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7th Pay Commission in India – GK Questions and Answers

by Sruthy
June 20, 2020
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  • 7th Pay Commission: GK Questions
  • 7th Pay Commission of India

The 7th Central Pay Commission (7th CPC), was constituted in February 2014 to review the structure of emoluments of all central government civilian employees including defence forces. The commission submits its reports on submitted its report on November 19, 2015. The 7th CPC faces too many backlashes for its recommendation on separate ‘Pay Matrices’, and allowance system for the armed forces and defence civilians, and police, and other civil servants.

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7th Pay Commission: GK Questions

Let’s a have a look upon the general awareness questions asked in the competitive examinations based on the pay commissions in India.

  • Who was the chairman of the 7th Pay Commission in India?

(a) Vivek Rae
(b) Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur
(c) Dr Rathin Roy
(d) Rajesh Maharshi

Ans: Justice Ashok Kumar Mathur

  • When did India’s first Pay Commission establish?

(a) August 1947
(b) January 1946
(c) May 1948
(d) January 1948

Ans: January 1946

  • What was the minimum salary during the first pay commission period?

a) Rs. 35
(b) Rs. 50
(c) Rs. 70
(d) Rs. 100

Ans: Rs. 35

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  • Who was the chairman of the first Pay Commission in India?

(a) J.B. Kriplani
(b) G.V.Mavlankar
(c) Srinivas Varadachariar
(d) Ranjit Singh Sarkaria

Ans: Srinivas Varadachariar

  • What is the minimum pay of central government employees as per the 7th CPC?

(a) Rs 15,000 per month
(b) Rs 18,000 per month
(c) Rs 20,000 per month
(d) Rs 22,000 per month

Ans: Rs 18,000 per month

  • What is the maximum pay of central government employees as per the 7th CPC?

(a) Rs 100,000 per month
(b) Rs 150,000 per month
(c) Rs 225,000 per month
(d) Rs 250,000 per month

Ans: Rs. 250,000 per month

  • Who heads the first pay commission of India post-independence?

(a) G.V.Mavlankar
(b) Srinivas Varadachariar

(c) Jagannath Das
(d) Raghubir Dayal

Ans: Jagannath Das

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7th Pay Commission of India

The major recommendations by the 7th central pay commission are as follows:

  • Based on the Aykroyd formula, the minimum pay in government service is recommended to be set at ₹18,000 per month. The three basic factors taken in this formula is cloth, food and shelter. These are the factors that would be considered before the salary hikes or increase in the basic minimum pay.  The formula takes its name from Wallace Ruddell Aykroyd— well-known nutritionist
  • The maximum pay should be Rs. 2,25,000 per month for Apex Scale and Rs. 2,50,000 per month for
    Cabinet Secretary and others presently at the same pay level.
  • A fitment factor of 2.57 is being proposed to be applied homogeneously for all employees. The Fitment factor is a figure used by 7th CPC with which the basic pay in 6th CPC (i.e Pay in Pay band + Grade pay) is multiplied in order to fix basic pay in the 7th CPC structure.
  • The rate of annual increment is  3 per cent.
  • The rate of HRA will be revised to 27 per cent, 18 per cent and 9 per cent respectively when DA crosses
    50 per cent, and further revised to 30 per cent, 20 per cent and 10 per cent when DA crosses 100 per cent.
  • House Building Allowance (HBA) limit has been increased to Rs. 25 lakhs.
  • The gratuity limit has been increased from the existing Rs. 10 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh. The ceiling on gratuity may be raised by 25 per cent whenever DA rises by 50 per cent.
  • The 07th CPC has recommended the Performance Related Pay (PRP) for all categories of Central Government employees, based on quality Results Framework Documents, reformed Annual Performance
    Appraisal Reports and some other broad Guidelines.

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Pay Matrix Level 1 to 5 (Grade Pay 1800 TO 2800)

  • PB-1 (5200-20200)
GP 1800 1900 2000 2400 2800
Level 1 2 3 4 5
1 18000 19900 21700 25500 29200
2 18500 20500 22400 26300 30100
3 19100 21100 23100 27100 31000
4 19700 21700 23800 27900 31900
5 20300 22400 24500 28700 32900
6 20900 23100 25200 29600 33900
7 21500 23800 26000 30500 34900
8 22100 24500 26800 31400 35900
9 22800 25200 27600 32300 37000
10 23500 26000 28400 33300 38100
11 24200 26800 29300 34300 39200
12 24900 27600 30200 35300 40400
13 25600 28400 31100 36400 41600
14 26400 29300 32000 37500 42800
15 27200 30200 33000 38600 44100
16 28000 31100 34000 39800 45400
17 28800 32000 35000 41000 46800
18 29700 33000 36100 42200 48200
19 30600 34000 37200 43500 49600
20 31500 35000 38300 44800 51100
21 32400 36100 39400 46100 52600
22 33400 37200 40600 47500 54200
23 34400 38300 41800 48900 55800
24 35400 39400 43100 50400 57500
25 36500 40600 44400 51900 59200
26 37600 41800 45700 53500 61000
27 38700 43100 47100 55100 62800
28 39900 44400 48500 56800 64700
29 41100 45700 50000 58500 66600
30 42300 47100 51500 60300 68600
31 43600 48500 53000 62100 70700
32 44900 50000 54600 64000 72800
33 46200 51500 56200 65900 75000
34 47600 53000 57900 67900 77300
35 49000 54600 59600 69900 79600
36 50500 56200 61400 72000 82000
37 52000 57900 63200 74200 84500
38 53600 59600 65100 76400 87000
39 55200 61400 67100 78700 89600
40 56900 63200 69100 81100 92300

For all other pay bands, candidates can download the below-given pdf.

Click here to download 7th Pay Central Pay Commission of India Pay Matrix Report free pdf

SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION OF INDIA

7th CPC HRA and Other Allowances

  • The rates of HRA will not be less than Rs. 5400/, Rs. 3600/, and Rs. 1800 for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively.
  • When Dearness Allowances (DA) crosses 25% the HRA rates will be 27%, 18%, and 9% for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively.
  • When Dearness Allowances (DA) crosses 50% the HRA rates will be 30%, 20%, and 10% for Class X, Y and Z cities respectively.
  • Eligible employees will get a Travelling Allowance based on their working station location. In the cities, it would be Rs. 3600 + and for all other places, the TA will be not less than Rs. 1800+.
  • Children Education Allowance of Rs. 27000/- per annum is available for children studying class Nursery to class XII. CEA also increases with an increase in DA. A Hostel subsidy of Rs.81000/- per annum for children studying in the hostel is also available.
  • Police Service employees will get Uniform allowances based on their organizations.

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