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

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 7^th 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.

Checkout this article for more details : 7th Pay Commission Bunching increment – Loss to Senior Employees
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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