No.35034/3/2008-Estt. (D)

Government of lndia

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions

(Department of Personnel and Training)

North Block, New Delhi, the 19th May, 2009

MOD/FlED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESS/ON SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE

CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVIL/AN EMPLOYEES.

The Sixth Central Pay Commission in Para 6.1.15of its report, has recommended

Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme(MACPS). As per the recommendations,

financial upgradation will be available in the next higher grade pay whenever an

employee has completed 12 years continuous service in the same grade. However,
not

more than two financial upgradations shall be given in the entire career, as was
provided

in the previous Scheme. The Scheme will also be available to all posts belonging
to

Group "A" whether isolated or not. However, organised Group "A" services will
not be

covered under the Scheme

2. The Government has considered the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay

Commission for introduction of a MACPS and has accepted the same with further

modification to grant three financial upgradations under the MACPS at intervals
of 10,

20 and 30 years of continuous regular service.

3. The Scheme would be known as "MODIFIED ASSURED CAREER PROGRESSION.

SCHEME (MACPS) FOR THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES. This

Scheme is in supersession of previous ACP Scheme and clarifications issued there
under

and shall be applicable to all regularly appointed Group "A", "B", and "C"
Central

Government Civilian Employees except officers of the Organised Group "A"
Service.

The status of Group "0" employees would cease on their completion of prescribed

training, as recommended by the Sixth Central Pay Commission and would be
treated as

Group "C" employees. Casual employees, including those granted 'temporary
status' and

employees appointed in the Government only on adhoc or contract basis shall not

qualify for benefits under the aforesaid Scheme. The details of the MACP Scheme
and

conditions for grant of the financial upgradation under the Scheme are given in

Annexure-l.

4. An Screening Committee shall be constituted in each Department to consider
the case

for grant of financial upgradations uhder the MACP Scheme. The Screening
Committee

shall consist of a Chairperson and two members. The members of the Committee
shall

comprise officers holding posts which are at least one level above the grade in
which

the MACP is to be considered and not below the rank of Under Secretary
equivalent in

the Government. The Chairperson should generally be a grade above the members of

the Committee.

5. The recommendations of the Screening Committee shall be placed before the

Secretary in cases where the Committee is constituted in the MinistrylDepartment
or

before the Head of the organisation/competent authority in other cases for
approval.

6. ln order to prevent undue strain on the administrative machinery, the
Screening

Committee shall follow a time-schedule and meet twice in a financial year -
preferably

in the first week of January and first week of July of a year for advance
processing of

the cases maturing in that half. Accordingly, cases maturing during the
first-half (April-

September) of a particular financial year shall be taken up for consideration by
the

Screening Committee meeting in the first week of January. Similarly, the
Screening

Committee meeting in the first week of July of any financial year shall process
the cases

that would be maturing during the second-half (October-March) of the same
financial

year.

7. However, to make the MACP Scheme operational, the Cadre Controlling

Authorities shall constitute the first Screening Committee within a month from
the date

of issue of these instructions to consider the cases maturing upto 30th June,
2009 for

grant of benefits under the MACPS.

8. ln so far as persons serving in The lndian Audit and Accounts Departments are

concerned, these orders issue after consultation with the Comptroller and
Auditor

General of lndia.

9. Any interpretation/clarification of doubt as to the scope and meaning of the

provisions of the MACP Scheme shall be given by the Department of Personnel and

Training (Establishment-D). The scheme would be operational w.e.f. 01.09.2008.
ln

other words, financial upgradations as per the provisions of the earlier ACP
Scheme (of

August, 1999) would be granted till 31.08.2008.

10. No stepping up of pay in the pay band or grade pay would be admissible with.

regard to junior getting more pay than the senior on account of pay fixation
under

MACP Scheme.

11. It is clarified that no past cases would be re-opened. Further, while

implementing the MACP Scheme, the differences in pay scales on account of grant
of

financial upgradation under the old ACP Scheme (of August 1999) and under the
MACP

Scheme within the same cadre shall not be construed as an anomaly.

(S.Jainendra1Kumar)

Deputy Secretary to the Govt. Of lndia

1. President's SecretariatNice President's Secretariat/prime Minister's
Office/Supreme

CourtlRajya Sabha Secretariat/Lok Sabha Secretariat/ Cabinet

Secretariat/UPSC/CYC/C&AG/Central Administrative Tribunal (Principal Bench), New

Delhi.

2. All attached/subordinate offices of the Ministry of Personnel, Public
Grievances and

Pensions.

3. Secretary, National Commission for Minorities.

4. Secretary, National Commission for Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes

5. Secretary, Staff Side, National Council OCM), 13-C, Ferozeshah Road, New
Delhi

6. All Staff Side Members of the National Council OCM)

7. Establishment (D) Section - 1000 copies

8. N1C, DoPT, North Block for up-loading of the OM in DoPT website.

MODIFIED CAREER PROGRESSION SCHEME (MACPS)

1. There shall be three financial up gradation s under the MACPS, counted from
the

direct entry grade on completion of 10, 20 and 30 years service respectively.
Financial

up gradation under the Scheme will be admissible whenever a person has spent 10
years

continuously in the same grade-pay.

2. The MACPS envisages merely placement in the immediate next higher grade

pay in the hierarchy of the recommended revised pay bands and grade pay as given
in

Section 1 , Part-A of the first schedule of the CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2008.
Thus, the

grade pay at the time of financial up gradation under the MACPS can, in certain
cases

where regular promotion is not between two successive grades, be different than
what is

available at the time of regular promotion. in such cases, the higher grade pay
attached

to the next promotion post in the hierarchy of the concerned cadre/organization
will be

given only at the time of regular promotion.

3. The financial upgradation s under the MACPS would be admissible up-to the

highest grade pay of Rs. 12000/ in the PB-4.

4. Benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also
be

allowed at the time of financial upgradation under the Scheme. Therefore, the
pay shall

be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before
such

upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of
regular

promotion if it is in the same grade pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the
time

of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay than
what is

available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of
grade

pay would be made available. To illustrate, in case a Government Servant joins
as a

direct recruit in the grade pay of Rs. 1900 in PB-l and he gets no promotion
till

completion of 10 years of service, he will be granted financial upgradation
under MACPS

in the next higher grade pay of Rs. 2000 and his pay will be fixed by granting
him one

increment plus the difference of grade pay (i.e. Rs. 100). After availing
financial

upgradation under MACPS, if the Government servant gets his regular promotion in
the

hierarchy of his cadre, which is to the grade of Rs. 2400, on regular promotion,
he will

only be granted the difference of grade pay between Rs. 2000 and Rs. 2400. No

additional increment win be granted at this stage.

5. Promotions earned/upgradation~ granted under the ACP Scheme in the past to

those grades which now carry the same grade pay due to merger of pay

scales/upgradations of posts recommended by the Sixth Pay Commission shall be

ignored for the purpose of granting upgradations under Modified ACPS.

The pre-revised hierarchy (in ascending order) in a particular organization was
as

under:-

(a) A Government servant who was recruited in the hierarchy in the pre-revised
pay

scale Rs. 5000-8000 and who did not get a promotion even after 25 years of

service prior to 1.1.2006,in his case as on 1.1.2006he would have got two
financial

upgradations under ACP to the next grades in the hierarchy of his organization,

Le., to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500.

(b) Another Government servant recruited in the same hierarchy in the
pre-revised

scale of Rs. 5000-8000 has also completed about 25 years of service, but he got

two promotions to the next higher grades of Rs. 5500-9000 & Rs. 6500-10500

during this period.

ln the case of both (a) and (b) above, the promotions/financial upgradations

granted under ACP to the pre-revised scales of Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500
prior

to 1.1.2006will be ignored on account of merger of the pre-revised scales of Rs.
5000-

8000, Rs. 5500-9000 and Rs. 6500-10500 recommended by the Sixth cpe. As per CCS

(RP) Rules, both of them will be granted grade pay of Rs. 4200 in the pay band
PB-2.

After the implementation of MACPS, two financial upgradations will be granted
both in

the case of (a) and (b) above to the next higher grade pays of Rs. 4600 and Rs.
4800 in

the pay band PB-2.

6. ln the case of all the employees granted financial upgradations under ACPS
till

01.01.2006,their revised pay will be fixed with reference to the pay scale
granted to them

under the ACPS.

6.1 ln the case of ACP upgradations granted between 01.01.2006 and 31.08.2008,
the

Government servant has the option under the CCS (RP) Rules, 2008 to have his pay

fixed in the revised pay structure either (a) w.eJ. 01.01.2006 with reference to
his prerevised

scale as on 01.01.2006; or (b) w.eJ. the date of his financial upgradation under

ACP with reference to the pre-revised scale granted under ACP. ln case of option
(b),

he shan be entitled to draw his arrears of pay only from the date of his option
i.e. the

date of financial upgradation under ACP.

6.2 ln cases where financial upgradation had been granted to Government servants
in

the next higher scale in the hierarchy of their cadre as per the provisions of
the ACP

Scheme of August, 1999, but whereas as a result of the implementation of Sixth
CPe's

recommendations, the next higher post in the hierarchy of the cadre has been
upgraded

by granting a higher grade pay, the pay of such employees in the revised pay
structure

will be fixed with reference to the higher grade pay granted to the post. To
illustrate, in

the case of Jr. Engineer in CPWD, who was granted ]"t ACP in his hierarchy to
the grade

of Asstt. Engineer in the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 corresponding to
the revised

grade pay of Rs.4200 in the pay band PB-2, he win now be granted grade pay of

Rs4600 in the pay band PB-2 consequent upon upgradation of the post of Asstt.
Enggs.

ln CPWD by granting them the grade pay of Rs.4600 in PB-2 as a result of Sixth
CPC's

recommendation. However, from the date of implementation of the MACPS, all the

financial upgradations under the Scheme should be done strictly in accordance
with the

hierarchy of grade pays in pay bands as notified vide CCS (Revised Pay) Rules,
2008.

7. With regard to fixation of his pay on grant of promotion/financial
upgradation

under MACP Scheme, a Government servant has an option under FR22 (1) (a) (1) to
get

his pay fixed in the higher post/ grade pay either from the date of his

promotion/upgradation or from the date of his next increment viz. 1st July of
the year.

The pay and the date of increment would be fixed in accordance with
clarification no.2

of Department of Expenditure's O.M. N0.1/1/2008-1Cdated 13.09.2008.

8. Promotions earned in the post carrying same grade pay in the promotional

hierarchy as per Recruitment Rules shall be counted for the purpose of MACPS.

8.1 Consequent upon the implementation of Sixth CPe's recommendations, grade

pay of Rs. 5400 is now in two pay bands viz., PB-2 and PB-3. The grade pay of Rs.
5400

in PB-2 and Rs.5400 in PB-3 shall be treated as separate grade pays for the
purpose of

grant of upgradations under MACP Scheme.

9. 'Regular service' for the purposes of the MACPS shall commence from the date

of joining of a post in direct entry grade on a regular basis either on direct
recruitment

basis or on absorption/re-employment basis. Service rendered on adhoc/contract
basis

before regular appointment on pre-appointment training shall not be taken into

reckoning. However, past continuous regular service in another Government

Department in a post carrying same grade pay prior to regular appointment in a
new

Department, without a break, shall also be counted towards qualifying regular
service

for the purposes of MACPS only (and not for the regular promotions). However,

benefits under the MACPS in such cases shall not be considered till the
satisfactory

completion of the probation period in the new post.

10. Past service rendered by a Government employee in a State
Government/statutory

body/Autonomous body/Public Sector organization, before appointment in the

Government shall not be counted towards Regular Service.

11. 'Regular service' shall include all periods spent on deputation/foreign
service,

study leave and all other kind of leave, duly sanctioned by the competent
authority.

12. The MACPS shall also be applicable to work charged employees, if their
service

conditions are comparable with the staff' of regular establishment.

13. Existing time-bound promotion scheme, including in-situ promotion scheme,
Staff'

Car Driver Scheme or any other kind of promotion scheme existing for a
particular

category of employees in a Ministry/Department or its offices, may continue to
be

operational for the concerned category of employees if it is decided by the
concerned

administrative authorities to retain such Schemes, after necessary consultations
or they

may switch-over to the MACPS. However, these Schemes shall not run concurrently

with the MACPS.

14. The MACPS is directly applicable only to Central Government Civilian
employees.

1t will not get automatically extended to employees of Central
Autonomous/Statutory

Bodies under the administrative control of a Ministry/Department. Keeping in
view the

financial implications involved, a conscious decision in this regard shall have
to be taken

by the respective Governing Body/Board of Directors and the administrative
Ministry

concerned and where it is proposed to adopt the MACPS, prior concurrence of
Ministry

of Finance shall be obtained.

15. lf a financial upgradations under the MACPS is deferred and not allowed
after 10

years in a grade pay, due to the reason of the employees being unfit or due to

departmental proceedings, etc., this would have consequential effect on the
subsequent

financial upgradation which would also get deferred to the extent of delay in
grant of

first financial upgradation.

16. On grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme, there shall be no change
in

the designation, classification or higher status. However, financial and certain
other

benefits which are linked to the pay drawn by an employee such as HBA, allotment
of

Government accommodation shall be permitted.

17. The financial upgradation would be on non-functional basis subject to
fitness, in

the hierarchy of grade pay within the PB-1.Thereafter for upgradation under the
MACPS

the benchmark of 'good' would be applicable till the grade pay of Rs. 6600/- in
PB-3.

The benchmark will be 'Very Good' for financial upgradation to the grade pay of
Rs.

7600 and above.

18. ln the matter of disciplinary/ penalty proceedings, grant of benefit under
the

MACPS shall be subject to rules governing normal promotion. Such cases shall,

therefore, be regulated under the provisions of the CCS (CCA) Rules, 1965 and

instructions issued thereunder.

19. The MACPS contemplates merely placement on personal basis in the immediate

higher Grade pay /grant of financial benefits only and shall not amount to

actual functional promotion of the employees concerned. Therefore, no
reservation

orders/roster shall apply to the MACPS, which shall extend its benefits
uniformly to all

eligible SC/ST employees also. However, the rules of reservation in promotion
shall be

ensured at the time of regular promotion. For this reason, it shall not be
mandatory to

associate members of SC/ST in the Screening Committee meant to consider cases
for

grant of financial upgradation under the Scheme.

20. Financial upgradation under the MACPS shall be purely personal to the
employee

and shall have no relevance to his seniority position. As such, there shall be
no

additional financial upgradation for the senior employees on the ground that the
junior

employee in the grade has got higher pay/grade pay under the MACPS.

21. Pay drawn in the pay band and the grade pay allowed under the MACPS shall be

taken as the basis for determining the terminal benefits in respect of the
retiring

employee.

22. If Group "A" Government employee, who was not covered under the ACP

Scheme has now become entitled to say third financial upgradation directly,
having

completed 30 year's regular service, his pay shall be fixed successively in next
three

immediate higher grade pays in the hierarchy of revised pay-bands and grade pays

allowing the benefit of 3% pay fixation at every stage. Pay of persons becoming
eligible

for second financial upgradation may also be fixed accordingly.

23. ln case an employee is declared surplus in his/her organisation and
appointed in

the same pay-scale or lower scale of pay in the new organization, the regular
service

rendered by him/her in the previous organisation shall be counted towards the
regular

service in his/her new organization for the purpose of giving nnancial
upgradation under

the MACPS.

24. ln case of an employee after getting promotion/ACP seeks unilateral transfer
on a

lower post or lower scale, he will be entitled only for second and third
nnancial

upgradations on completion of 20/30 years of regular service under the MACPS, as
the

case may be, from the date of his initial appointment to the post in the new

organization.

25. lf a regular promotion has been offered but was refused by the employee
before

becoming entitled to a nnancial upgradation, no nnancial upgradation shall be
allowed

as such an employee has not been stagnated due to lack of opportunities. If,
however,

nnancial upgradation has been allowed due to stagnation and the employees

subsequently refuse the promotion, it shall not be a ground to withdraw the
nnancial

upgradation. He shall, however, not be eligible to be considered for further
nnancial

upgradation till he agrees to be considered for promotion again and the second
the next

nnancial upgradation shall also be deferred to the extent of period of debarment
due to

the refusal.

26. Cases of persons holding higher posts purely on adhoc basis shall also be

considered by the Screening Committee along with others. They may be allowed the

benent of financial upgradation on reversion to the lower post or if it is
beneficial vis-avis

the pay drawn on adhoc basis.

27. Employees on deputation need not revert to the parent Department for
availing

the benefit of nnancial upgradation under the MACPS. They may exercise a fresh
option .

to draw the pay in the pay band and the grade pay of the post held by them or
the pay

plus grade pay admissible to them under the MACPS, whichever is beneficial.

28. lf a Government servant (tDC) in PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 gets

his first regular promotion (UDC) in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400

on completion of 8 years of service and then continues in the same Grade

Pay for further 10 years without any promotion then he would be eligible

for 2nd financial upgradation under the MACPS in the PB-l in the Grade

Pay of Rs.2800 after completion of 18 years (8+10 years).

(ii) ln case he does not get any promotion thereafter, then he would get 3rd

nnancial upgradation in the PB-ll in Grade Pay of Rs.4200 on completion

of further 10 years of service i.e. after 28 years (8+10+10).

(iii) However, if he gets 2nd promotion after 5 years of further service in the

pay PB-ll in the Grade Pay of Rs.4200 (Asstt. Grade/Grade "C") i.e. on

completion of 23 years (8+1O+5years) then he would get 3rd nnancial

upgradation after completion of 30 years i.e. 10 years after the 2nd ACP in

the PB-ll in the Grade Pay of Rs.4600.

In the above scenario, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the

Pay Band and Grade Pay drawn before such upgradation. There shan,

however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if

it is in the same Grade Pay or in the higher Grade Pay. Only the

difference of grade pay would be admissible at the time of promotions.

If a Government servant (LDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.1900 is

granted 1st financial upgradation under the MACPS on completion of 10

years of service in the PB-l in the Grade Pay of Rs.2000 and 5 years later

he gets 1st regular promotion (UDC) in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2400,

the 2nd financial upgradation under MACPS (in the next Grade Pay w.r.t.

Grade Pay held by Government servant) will be granted on completion of

20 years of service in PB-I in the Grade Pay of Rs.2800. On completion of

30 years of service, he will get 3rd ACP in the Grade Pay of Rs. 4200.

However, if two promotions are earned before completion of 20 years,

only 3rd financial upgradation would be admissible on completion of 10

years of service in Grade Pay from the date 2nd promotion or at 30th year

of service, whichever is earlier.

If a Government servant has been granted either two regular promotions

or 2nd financial upgradation under the ACP Scheme of August, 1999 after

completion of 24 years of regular service then only 3rd financial

upgradation would be admissible to him under the MACPS on completion

of 30 years of service provided that he has not earned third promotion in

the hierarchy.

S.Jainedra Kumar


Deputy Secretary to the Govt. Of lndia.