Certain aspects of implementation of penalties having pay element, following acceptance of the recommendations of the VIth Central Pay Commission, are being examined in consultation with the Department of Personnel & Training. On the issue of determining stage[s] in respect of the penalty of ‘reduction to lower stage in time scale of pay’, the Department have advised that as per the Revised Pay Rules, 2008, the quantum of increment has been changed from a fixed amount to an amount of 3% of the basic pay rounded off to the nearest Rs.10/-. This provision does not call for any amendment to the Discipline and Appeal Rules. The lower stages of pay in such cases have to be worked out as per the aforesaid provisions of the Revised Pay Rules, 2008.