Pay on Promotion

A promotion in any Department generally leads to the assumption of higher responsibility by the promotee and as such he is entitled to a reasonable increase in his emoluments consistent with the higher challenges that he undertakes on being promoted. Now as per the Revised Pay Rules 2008 the benefits on promotion is an additional increment and higher grade pay (as laid out in rule 13 of the Revised Pay Rules). But is this enough and is this consistent with the higher responsibilities that a promotee is being given.

Now a promotion in a Government department does not entail a mere change in the seat or cabin but may also entail other 'benefits' such as a transfer from one office to another or a transfer to an altogether new city/town. And if you are lucky enough you may land up in a B class city from Mumbai or Delhi. All this just so that you get an additional increment and grade pay which you were anyway going to get after some years through ACP. So why would a perfectly sane person go through all this pain for so little gain.

There is a need to address this issue. Let me hear from you on what changes should be brought to improve the benefits on promotion. Please post you comments with clear examples and justification.