Their basic salary increases by Rs 125 per year, in the first three years of service. Hence the starting salary of a BEST driver is around Rs 17,700.
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Basic salary of drivers at BEST (Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport) Undertaking ranges from Rs 6305 to Rs 15785, says Shankar Nair, Personnel Manager at BEST.ĭrivers also get DA of 144% and HRA of 30% over basic pay, plus fixed medical allowance of Rs 500 per month. DTC drivers also get annual increment of 3% on basic pay.īus drivers in Mumbai are among the least paid. This means, starting salary of a DTC employee is over Rs 28,100. Over this, DTC drivers also get 5% DA, 24% HRA, monthly medical allowance of Rs 100, and uniform washing allowance of Rs 75. The basic salary of DTC drivers starts from Rs 21,700, which is Rs 4000 more than what MTC drivers get. Starts from 21,700 (maximum depends on years of service)ġ7700 – 100,200 (few reach the maximum level)Īmong major metros, Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC), which has implemented the 7th CPC, pays bus drivers the most. And in the last two promotions, they get 3% hike each on basic pay – these happen within 32 years of service. In the first three promotions, they get a hike of 5% each over their basic pay – these occur within the first 21 years of service. They can get promoted a maximum of five times (corresponding to the six levels mentioned earlier). (Transport corporations may also give incentives for overtime work, meeting certain collection targets etc.)ĭrivers get an annual increment of 3% on their basic pay. This means, for a newly appointed MTC driver, salary starts from around Rs 20,500. All drivers get a fixed health allowance of Rs 300 per month as well. HRA ranges from Rs 1300-8300, and CCA (City Compensatory Allowance) ranges from Rs 360-1200, depending on which level the driver is in. In addition to basic pay, drivers get DA of 5% on basic pay. So 90% of drivers cannot reach level six by the time they retire.” But MTC has been inducting drivers aged around 30 years only, based on seniority in pending lists. “A driver gets promoted to level six only after an approximate 32 years of service. It’s only at level six that they can get the highest basic of around Rs 1 lakh.Ī senior officer in MTC’s accounts department says, on condition of anonymity, that very few drivers reach this level. There are six levels of drivers in MTC on being promoted to level six, drivers become driving instructors. While the basic pay of MTC drivers starts from Rs 17,700, it can go up to a maximum of Rs 1,00,200, as per the current pay scale. So, how much are drivers in various transport corporations getting paid? As we constantly harp on the urgency of decongesting our city roads through increased use of public transport, it makes sense to explore what is making one of the key facilitators of an improved urban public transport system - the bus drivers - such a disgruntled lot. Karnataka and Bengaluru transport corporation drivers also went on strike in July 2016, and the list could go on if we go further back in time. Examples from the recent past would be Maharashtra and Gujarat State Road Transport Corporations that struck work last November and March respectively. However, not just Chennai, several cities in the country have, from time to time, been paralysed by strikes of workers in the respective transport corporation unions, more often than not over the issue of wages. The issue currently lies with the Madras High Court, which has ordered the state government to appoint a judge as the arbitrator to resolve the issue.
Vehicle drivers under other transport corporations are going to get basic pay starting from Rs 19,500, while MTC bus drivers will get Rs 17,700 only.” “As per the 7th CPC recommendations, existing salaries had to be multiplied by a factor of 2.57, but for MTC employees the factor used was 2.44. LPF Secretary M Shanmugam says that the strike was mainly over compensation. However, major trade unions including the DMK-backed Labour Progressive Federation (LPF) protested this, saying they had not been included in the settlement process at all. This is according to a settlement that the MTC reached with some trade unions on January 4th. The bus drivers in the state have been demanding pay scales in compliance with the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommendations, approved by the central government in June 2016.Ĭurrently, in Chennai Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC), the basic salary of permanent drivers starts from Rs 17,700. The issue: long-standing demands over a wage hike.
Last month, government bus drivers in Tamil Nadu struck work for over a week, throwing the cities’ commute scenario into chaos.
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