7th Pay Commission upgrades Grade Pay for certain cadres / posts in among Central Government Employees – Grade Pay for these Posts would be increased before fixation in 7CPC Pay Matrix and new 7th Pay Commission Pay would be granted in the higher pay level applicable to higher grade pay
Higher Grade Pay for certain Posts / Cadres – We all know that 7th Pay Commission has done away with Grade Pay System and introduced a new pay fixation technique which is known as Pay Matrix.
As per the pay fixation method in new pay matrix, pay of an employee will be fixed by horizontally traversing first based on his / her grade pay to find out the column / level. Once the level of the employee is found out then multiplication factor of 2.57 with basic Pay would determine the new 7th Pay Commission Pay of the employee. This pay fixation is termed as “Replacement Scale” by 7th Pay Commission.
While this method applies to most of the cadres / posts in Central Government Service, 7th Pay Commission has observed that certain cadres / Posts, pay has to be upgraded prior to fixation of 7th Pay Commission on the basis of pay anomaly that exists presently or those cadres / posts deserve an high pay on account of their nature of work etc.
Now let us have look at the normal method for pay fixation which is also when grade pay is upgraded by 7th Pay Commission

Normal Fitment
Ms. ABC is presently drawing a Basic Pay of ₹12,560 in GP 2400. For Normal Fitment, her Basic Pay will first be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and then rounded-off to the nearest Rupee. In this case 12560 x 2.57 = 32,279.20, which will be rounded-off to ₹32,279. She will then be placed in the Pay Matrix in the Level corresponding to GP 2400 (Level 4 in this case) in a cell either equal to or next higher to ₹32,279. In this case, her salary will be fixed at ₹32,300.
Pay Band
5200-20200
Grade Pay
1800
1900
2000
2400
2800
Entry Pay
(EP)
7000
7730
8460
9910
11360
Levels
1
2
3
4
5
Index
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
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
Upgraded by Seventh CPC
Suppose, Ms. ABC, who is presently drawing a Basic Pay of ₹12,560 in GP 2400 (10160+2400), is upgraded to GP 2800 as a result of Seventh CPC’s recommendations. Then the fitment will be in two steps:
1. The new basic pay will be computed using the upgraded grade pay. The pay arrived will be as follows:
Basic Pay: 10160+2800=12,960.
2. Then this value will be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and then rounded-off to the nearest Rupee. In this case 12960 x 2.57= 33,307.20, which will be rounded-off to ₹33,307. She will then be placed in the Pay Matrix in the Level corresponding to her upgraded Grade Pay, i.e. GP 2800 (Level 5 in this case) in a cell either equal to or next higher to ₹33,307. In this case, her salary will be fixed at ₹33,900.
Pay Band
5200-20200
Grade Pay
1800
1900
2000
2400
2800
Entry Pay
(EP)
7000
7730
8460
9910
11360
Levels
1
2
3
4
5
Index
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
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
Both of these 7th CPC Pay fixation can be easily done for finding out your new 7CPC Pay and allowances using the following GConnect 7th Pay Commission report based Pay and Allowances Calculators. In respect of 7CPC pay fixation for upgraded grade pay, select the upgraded grade pay in the calculator while calculating the revised pay.
Higher Grade Pay for certain Posts / Cadres – We all know that 7th Pay Commission has done away with Grade Pay System and introduced a new pay fixation technique which is known as Pay Matrix.
As per the pay fixation method in new pay matrix, pay of an employee will be fixed by horizontally traversing first based on his / her grade pay to find out the column / level. Once the level of the employee is found out then multiplication factor of 2.57 with basic Pay would determine the new 7th Pay Commission Pay of the employee. This pay fixation is termed as “Replacement Scale” by 7th Pay Commission.
While this method applies to most of the cadres / posts in Central Government Service, 7th Pay Commission has observed that certain cadres / Posts, pay has to be upgraded prior to fixation of 7th Pay Commission on the basis of pay anomaly that exists presently or those cadres / posts deserve an high pay on account of their nature of work etc.
Now let us have look at the normal method for pay fixation which is also when grade pay is upgraded by 7th Pay Commission

Normal Fitment
Ms. ABC is presently drawing a Basic Pay of ₹12,560 in GP 2400. For Normal Fitment, her Basic Pay will first be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and then rounded-off to the nearest Rupee. In this case 12560 x 2.57 = 32,279.20, which will be rounded-off to ₹32,279. She will then be placed in the Pay Matrix in the Level corresponding to GP 2400 (Level 4 in this case) in a cell either equal to or next higher to ₹32,279. In this case, her salary will be fixed at ₹32,300.
Pay Band
5200-20200
Grade Pay
1800
1900
2000
2400
2800
Entry Pay
(EP)
7000
7730
8460
9910
11360
Levels
1
2
3
4
5
Index
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
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
Upgraded by Seventh CPC
Suppose, Ms. ABC, who is presently drawing a Basic Pay of ₹12,560 in GP 2400 (10160+2400), is upgraded to GP 2800 as a result of Seventh CPC’s recommendations. Then the fitment will be in two steps:
1. The new basic pay will be computed using the upgraded grade pay. The pay arrived will be as follows:
Basic Pay: 10160+2800=12,960.
2. Then this value will be multiplied by a factor of 2.57 and then rounded-off to the nearest Rupee. In this case 12960 x 2.57= 33,307.20, which will be rounded-off to ₹33,307. She will then be placed in the Pay Matrix in the Level corresponding to her upgraded Grade Pay, i.e. GP 2800 (Level 5 in this case) in a cell either equal to or next higher to ₹33,307. In this case, her salary will be fixed at ₹33,900.
Pay Band
5200-20200
Grade Pay
1800
1900
2000
2400
2800
Entry Pay
(EP)
7000
7730
8460
9910
11360
Levels
1
2
3
4
5
Index
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
2.57
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
Both of these 7th CPC Pay fixation can be easily done for finding out your new 7CPC Pay and allowances using the following GConnect 7th Pay Commission report based Pay and Allowances Calculators. In respect of 7CPC pay fixation for upgraded grade pay, select the upgraded grade pay in the calculator while calculating the revised pay.
