Karnataka State Pay Commission Report

The Karnataka State Government Employees will soon get enhanced salary as per the recommendations of State Pay Committee report.  The gist of the Karnataka State Pay Committee Report issued in the month of March 2012 is as follows

Revised Pay Structure & Pay Scales

(i) The State should continue to have its own Pay Structure for its employees.

(ii) The new Pay Structure is related to the index level of 191.5 points obtainable on 1.1.2012 (base 2001=100).

(iii) The concept of Master Scale with 91 stages are retained.

(iv) The Fitment Benefit is 22.5 per cent inclusive of 15 per cent Interim Relief.

(v) To retain the existing 25 standard scales, segments from the Master Scale.

(vi) The new pay structure includes the Dearness Allowance as on 1.1.2012 at the index level of 191.5 points.

(vii) The revised Pay Scales, Allowances and Pensions are effective from 1.4.2012.

(viii) To revise the Minimum pay scale from Rs.4800-7275 to Rs.9600-14550.

(ix) To revise the Maximum pay scale from Rs.28275-39900 to Rs.56550-79800.

(x) The existing rates of increments have been doubled

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(xi) The new pay shall be fixed w.e.f. 1.4.2012 as follows.

1) Basic Pay as on 1.4.2012

2) DA of 76.75 per cent as on 1.1.2012

3) Fitment benefit of 22.5 per cent of basic pay inclusive of 15 per cent Interim Relief.

(xii) The DA from 1.7.2012 is to be allowed with multiplication factor of 0.604 for every 1 per cent of DA sanctioned by Government of India.

Part 1 Allowances

(i) For purposes of HRA, classification of cities/ towns /other places reduced from

six groups to four groups. The minimum rate of HRA increased from 6 per cent to 7 per cent. Rural allowance of Rs.100 is removed.

(ii) The existing rates of CCA is increased from Rs.80 – 300 to Rs. 250 – 400 per month.

(iii) The rate of Medical Allowance for group C & D employees is increased from Rs.50 per month to Rs.100 per month.

(iv) The existing rate of Conveyance Allowance is increased from Rs.100 – 400 to Rs.200 – 600.

(v) Rates of Road Mileage, Daily Allowance, Special Daily Allowance, Transfer grant hiked substantially.

(vi) The existing rates of FTA is increased from Rs.150 – 700 to Rs.225 – 750.

(vii) Out of State Allowance to be 25 per cent in the revised pay scale for the officials

working in Delhi and 10 per cent of the revised pay scale for officials working in Varanasi, Thirumala, Srisailam and other offices located outside the state.

(viii) Rate of Charge Allowance enhanced from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent in the revised pay scale and the ceiling limit of Rs.1000 removed.

(ix) Rates of Hill Station Allowance are revised from Rs.150 – 250 to Rs.200 – 300 per month.

(x) The rates of Initial Grant, Renewal Grant, Maintenance Allowance under Uniform Allowance increased substantially.

The Committee recommends for introducing five day work week.

PAY STRUCTURE

7.1 Government of Karnataka has been evolving its own pay structure for employees, based on the recommendations of the State Pay Commissions and Committees in the past.  The general recommendation has been to continue with this basic system, while effecting improvements from time to time.  In particular, adoption of Central Pay Scales has not been favoured because of fundamental differences in the conditions of service, designations, eligibility criteria, mode ofrecruitment, duties and jurisdictions.

7.2 The popular impression that more and more states have adopted the ‘Central Scales’ does not appear to be true on closer scrutiny of the pay scales and allowances.  Most of the states which appear to have adopted the Government of India pay structure have not given parity in case of a large number of posts.  For example, the categories like Second Division Assistant, Primary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Assistant Engineers have not been given the same pay and grade pay as in the case of Government of India.  While Group-D posts have been abolished in Government of India, States have retained these posts.

7.3 In the matter of allowances also, there are variations.  While some states like Maharashtra and Punjab have given HRA/Transport Allowance at the Central rates, Gujarat has adopted a different rate of Transport Allowance.  As per the HRA slabs in Tamil Nadu, for example, employees of Group-D and Group-A are eligible for Rs. 560 p.m and Rs. 2,600 p.m. respectively only in Chennai whereas it is 25% of Basic in Bangalore.  Kerala has also adopted a different HRA pattern.

7.4 Another important factor to be noted is the index level which a particular State or Central Government takes as base for revising scales and merger of DA.  The States of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala which have been revising pay scales of employees once in five years have adopted their own pay structure at different index levels.  State and Central Governments have got different frequencies of pay-revision.  The Government of India, for example, has appointed five Pay Commissions in the last five decades, whereas the Government of Karnataka during the same period has appointed five Pay Commissions and four Pay Committees.  Thus the apparent difference in pay scales at any given point of time needs to be seen in the perspective of differing frequencies of pay-revision.

7.5 Economic conditions of a State, the need of resources for development of infrastructure and building human capital, and finally, the fiscal capacity have to guide decision-making on the matters of pay-revision.  The previous Pay Commissions and Committees have also gone into this fundamental issue of ‘the capacity to pay’.  The Terms of Reference of the present Official Pay Committee also clearly prescribe that the recommendations should be made keeping in view the resources of the State Government and Government commitments for various development programmes and other statutory and regulatory functions within the overall mandate of the Karnataka Fiscal Responsibility Act, 2002.

7.6 The current structure of pay scales and allowances are based on the recommendations of the Fifth State Pay Commission with effect from 1.7.2005.  The pay scales had then been revised linking with the cost of living index as represented by the average of 524 points in the AIACPI numbers for industrial workers (General Base 1982=100).  There are at present 25 scales of pay with a Master Scale.

7.7 After taking into account the relevant facts and financial implications, the Committee recommends as follows.

1. The Government of Karnataka shall continue to retain its own pay structure for its employees.

2. The concept of Master Scale with 91 stages are to be retained.

3. To retain the existing 25 standard scale segments from the Master Scale.

4. To retain the existing 16 increment stages. The existing  increment rates increased from Rs.100 – 850 to Rs. 200 – 1700 respectively.

5. The existing vertical and horizontal relativities among the existing pay scales have been retained.

6. To give 22.5% of basic pay as Fitment Benefit while fixing the pay in the revised scales of pay. The Fitment Benefit includes 15% of Interim Relief

sanctioned w.e.f. 1.11.2011.

7. To merge the DA as on 01.01.2012 at the index level of 191.5 points in the new pay structure recommended by it.

8. The existing minimum pay of Rs.4800/- is increased to Rs. 9600/- and the maximum pay of Rs. 39,900/- is revised to Rs. 79800/-. The revised pay would include 76.75% DA as of 01.01.2012 at the index level of 191.5 points (Base:2001=100).

9. The recommended Master Scale and 25 Pay Scales corresponding to the existing Master Scale and pay scales are as follows:

Existing	Recommended
1. Master Scale	1. Master Scale
4800-100-6000-125-6500-150-7100-175-7800- 200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300- 350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525- 22650-600-26250-675-30300-750-34800- 850-39900 Minimum-4800; Maximum-39900 Number of Pay Stages-91	9600-200-12000-250-13000-300-14200- 350-15600-400-17200-450-19000-500- 21000-600-24600-700-28800-800-33600- 900-39000-1050-45300-1200-52500- 1350-60600-1500-69600-1700-79800 Minimum-9600; Maximum-79800 Number of Pay Stages-91
2. Annual Increment Rate 100,125,150,175,200,225,250,300,350, 400,450,525,600,675,750,850	2. Annual Increment Rate 200,250,300,350,400,450,500,600,700, 800,900,1050,1200,1350,1500,1700
3. Pay stages of Increment rates4800,6000,6500,7100,7800,8600,9500, 10500,12300,14400,16800,19500,22650, 26250,30300,34800, 39900	3. Pay stages of Increment rates 9600,12000,13000,14200,15600,17200, 19000,21000,24600,28800,33600,39000, 45300,52500,60600,69600,79800
4. Minimum and Maximum                                  1:8.31	4. Minimum and Maximum                            1:8.31

Existing and Recommended Pay Scales

Sl.No.	Existing Pay Scales	Span
1	4800-100-6000-125-6500-150-7100-175-7275	21
2	5200-100-6000-125-6500-150-7100-175-7800-200-8200	22
3	5500-100-6000-125-6500-150-7100-175-7800-200-8600-225-9500	25
4	5800-100-6000-125-6500-150-7100-175-7800-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500	26
5	6250-125-6500-150-7100-175-7800-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12000	27
6	6800-150-7100-175-7800-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-13000	26
7	7275-175-7800-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-13350	24
8	8000-200-8600-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-14800	24
9	8825-225-9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-16000	23
10	9500-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-16800-450-17250	23
11	10000-250-10500-300-12300-350-14400-400-16800-450-18150	23
12	10800-300-12300-350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525-20025	24
13	11400-300-12300-350-14400-400- 16800-450-19500-525-21600	25
14	12000-300-12300-350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650	25
15	13000-350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650-600-23850	24
16	14050-350-14400-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650-600-25050	23
17	15200-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650-600-25650	21
18	16400-400-16800-450-19500-525-22650-600-26250	19
19	18150-450-19500-525-22650-600-26250-675-26925	16
20	19050-450-19500-525-22650-600-26250-675-27600	15
21	20025-525-22650-600-26250-675-28275	14
22	22125-525-22650-600-26250-675-30300	13
23	24450-600-26250-675-30300-750-31800	11
24	26250-675-30300-750-34800-850-36500	14
25	28275-675-30300-750-34800-850-39900	15

Sl.No.	Recommended Pay Scales	Span
1	9600-200-12000-250-13000-300- 14200-350-14550	21
2	10400-200-12000-250-13000-300- 14200-350-15600-400-16400	22
3	11000-200-12000-250-13000-300- 14200-350-15600-400-17200-450-19000	25
4	11600-200-12000-250-13000-300- 14200-350-15600-400-17200-450-19000-500-21000	26
5	12500-250-13000-300-14200-350- 15600-400-17200-450-19000-500-21000-600-24000	27
6	13600-300-14200-350-15600-400- 17200-450-19000-500-21000-600-24600-700-26000	26
7	14550-350-15600-400-17200-450- 19000-500-21000-600-24600-700-26700	24
8	16000-400-17200-450-19000-500- 21000-600-24600-700-28800-800-29600	24
9	17650-450-19000-500-21000-600-24600-700-28800-800-32000	23
10	19000-500-21000-600-24600-700- 28800-800-33600-900-34500	23
11	20000-500-21000-600-24600-700- 28800-800-33600-900-36300	23
12	21600-600-24600-700-28800-800- 33600-900-39000-1050-40050	24
13	22800-600-24600-700-28800-800- 33600-900-39000-1050-43200	25
14	24000-600-24600-700-28800-800- 33600-900-39000-1050-45300	25
15	26000-700-28800-800-33600-900- 39000-1050-45300-1200-47700	24
16	28100-700-28800-800-33600-900- 39000-1050-45300-1200-50100	23
17	30400-800-33600-900-39000-1050- 45300-1200-51300	21
18	32800-800-33600-900-39000-1050- 45300-1200-52500	19
19	36300-900-39000-1050-45300- 1200-52500-1350-53850	16
20	38100-900-39000-1050-45300- 1200-52500-1350-55200	15
21	40050-1050-45300-1200-52500-1350- 56550	14
22	44250-1050-45300-1200-52500-1350-60600	13
23	48900-1200-52500-1350-60600-1500-63600	11
24	52500-1350-60600-1500-69600-1700- 73000	14
25	56550-1350-60600-1500-69600-1700-79800	15

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