Question: is there grade pay in 7th pay commission

Answer: Yes, Grade pay, level, and rank are used interchangeably by 7CPC and government in its various implementation orders The 20 distinct pay grades or ranks in the government hierarchy, intended to 'determine the status', and the Seniority of a post. and make ``Pay scales ...irrelevant for purposes of computing seniority''. proposed by the 6CPC , and accepted by the Congress I government, in 2008, have been replaced by 18 ``New functional levels'' l which the BJP government has accepted on 25 July 2016.