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Pay Package & Career Advancement

Implementation of 7th CPC and revision of pay scales of employees of autonomous bodies has been
delayed due to the reason that Ministry of Finance ordered implementation of the recommendations
of the Expenditure Management Commission (EMC) which included review of autonomous bodies for
various options such as their best healthcare ads continuance of working with the government,
merger with other healthcare advertising companies autonomous bodies or closure of a particular
autonomous body etc. Earlier in a reply on 9th December 2016 to a question asked by some MPs in
Parliament, Minister of state for Finance indicated that an appropriate decision in regard to
extension of the recommendations of the 7th CPC pertaining to pay matters of employees of QuasiGovernment organizations, Autonomous organizations and Statutory Bodies etc. set up and
funded/controlled by the Central Government, would be taken having regard to all relevant factors.
Guidelines regarding extension of benefits of 7th CPC to employees by Ministry of Finance, vide OM
F. No.1/1/2016-E-III(A), dated 13th January 2017 have been issued making clear that Government
has decided to extend revised pay scales as per the Pay Matrix and pay fixation to the employees of
autonomous bodies subject to following stipulations.
i) Service conditions esp., working hours, OTA payment etc. are similar to Central Govt. Employees,
ii) Employees have to opt for revised pay structure,
iii) Deductions have to be made on the basis of revised pay w.e.f. date on which employee opts to
revised pay.
However, revised pay scales contained in Parts 'B' & 'C' of the schedule of the CCS (RP) Rules
2016,shall be applicable after concerned Administrative Ministry submits proposals to the Finance
Ministry after examining justifications of such proposals. For those category of employees whose
conditions of service and pay patterns are not similar, a separate Group of Officers including
Financial Advisor of Administrative Ministry in each autonomous body will examine the proposal and
ensure that benefits are not in excess to corresponding Central Govt. Employees. Final package will
be submitted to get concurrence of Finance Ministry.
Central Government has to take decision on various allowances of Central Govt. employees and
employees of the autonomous bodies also have to wait for Govt. decision on such allowances
irrespective of pay revision.
Pay scales for ICAR Scientists are adaptions from UGC scales for teachers and these pay scales are
reviewed by a select committee of ICAR and recommended for implementation after minor changes
in original UGC pay scales. Since UGC has notified formation of Pay Review Committee on June 9,
2016 and instructed to submit report within six months of committee formation, pay revision of ICAR
Scientists may take at least one and half year and supposed to be implemented in 2018. Great
similarities exists between ICAR and UGC scales except few differences in terminology. ''Assistant
Professor" is "Scientist", Associate professor as per UGC scales is Associate professor whether he
possess Ph.D. or not but an ICAR Scientist with Ph.D. is Senior Scientist and without Ph.D. an ICAR
Scientist is 'Scientist' only.
In the eighties, ICAR has its own pay structure and career advancement scheme. A system of five
yearly assessment existed at that time. A non-Ph.D. had the opportunities to reach from S-1 (first
scale) to S-8 etc. but adoption of UGC has blocked the career graph of all non-Ph.D. Scientists. One

fails to understand the logic of adoption of UGC scales by ICAR that too half heartily and thereafter
making changes in the designations, promotion policies etc.

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