April 23, 2009

Punjab 5th Pay Commission Report on 20th April 2009

Fifth Pay Commission Report of Punjab is updated today on 20th April 2009.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE REPORT OF THE FIFTH PUNJAB PAY
COMMISSION
• Pay Scales, Allowances and Pensions of Punjab Government
employees revised. Average increase to be around 27%.

• The Retirement age for all employees to be 60.

• Implementation of the revised pay scales from January 1,2006.

• Recommendations relating to allowances to be implemented from the date of notification by the Government.

• Five distinct running pay bands with longer spans being recommended-one running band each for all categories in groups D,C and B and 2 running pay bands for Group ‘A’.

• Each post has a distinct Grade Pay attached to it. Grade pay is linked to its seniority in the hierarchy.

• Total number of Pay Scales to remain 32, spread across five distinct running pay bands.

• Several categories of employees such as Teachers, Nurses, Constabulary to get higher pay scales.

• A person stagnating at the maximum of any pay band for more than one year continuously to be placed in the immediate next higher pay band without any change in the grade pay.

Download the report here
http://punjabgovt.nic.in/Uploads/Report_5th_Pay_Commission.pdf

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