Benefits and Drawbacks of Pay Band and Grade Pay System – IRTSA lists out New Pay Elements introduced by 6th Pay Commission
- Problem of Pay stagnation eliminated
- Quantum of increment increases exponentially, but the difference is too large at higher levels.
- Grade Pay decides the hierarchy.
- Increase of Pay in Pay Band & Grade Pay is not uniform – in favour of higher scales.
- Arbitrary adoption of formula of 40% of maximum of the merged scales for deciding the Grade Pay.
- Inadequate rate on annual increment & increment during promotion.
- Situation of senior promotes getting less pay than
Junior direct recruits, is in violation of basic principle of Pay Band
system.
