Who are entitled to 7th Pay Commission additional Bunching increment ?

7th Pay Commission bunching increment - Finance Ministry latest clarification

Who are entitled to 7th Pay Commission Bunching Benefit as per Para 5.1.36 of Pay Commission report ? – The meaning of Stage defined now in the OM dated 07.09.2016

Update: Finance Ministry subsequently issued office Memorandum No.1-6/2016-IC dated 03.08.2017 by inserting a new condition which was not recommended by 7th Pay Commission.

New Condition put forth by the Government in the case of Bunching increment is that since all pay stages below the Entry Pay in any Level converge to first pay stage that level. on account of a conscious decision of the 7th CPC bunching increment cannot be extended to pay stages lower than the Entry Pay indicated by the 7th CPC in the Pay Matrix.

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In Para 5.1.36 of its report, 7th Pay Commission had recommended that one additional increment will be given while fixing of every two stages of pre-revised basic pay (pay in pay band and Grade pay) or scale  in the same pay in the new pay matrix.  This recommendation has been accepted by Govt and an OM has been issued on 7th September 2016 to this effect.

Check the following link to read OM dated 7th September 2016 on Bunching benefits

7th Pay Commission Bunching of Stages in Revised Pay Structure – OM dated 7th September 2016

The Govt has also defined now the meaning of “Stage” in the OM dated 7th September 2016.  Pay drawn by two Government servants in a given Pay Band and Grade pay or scale where the higher pay is at least 3% more than the lower pay shall constitute two stages.

The illustration provided in 7th Pay Commission report for the purpose of granting Bunching Increment was relating to Entry Pay only in the the new Pay Matrix viz., As per Illustration provided in the report Employees in GP 10,000 who are fitted in to minimum of Level 14 of New Pay Matrix will be eligible for one additional increment and would be fitted in to next cell of Level 14.

However, as per the OM dated 7th September 2016, which has clearly defined the meaning of Stage as far as 6th CPC pay is concerned, the bunching benefit will also be applicable to fixation of 7th CPC pay for all the indices of new pay matrix in addition to entry pay.

7th Pay Commission Pay Fixation:

As per Para 5.1.28 of 7th Pay Commission Report, pay fixation in the new pay structure will have to be made as follows

Step 1: Identify Basic Pay (Pay in the pay band plus Grade Pay) drawn by an employee as on the date of implementation. This figure is ‘A’.

Step 2: Multiply ‘A’ with 2.57, round-off to the nearest rupee, and obtain result ‘B’.

Step 3: The figure so arrived at, i.e., ‘B’ or the next higher figure closest to it in the Level assigned to his/her grade pay, will be the new pay in the new pay matrix. In case the value of ‘B’ is less than the starting pay of the Level, then the pay will be equal to the starting pay of that level

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7th Pay Commission bunching Benefit:

In addition to above, 7th Pay Commission proposes bunching benefit in Para 5.1.36 whenever more than two stages are bunched together for fixation of pay in 7th CPC pay matrix, one additional increment equal to 3 percent may be given for every two stages bunched, and pay fixed in the subsequent cell in the pay matrix.

Further, Para 5.1.37 of the report provides an illustration for fixation of pay of two employees who are drawing pay of ₹53,000 and ₹54,590 in the GP 10000.

As per this illustration, after applying 7CPC multiplication factor of 2.57, both of these employees will have to be fixed in first cell of level 15 in the pay of ₹1,44,200 as their revisesd pay are worked out to ₹1,36,210 and ₹1,40,296 respectively which are not more than the first cell of level 15 (₹1,44,200)

But to avoid bunching of these two stages of pay, the person drawing pay of ₹54,590 will get fixed in second cell of level 15 in the pay of ₹1,48,500, while the other who is drawing pay of ₹ 53,000 will have to be fixed in ₹1,44,200.

Based on this illustration, a table containing Entry pay of Rs. 53,000 in GP 10000, subsequent stages for this pay (pay with increment of 3% for every year) and 7th Pay Commission pay fixation for the same has been prepared as below.

Applying same principles, we could find that next stage in entry pay in respect of Grade Pay 1800, 1900. 2000, PB-3-5400, 6600, 7600 and 8900 would be entitled to one additional increment as bunching benefit.

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of 10,000/- (Pay Band (Rs. 37400-67000)

6cpc Basic Pay 7CPC pay fixation GP 10000
bp*2.57 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
53000 136210 144200 144200
54590 140296 144200 148500
56230 144511 148500 153000
57920 148854 153000 157600
59660 153326 157600 162300
61450 157927 162300 167200
63300 162681 167200 172200
65200 167564 172200 177400
67160 172601 177400 182700
69180 177793 182700 188200
71260 183138 188200 193800
73400 188638 193800 199600
75610 194318 199600 205600
77880 200152 205600 211800
80220 206165 211800 218200

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 8900/- (Pay Band 4 – Rs. 37400 to 67000)

GP 8900
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
49100 126187 131100 131100
50580 129991 131100 135000
52100 133897 135000 139100
53670 137932 139100 143300
55290 142095 143300 147600
56950 146362 147600 152000
58660 150756 152000 156600
60420 155279 156600 161300
62240 159957 161300 166100
64110 164763 166100 171100
66040 169723 171100 176200
68030 174837 176200 181500
70080 180106 181500 186900
72190 185528 186900 192500
74360 191105 192500 198300
76600 196862 198300 204200
78900 202773 204200 210300
81270 208864 210300 216600

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of of Rs 7600/- (Pay Band 3 – Rs. 15600 – 39100)

GP 7600
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
29500 75815 78800 78800
30390 78102 78800 81200
31310 80467 81200 83600
32250 82883 83600 86100
33220 85375 86100 88700
34220 87945 88700 91400
35250 90593 91400 94100
36310 93317 94100 96900
37400 96118 96900 99800
38530 99022 99800 102800
39690 102003 102800 105900
40890 105087 105900 109100
42120 108248 109100 112400
43390 111512 112400 115800
44700 114879 115800 119300
46050 118349 119300 122900
47440 121921 122900 126600
48870 125596 126600 130400
50340 129374 130400 134300
51860 133280 134300 138300
53420 137289 138300 142400
55030 141427 142400 146700
56690 145693 146700 151100
58400 150088 151100 155600
60160 154611 155600 160300
61970 159263 160300 165100
63830 164043 165100 170100
65750 168978 170100 175200
67730 174066 175200 180500
69770 179309 180500 185900
71870 184706 185900 191500
74030 190257 191500 197200
76260 195988 197200 203100
78550 201874 203100 209200

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 6600/- (Pay Band 3 – Rs. 15600 – 39100)

GP 6600
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
25350 65150 67700 67700
26120 67128 67700 69700
26910 69159 69700 71800
27720 71240 71800 74000
28560 73399 74000 76200
29420 75609 76200 78500
30310 77897 78500 80900
31220 80235 80900 83300
32160 82651 83300 85800
33130 85144 85800 88400
34130 87714 88400 91100
35160 90361 91100 93800
36220 93085 93800 96600
37310 95887 96600 99500
38430 98765 99500 102500
39590 101746 102500 105600
40780 104805 105600 108800
42010 107966 108800 112100
43280 111230 112100 115500
44580 114571 115500 119000
45920 118014 119000 122600
47300 121561 122600 126300
48720 125210 126300 130100
50190 128988 130100 134000
51700 132869 134000 138000
53260 136878 138000 142100
54860 140990 142100 146400
56510 145231 146400 150800
58210 149600 150800 155300
59960 154097 155300 160000
61760 158723 160000 164800
63620 163503 164800 169700
65530 168412 169700 174800
67500 173475 174800 180000
69530 178692 180000 185400
71620 184063 185400 191000
73770 189589 191000 196700
75990 195294 196700 202600
78270 201154 202600 208700

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 5400/- (Pay Band 3 – Rs. 15600 – 39100)

GP 5400
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
21000 53970 56100 56100
21630 55589 56100 57800
22280 57260 57800 59500
22950 58982 59500 61300
23640 60755 61300 63100
24350 62580 63100 65000
25090 64481 65000 67000
25850 66435 67000 69000
26630 68439 69000 71100
27430 70495 71100 73200
28260 72628 73200 75400
29110 74813 75400 77700
29990 77074 77700 80000
30890 79387 80000 82400
31820 81777 82400 84900
32780 84245 84900 87400
33770 86789 87400 90000
34790 89410 90000 92700
35840 92109 92700 95500
36920 94884 95500 98400
38030 97737 98400 101400
39180 100693 101400 104400
40360 103725 104400 107500
41580 106861 107500 110700
42830 110073 110700 114000
44120 113388 114000 117400
45450 116807 117400 120900
46820 120327 120900 124500
48230 123951 124500 128200
49680 127678 128200 132000
51180 131533 132000 136000
52720 135490 136000 140100
54310 139577 140100 144300
55940 143766 144300 148600
57620 148083 148600 153100
59350 152530 153100 157700
61140 157130 157700 162400
62980 161859 162400 167300
64870 166716 167300 172300
66820 171727 172300 177500

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 2400/- (Pay Band 1 – Rs. 5200 – 20200)

GP 2400
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
9910 25469 25500 25500
10210 26240 26300 26300
10520 27036 27100 27100
10840 27859 27900 27900
11170 28707 29600 29600
11510 29581 30500 30500
11860 30480 30500 31400
12220 31405 32300 32300
12590 32356 33300 33300
12970 33333 34300 34300
13360 34335 35300 35300
13770 35389 36400 36400
14190 36468 37500 37500
14620 37573 38600 38600
15060 38704 39800 39800
15520 39886 41000 41000
15990 41094 42200 42200
16470 42328 43500 43500
16970 43613 44800 44800
17480 44924 46100 46100
18010 46286 47500 47500
18560 47699 48900 48900
19120 49138 50400 50400
19700 50629 51900 51900
20300 52171 53500 53500
20910 53739 55100 55100
21540 55358 56800 56800
22190 57028 58500 58500
22860 58750 60300 60300
23550 60524 62100 62100
24260 62348 64000 64000
24990 64224 65900 65900
25740 66152 67900 67900
26520 68156 69900 69900
27320 70212 72000 72000
28140 72320 74200 74200
28990 74504 76400 76400
29860 76740 78700 78700
30760 79053 81100 81100

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 2000/- (Pay Band 1 – Rs. 5200 – 20200)

GP 2000
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
8460 21742 22400 22400
8720 22410 23100 23100
8990 23104 23800 23800
9260 23798 23800 24500
9540 24518 25200 25200
9830 25263 26000 26000
10130 26034 26800 26800
10440 26831 27600 27600
10760 27653 28400 28400
11090 28501 29300 29300
11430 29375 30200 30200
11780 30275 31100 31100
12140 31200 32000 32000
12510 32151 33000 33000
12890 33127 34000 34000
13280 34130 35000 35000
13680 35158 36100 36100
14100 36237 37200 37200
14530 37342 38300 38300
14970 38473 39400 39400
15420 39629 40600 40600
15890 40837 41800 41800
16370 42071 43100 43100
16870 43356 44400 44400
17380 44667 45700 45700
17910 46029 47100 47100
18450 47417 48500 48500
19010 48856 50000 50000
19590 50346 51500 51500
20180 51863 53000 53000
20790 53430 54600 54600
21420 55049 56200 56200
22070 56720 57900 57900
22740 58442 59600 59600
23430 60215 61400 61400
24140 62040 63200 63200
24870 63916 65100 65100
25620 65843 67100 67100
26390 67822 69100 69100

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 1900/-

GP 1900
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
7730 19866 19900 19900
7970 20483 20500 20500
8210 21100 21100 21100
8460 21742 21700 22400
8720 22410 22400 23100
8990 23104 23100 23800
9260 23798 23800 24500
9540 24518 25200 25200
9830 25263 26000 26000
10130 26034 26800 26800
10440 26831 27600 27600
10760 27653 28400 28400
11090 28501 29300 29300
11430 29375 30200 30200
11780 30275 31100 31100
12140 31200 32000 32000
12510 32151 33000 33000
12890 33127 34000 34000
13280 34130 35000 35000
13680 35158 36100 36100
14100 36237 37200 37200
14530 37342 38300 38300
14970 38473 39400 39400
15420 39629 40600 40600
15890 40837 41800 41800
16370 42071 43100 43100
16870 43356 44400 44400
17380 44667 45700 45700
17910 46029 47100 47100
18450 47417 48500 48500
19010 48856 50000 50000
19590 50346 51500 51500
20180 51863 53000 53000
20790 53430 54600 54600
21420 55049 56200 56200
22070 56720 57900 57900
22740 58442 59600 59600
23430 60215 61400 61400
24140 62040 63200 63200

7th Pay Commission Pay with Bunching Benefit in respect of 6th CPC Pay in Pay band with GP of Rs. 1800/-

GP 1800
6cpc Basic pay 6cpc*2.57 7cpc pay fixation 7CPC pay fixation with bunching benefit
7000 17990 18000 18000
7210 18530 19100 19100
7430 19095 19100 19700
7660 19686 19700 20300
7890 20277 20300 20900
8130 20894 20900 21500
8380 21537 22100 22100
8640 22205 22800 22800
8900 22873 23500 23500
9170 23567 24200 24200
9450 24287 24900 24900
9740 25032 25600 25600
10040 25803 26400 26400
10350 26600 27200 27200
10670 27422 28000 28000
11000 28270 28800 28800
11330 29118 29700 29700
11670 29992 30600 30600
12030 30917 31500 31500
12400 31868 32400 32400
12780 32845 33400 33400
13170 33847 34400 34400
13570 34875 35400 35400
13980 35929 36500 36500
14400 37008 37600 37600
14840 38139 38700 38700
15290 39295 39900 39900
15750 40478 41100 41100
16230 41711 42300 42300
16720 42970 43600 43600
17230 44281 44900 44900
17750 45618 46200 46200
18290 47005 47600 47600
18840 48419 49000 49000
19410 49884 50500 50500
20000 51400 52000 52000
20600 52942 53600 53600
21220 54535 55200 55200
21860 56180 56900 56900

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