Answer: Government of India Finance Lok Sabha
Answer: Government of India Finance Lok Sabha
FINANCE
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:1999
ANSWERED ON:15.03.2002
PAY SCALE OF INSPECTORS
PRAVEEN RASHTRAPAL
(a) the time scale of pay of Inspectors of Income Tax, Central Excise and Customs Department, in the Central Bureau ofInvestigation
and Intelligence Bureau prior to the 4th Pay Commission;
(b) whether the Government revised the pay scale of any of the categories of Inspectors mentioned above prior to the 5th Pay
Commission;
(d) the time scale of pay recommended by the 5th Pay Commissionin respect of Inspectors of Income Tax, Central Excise, Customs,
Inspectors in the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Intelligence Bureau;
(e) whether the Government implemented the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission in respect of pay scales of the above
categories of employees; and
Answer
(a): Prior to acceptance of the recommendations of the 4th Central Pay Commission (CPC) by the Central Government, the pay scale
of Inspectors of Income Tax, Central Excise and Customs, andInspectors in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) wasRs.425-800,
which was upgraded to Rs.500-900 with effect from 1st January 1980 in respect of Inspectors of Income Tax, Central Excise and
Customs. Prior to acceptance of the recommendations of the 4th Central Pay Commission (CPC) by the CentralGovernment, the pay
scale of the post of ACIO-I (Inspector) in Intelligence Bureau (IB) was Rs.550-900.
(b)&(c): The pay scale of Inspectors of Income Tax, Central Excise & Customs was revised to Rs.1640-2900, and the pay scale of
ACIO-I in IB was revised to Rs.2000-3200, as per the acceptedrecommendations of the 4th CPC. The pay scale of Inspectors inCBI
was also revised to Rs.2000-3200.
(d):The 5th CPC recommended the scale of pay of Rs.1640-2900(Revised : Rs.5500-9000)for the Inspectors of Income Tax, Central
Excise and Customs. For IB, the 5th CPC recommended that theposts of Inspector be placed in two grades in the pay scales of
Rs.1640-2900 (Revised Rs.5500-9000) and Rs.2000-3500(Revised : Rs.6500-10500). For Inspectors in CBI, the Commission
recommended that parity of pay scale may be maintained with that of Inspectors in IB and the Central Police Organisations (CPOs).
(e) & (f) : The recommendations of the 5th CPC relating toInspectors in Income Tax,Central Excise and Customs have been
implemented. In respect of Inspectors in CBI and IB, only onescale of Rs.6500-10500 (revised) was implemented, with a view to
rationalising the rank and pay structure of all the CPOs.