- The Government of Tamil Nadu constituted an Official Committee to examine and make recommendations on revision of pay scales, allowances, and pensions for state government employees based on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
- The Official Committee submitted its report on September 27, 2017, recommending a new pay structure based on level-based pay matrices to replace the existing system of pay bands and grade pay. The government accepted these recommendations.
- Under the new structure, pay will be fixed based on functional roles assigned to 32 levels. A fitment factor of 2.57 will be applied to existing pay plus grade pay to fix salaries in the new matrices. Various allowances like DA and HRA will also be revised