The first ARC recommended a unit end grading structure so that posts entailing similar qualifications, duties and responsibilities are grouped in the same grade. The principle of equal pay for equal work was sought to be recognized for the entire country for both the Union and the State Governments and even the local bodies. It was of the view that in the absence of a careful evaluation of the work content of jobs at certain levels and the matching of scales of pay thereto, the principle of equal pay for equal work cannot be implemented. The imbalance in remuneration attached to headquarters posts and field posts and the multiplicity of pay scales for different groups was sought to be addressed by this unit end grading system. For grading, it recommended that the following, considerations be taken into account in services that provide for postings in the secretariat and at the field level, the liability for service all over the country should be listed in the grading system. There has been a succession of Committees that were asked to recommended measures for increasing the efficiency of the civil services. The Secretariat Reorganization Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Garcia Shankar Baja examined the functions of the existing departments of Government of India with reference to relative priority and necessity of their activities and made recommendations about how these activities were to be undertaken by the Union Government with the available personnel. In the Gopalaswami Ayyangar Committe while recommending restructuring of the Central Secretariat suggested that a Department should be ended with a Secretary charge and a Ministry should be ended with a Minister charge. It also recommended the abolition of the separate grade of Additional Secretary. The first ARC recommended a unit end grading structure so that posts entailing similar qua