8th pay commission: The government has announced the formation of the 8th Pay Commission in January 2025, which will lead to revision in salary and pension of more than 1 crore central government employees and pensioners in the country. With this, discussions about the fitment factor have intensified. How much will government employees have a fitment factor in the 8th Pay Commission. The salary structure of employees is fixed on the basis of fitment factor. Employees want the government to keep in mind their demands this time amidst increasing inflation and increasing burden of expenses. The demands of the employee side were not fully accepted in the last two pay commissions, but this time they will get 2.57 fitment factor?
What is fitment factor?
The fitment factor is the multiplier, which makes a new salary by multiplying the old salary. It was kept at 2.57 in the 7th Pay Commission, increasing the minimum wage from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000.
Demand for Employees Association
The employee side of the National Council JCM has submitted 15 demands to the government, in which demand for keeping the fitment factor more than 2.57 is important. He says that in view of inflation and current standard of living, the minimum wage should be decided as per the recommendations of the 15th Labor Conference (1957). Apart from this, employees have also demanded merging some pay levels, improvement in allowances and revision in retirement benefits. They suggest that the new salary structure be implemented from 1 January 2026.
Will the government accept demand?
Experts believe that the government rarely consider all the demands. Former Finance Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg believes that the government can limit the fitment factor 1.92.
What happened in previous pay commissions?
6th pay commission: Employees demanded a minimum of Rs 10,000. The Commission did not consider it right. Later recommended Rs 5,479. It was later increased to Rs 7,000.
7th Pay Commission (2015): Employee side demanded a minimum of Rs 26,000 (3.7 times increase). The Commission kept it Rs 18,000 and fitment factor 2.57 based on AykroyD formula.
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