India, Sept. 19 -- The BCCI has restricted the categories of the umpires while enhancing their per-day pay "substantially," along with that of the match referees, while introducing a promotion-relegation system based on merit, the board's secretary Devajit Saikia informed on Friday.

Saikia said there was no revision of the fees for the umpires and match referees for nearly a decade, which has been done now.

While details weren't furnished, currently, for senior domestic tournaments, umpires in the top two grades get Rs 40,000 and Rs 30,000 per day, respectively, while for T20 games, the amount is Rs 20,000.

But the revised payments will be Rs 60,000, Rs 50,000, Rs 40,000 and Rs 35,000 per day as per grades A, B, C and D. "For almost 10...