How to calculate your salary

The following are the provisions in the notification regarding fixation of salary.

Fixation of initial wage in the revised scale.- The initial wage of an employee in the revised scale shall be fixed in the following manner -

(a) For the new entrant, the wages shall be fixed in the revised scale at the minimum of the scale.
(b) In the case of employees already working in the establishment, the wages shall be fixed in the revised scale at the stage next above the existing emolument.
(c) If the minimum of the revised scale is higher than the amount of the emoluments being presently drawn by the employee, the wages shall be fixed at the minimum of the revised scale.
(d) If the existing emoluments of the employee are higher than minimum of the revised scale, the wages shall be fixed at next higher stage in the revised scale.
(e) Every employee shall be given one increment in the revised scale for completion of every four years' service in the post held immediately before the date of the commencement of the Award.
(f) The service rendered by the concerned employee in any other post carrying a scale in that establishment, the minimum of which is lower by not more than 30% of the minimum of the scale in which the employees worked, shall also be taken into account.
(g) The total number of increments shall not be more than three.
(h) No employee shall get more than the maximum of the revised scale.
(i) The revised scales shall become applicable to all employees with effect from the date of operation of all respective classes. However, if an employee within three weeks from the date of publication of Government Notification under the section 12 of the Act enforcing these recommendations opts for retaining his existing pay scales and "existing emoluments", he shall be entitled to retain his existing scale and such emoluments.

Explanation:

(a) The existing emoluments of an employee shall mean his basic pay, variable dearness allowance at the All India Consumer Price Index Number 1813 (base 1960=100) and interim relief as on the 1st day of January 1998.
(b) The "additional emoluments" of an employee shall mean emoluments other than the "existing emoluments" described in clause (a) granted by newspaper establishments as a result of collective bargaining, agreement or award, as increase in basic wage, dearness allowance or interim relief.
(c) The "additional allowances" of an employee shall mean any monthly payments, by whatever name called, not related to a specific purpose nor agreed to be adjusted against any revision of pay or dearness allowance.


Formula for calculating Dearness Allowance


(Average AICPI for the Qr. in question - AICPI No. for 1998)

DA = ------------------------------------------------------------- X Rate of neutralisation X Basic Pay

AICPI No. for 1998


In other words, DA= (Current Average AICPI minus 1998 AICPI) multiplied by Rate of neutralisation and Basic Pay and Divided by 1998 AICPI.

Note:
AICPI No. for 1998 is the AICPI for the last quarter of 1997. (See chart)
CPI on the date of implementation (Jan. 1, 1998) was 1813 (CPI of last quarter of 1997).