Pay Commission - GS questions based on daily current affairs

ANSWER: Both

Explanation:
Recommendations of 7th CPC:

1. Minimum basic pay of 18 thousand and maximum of 2.5 lakh rupees per month.
2. Abolition of grade pay and pay band structure.
3. The rate of annual increment for employees will be three percent.
4. The pay will go up by 16 percent, allowances by 63 percent and pension by 24 percent.
5. Abolition of 52 allowances and introduction of a Health Insurance Scheme.
6. One Rank One Pension (OROP) scheme for central government staffers, para military as well as armed forces personnel.
7. Increase in military service pay and revised pension formula for civil employees including Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) and Defense Personnel retiring before 1 January 2016.

ANSWER: A.K Mathur

Explanation:
- Pay Commission is set up intermittently by government of India, and gives its recommendations regarding changes in salary structure of its employees.
- Since India's Independence, seven pay commissions have been set up on a regular basis to review and make recommendations on the work and pay structure of all civil and military divisions of the Government of India.
- Headquartered in Delhi, the Commission is given 18 months from date of its constitution to make its recommendations.