As per the
6th Pay Commission CCS (Revised Pay) Rules 2008, provisions of Rule 10 with
effect from 1.1.2006, uniform date of increment was implemented for all Central
Government employees i.e. 1st July of every year. One more condition for
getting increment is provided in this rule, completing six months in the same
pay as on 1st of July are only eligible to be granted the annual
increment. Who have not rendered six
months period of service as on first of a year will not be eligible to draw
increment on that day and their date of increment will fall 12 months later on
the next 1st of July.
Today is the
‘Increment Day’ for all Central Government employees. If the increment day falls on Sundays or holidays, the next
working day will be taken as resumption day. In case of an employee taken
leave 2.7.2012, his increment benefit
will be granted only from the date on which he resumes duty and not from the
first of July.
There would
be rare chance to occur such problems to take leave on increment day. But whereas,
better to avoid to take leave on first working day of any year. Normally most
in the Government organisations, promotion orders are not publishing on the date of promotion. If the promotion date
falls on first January, there should be condition on assumption that the
promotee should be present for the duty on that day of promotion. If not, the
promotion is to be granted only from the date of resumption of duty on return
from leave. According to this rule, qualifying period for earning an increment
is six months on 1st July, the date of next increment will postponed to the
next year.
In the light
of the above situation, if the first day of any year falls on Sundays or
Holidays, the Dopt clarified that the ‘Government servants who join posts on
the 1st working day of the year will be treated to have completed six months of
service on 1st of July of that year for the purpose of granting them annual
increment on that day’.
Every
Central Government employee should know the calculation of Annual or Promotion
increment, one increment is equal three percent of the sum of the Pay in the
Pay Band plus Grade Pay and it should be calculated and rounded off to the next
multiple of ten.
Annual
Increment calculation :-
An employee
drawing a pay of Rs.12,030 including Grade Pay of Rs.4,600, his increment
fixation will be fixed as follows…
Basic Pay
including Grade Pay : Rs.12,030
3% increment
for Rs.12,030 and it rounded off to the next multiple of ten : Rs. 360
His Basic
Pay as fixed on 1st July : Rs.12,390
[Note that
in the case of calculation of increments under the revised pay structure, paise
should be ignored, but any amount of a rupee or more should be rounded off to
next multiple of ten.]
