Gratuity Calculator after Seventh Pay Commission
The 7th pay commission brought some changes in the gratuity calculation of an employee along with several other announcements. It is vital to note that the earlier cap on maximum gratuity limit was ₹10 lakh. However, with the 7th pay commission, this cap has been extended to ₹20 lakh per employee. So, if you provide excellent service, you do not have to limit your gratuity till ₹10 lakh. Now, it can be extended till ₹20 lakh.
How to Calculate gratuity for Defence Employees
The defence employees are also eligible for the gratuity like other service employees. The basic criteria is to complete a minimum of 5 years in the service before retirement from the job.
An employee of defence gets the gratuity on the basis of 1/4th of the reckonable emoluments for every 6 months completed after the 5 years of qualifying service in defence. It can go to a maximum of ₹20 lakh for an employee and cannot exceed this limit.
How to calculate gratuity for bankers?
The bank employees are also the eligible employees for the gratuity as stated so far. For the employees of SBI, the calculation of gratuity is done under the method of Gratuity Act of the government. Here, 15/26 rule is taken into consideration.
Another way of calculating the gratuity is the BPS (Bipartite Settlement). Under this rule, every bank employee's gratuity calculation needs to be done via both the methods- Gratuity Act and the provision of BPS. The one that is higher is paid as gratuity to the employee.
The basic difference between the BPS method and the Gratuity Act calculation method is the way they are calculated. In BPS, the excess of service after 6 months is not rounded off to the larger value unlike the Gratuity Act. This means, if a scale ll employee of a bank retires after a service of 32 years and 8 months, his gratuity will be calculated on 32 years and not 33 years. However, under the Gratuity Act, the same officer's gratuity will be calculated for 33 years.
How to calculate death gratuity?
Gratuity is received at the end of the service. However, an employee may suffer an unfortunate death during the service tenure. Even in such a situation, the gratuity is provided to the nominee of the employee. The formula remains the same. Refer to the table below to understand how it is calculated –
Years of service
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Gratuity Rate
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Less than one year
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2X basic pay
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1-5 years
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6
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5-11 years
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12
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11-20 years
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20
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20 years and more
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Half of salary for every 6 months completed after 20 years and a maximum of 33 times of the salary
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Note: After 20 years if you complete less than 6 months, it will be rounded off to the lower value. However, if 6 months or more are completed, then the year of service will be rounded off to the larger value.