Salient features:

* High performers to get 3.5% increment against normal 2.5%

* Enhanced pay scales for nurses, teachers and constabulary

* Existing rates of most of the allowances to be doubled

* Education allowance reimbursement at Rs 1,000 per child a month against Rs 50 now

* Hostel subsidy to be increased 10 times to Rs 3,000

* Person stagnating at maximum of any pay band for more than a year to be placed in immediate next higher pay band without change in grade

* Performance linked incentive scheme to be introduced

* All fixed allowances to be made inflation proof

* All recommendations to be treated as an ‘organic whole’ as partial implementation will bring in several anomalies and inconsistencies.