7th Pay Commission latest news today: BIG news! Center announces pay protection for these central government employees

7th Pay Commission latest news today: After providing pay protection to the central armed forces police servicemen like CISF, CRPF, CAPF, etc, Center has decided to give pay protection cover to central government employees in deputation. The Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued notification in this regard as well. The DoPT notification dated 10th March 2021 says that if a central government employee is on deputation and the monthly salary drawn by the Central Government Servant (CGS) is lower than its parent cadre, then the Center will give protection to difference in 7th CPC pay.

Announcing the protection of pay for central government employees the DoPT notification read, " If the pay of the officers posted on deputation to the central government under Central Staffing Scheme, after fixation of their pay in the revised pay structure, either under these rules or as per the instructions regulating such fixation of pay on the post to which they are appointed on deputation, happens to be lower than the pay they would have been entitled to, had they been in their parent cadre and would have drawn that pay but for the central deputation, such difference in the pay shall be protected in the form of Personal Pay with effect from the date of notification of Government Resolution in this regard i.e. 25th July 2016."

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The DoPT notification went on to add, "Further, if the member of service is promoted in the cadre while on central deputation under Central Staffing Scheme, the difference in then pay that the officer would have drawn had he been in the parent cadre and the amount of pay on his deputation to Center shall be protected in the form of personal pay with effect from the date of issue of Government resolution."