If you see the Revised Pay Scales of any govt servant, apart from the Dearness a

llowances,
Housing allowance, uniform allowance, etc etc, the basic pay itself has a range
from 5200 up to 20,200 p.m.
The starting pay is 5200, but with each year of service, the pay increases, and
after say 33 years the pay
may be 20,200 p.m.
This whole range is called the Pay Band. Similarly, there are other bands that m
ay be from 10,500 to 60,000,
etc. Each is called a pay band.= pay scale