniority". The highest grades/rank of the Secretary/equivalent('apex scale'), and Cabinet Secretary/equivalent, were outside the grade pay gradation, and were assigned a fixed scale of pay.
The 6th Pay Commission recommended four running pay bands (excluding -1S) containing 20 grades for civilian employees as well as for the Defence Forces.The commission explained that the pay-band would (a) ease stagnation,by opening "promotional avenues...even though no functional justification for higher posts may exist" (b)ease problems of 'pay fixation' and remove "many of the pay scale related anomalies". Another innovation, was the creation of "additional separate running pay band... the scale of Rs.18400-22400 in higher administrative grade". As per the latest updates the salary of bank po after 7th pay commission will be 41,000 per month .Right now Bank Po salary is about 29,000.
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