Posted: 01 Jul 2012 10:01 AM PDT
1st July of every year – ‘Increment Day’ for Central Government employees
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.]
