New Delhi, May 20: Last year in July, the Union Government of India accepted the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission in respect of the categories and increased the minimum wage of a large number of central government employees from Rs 7,000 per month to Rs 18,000 per month. According to a report, the revised income for Central Government employees under 5200-20200 pay band has been divided into five categories from Grade 1800 to 2800 – and further, it is divided into 40 levels.
According to a report, the Defence Pay Matrix, which was earlier divided into 24 stages is now extended to 40 stages similar to the Civil Pay Matrix.
Earlier in May, the Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, gave its go-ahead for the modifications under the 7th Pay Commission. The benefit of the proposed modifications would be available with effect from January 1, 2016, as it will benefit over 55 lakh pre-2016 civil and defence pensioners and family pensioners. According to a rough estimate, the alone pension bill of the Central Government employees is likely to be Rs 1,76,071 crore.
On 29th June 2016, while approving the implementation of the 7th Pay Commission recommendations, the Cabinet had also approved the changed method of pension revision recommended by the 7th Pay Commission for pre-2016 pensioners. 
Meanwhile, according to a number of reports, it seems central government employees have to wait for one more week to receive any update on the revised allowance structure as recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.
The Empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECoS) is expected to take a final call next week after presenting their pinion in front of the Union Cabinet.
A total of 196 allowances was proposed under the 7th Pay Commission, and a Committee of Allowances was also formed under the Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to screen them. Last month the Ashok Lavasa committee submitted its final report to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in which it suggested to abolish 52 allowances and 36 other allowances to be incorporated with other allowances.
Here are the details of Minimum Pay Band of Central Government Employee under 7th Pay Commission:
Pay Band5200-20200
Grade Pay18001900200024002800
Level12345
11800019900217002550029200
21850020500224002630030100
31910021100231002710031000
41970021700238002790031900
52030022400245002870032900
62090023100252002960033900
72150023800260003050034900
82210024500268003140035900
92280025200276003230037000
102350026000284003330038100
112420026800293003430039200
122490027600302003530040400
132560028400311003640041600
142640029300320003750042800
152720030200330003860044100
162800031100340003980045400
172880032000350004100046800
182970033000361004220048200
193060034000372004350049600
203150035000383004480051100
213240036100394004610052600
223340037200406004750054200
233440038300418004890055800
243540039400431005040057500
253650040600444005190059200
263760041800457005350061000
273870043100471005510062800
283990044400485005680064700
294110045700500005850066600
304230047100515006030068600
314360048500530006210070700
324490050000546006400072800
334620051500562006590075000
344760053000579006790077300
354900054600596006990079600
365050056200614007200082000
375200057900632007420084500
385360059600651007640087000
395520061400671007870089600
405690063200691008110092300