5th Central Pay Commission
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The 5th Central Pay Commission, effective from 1 January 1996, revised central government pay through a set of distinct pay scales and set the minimum pay at Rs. 2,550 a month; its many separate scales were later compressed into pay bands by the 6th Central Pay Commission . For the wider framework, see 7th Central Pay Commission , pay matrix , and Central government employees in India .