[2]: para 1.1.5 The Sixth Central Pay Commission submitted its report to the Finance Minister, P. Chidambaram on 24 March 2008.

[2] : para 1.1.6–7 On 14 August 2008, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, headed by Manmohan Singh, approved the Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendations with some modifications.

Another recommendation was the creation of an "additional separate running pay band ... the scale of Rs.18400 – 22400 in higher administrative grades".

[1]: p 31, para 6  Anomalies concerning the Armed Forces members were not addressed and the "One Rank One Pension" (OROP) was not implemented leading to public anger with the commission and the government.

[citation needed] In November 2015, Satbir Singh, chairman of the Indian Ex Servicemen Movement (IESM), said there were forty anomalies yet to be addressed.

[5] The Sixth Central Pay Commission recommended four selection grade military ranks be linked.

Major generals, rear admirals, and air marshals (a highly selective rank) were made at par with civilian employees with sixteen years of service.

In 2007, Indian Police Service officers were promoted on a fixed time table, independent of functional requirements or span of responsibility, up to the level of Inspector General.