FAQ on Bunching Issue & Model Fitment Table

FREQUNETLY ASKED QUESTINS ON BUNCHING ISSUE:

1.  Whether is there a provision for bunching in the 6^th CPC Gazette Notification?

Yes.  Page No.35 of the 6^th CPC Gazette Notification under Pay Rule 7 (A)(ii)  “ Government servants drawing pay at two or more consecutive stages in an existing scale gets bunched..........then, for every two stages so bunched, benefit of one increment shall be given so as to avoid bunching of more than two stages in the revised running pay bands”.

2.  When will the concept of ‘Bunching’ come into play?

If two or more consecutive stages get bunched  that is to say get fixed at the same stage (as in our case the pre-revised scales (i.e.) Rs.5000-8000 has been upgraded and placed in the minimum of the pay scale - Rs.6500/-) on account of upgradation of posts or otherwise, then the benefit of one increment shall be given for every two increments earned in the pre-revised scale so as to avoid bunching of more than two stages. 

3.   How bunching is calculated for the pre-revised scale of Rs.5000-8000 as has been upgraded to pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10000/- as per PB letter issued under File No.Misc-1/330/2012-PPC dated 18.06.2015?

Step 1:  Initially, the pay of  the employees which has not reached Rs.6500/- as on 1.1.2006 shall be brought to the minimum of the upgraded pay scale (i.e.) Rs.6500/-.

Step 2:  On account of this exercise (Step 1), different running pay get placed in the minimum of the pay (i.e.) Rs.6500/-.  Therefore, in addition to the minimum of the pay, benefit of one increment shall be given for every two increments earned in the pre-revised scale of 5000-8000.

To reach Rs.6500/-, the employees in the Rs.5000-8000 Scale  have to earn 10 increments (Increment @ Rs.150/-) .  Therefore, employees in 5000-8000 scale can get benefit of maximum  Five bunching increments.  

4.  How the increment is calculated?

To arrive at increment, only pay in the pay band is taken and not the Grade Pay.

5.  How the incumbents who have crossed the minimum of pay (i.e.) Rs.6500/- as on 1.1.2006 will be benefited?

By citing Junior getting more pay due to bunching, Senior pay shall also be stepped to the extent Junior is drawing.

The tables given in the next page will illustrate this:

Model Fitment Table consequent upon the 6^th CPC recommendations for the pre-revised pay scale of 5000-8000 being  upgraded to Revised Pay Scale of 6500-10500.

Pre-revised Basic Pay	Pay multiplied by 1.86	Pay in the Pay Band			Grade Pay	Revised Basic Pay (5+6)	Remarks
		Pay subject  to the minimum of corresponding stage of 6500	Bunching benefits	Total (3+4)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
5000	9300	12090	-	12090	4200	16290	No bunching as no increment earned
5150	9580	12090	-	12090	4200	16290	No bunching as only 1 increment earned
5300	9860	12090	370	12460	4200	16660	1bunching as  2 increment earned
5450	10140	12090	370	12460	4200	16660	1bunching as  3 increment earned
5600	10420	12090	370+380	12840	4200	17040	2 bunching as  4 increment earned
5750	10700	12090	370+380	12840	4200	17040	2 bunching as  5 increment earned
5900	10980	12090	370+380 +390	13230	4200	17430	3 bunching as  6 increment earned
6050	11260	12090	370+380 +390	13230	4200	17430	3 bunching as  7 increment earned
6200	11540	12090	370+380 +390+400	13630	4200	17830	4 bunching as 8 increment earned
6350	11820	12090	370+380 +390+400	13630	4200	17830	4 bunching as 9 increment earned
6500	12090	12090	370+380 +390+400 +410	14040	4200	18240	5 bunching as 10 increment earned
6650	12370	12370	-	12370	4200	16570
6800	12650	12650	-	12650	4200	16850
6950	12930	12930	-	12930	4200	17130
7100	13210	13210	-	13210	4200	17410
7250	13490	13490	-	13490	4200	17690
7400	13770	13770	-	13770	4200	17970
7550	14050	14050	-	14050	4200	18250
7700	14330	14330	-	14330	4200	18530
7850	14610	14610	-	14610	4200	18810
8000	14880	14880	-	14880	4200	19080

The incumbent drawing pay more than 6500/-  in the pre-revised pay scale of 5000-8000 as on 1.1.2006 will get the benefit of stepping up at par with their juniors.