8th Pay Commission: Shock to 1 crore employees, the formula of fitment factor of 2.86 will also become useless

News (8th Pay Commission) A new pay commission is formed every 10 years by the central government to revise the salaries of employees. So far, seven pay commissions have been formed in the country.

In this, the salary of the employees was decided in the first pay commission in 1946. Subsequent pay commissions work to increase the salary of the employees according to the demand of the time. But every time the percentage of increase in the salary of the employees has been different.

Now 8th pay commission will work

The 8th Pay Commission was approved by the Central Government in January 2025. Since the decision to approve the new pay commission for the employees, discussions have been going on regarding the salary of the employees. 

Employees are constantly demanding a higher fitment factor, but the salary does not increase just by increasing the fitment factor. 

When will the new pay commission be formed

The process of formation of the new Pay Commission by the Central Government seems to be going slow. Employees have been waiting for the formation of the Pay Commission since January. 

In April there were indications that a new Pay Commission would be formed, but it did not happen. Now May has also passed.

A new pay commission is very important for increasing the salary of employees. Now a chairman and two members can be appointed for the new pay commission (8th Pay Commission) in June. 

What can be the fitment factor

Since the approval of the 8th Pay Commission, many speculations are being made about the salary of the employees. Many figures related to the salary and fitment factor of the employees are coming out. Employees can get a fitment factor of 2.86 this time. 

How much will be the salary with this fitment factor 

If the government gives a fitment factor of 2.86 to the employees (Fitment Factor 8th CPC), then the minimum salary can increase to Rs 51,480 and pension can increase to Rs 25,740. But there are many complications in this. Salary does not increase just by having a higher fitment factor. Detailed calculations have come out about this. 

What is fitment factor

Fitment Factor is a coefficient for salary. It shows how much the salary of the employees will increase. Fitment factor works to increase the basic salary. But dearness allowance also matters a lot for the actual increase.

The salary of the employees is decided on the basis of these two. The commission decides the salary on its own and the government implements the salary according to the economic condition of the country. 

The fitment factor is not the same at every level

This fitment factor is not applicable on salary at every level. If we talk about the fitment factor being demanded in the 8th Pay Commission, then a fitment factor of 2.86 is being demanded. If the government accepts the demand, then the salary of the employees may increase. For this, it is important to look at the fitment factor. 

Salary may increase due to fitment factor, but it is not necessary

The government had implemented a fitment factor of about 1.86 in the 6th Pay Commission. At the same time, there was a 54 percent increase in the gross salary. In the 7th Pay Commission, the fitment factor was kept at 2.57. But the salary did not increase as much as the 6th Pay Commission. This year the gross salary of the employees increased by only 14.2 percent.

If we look at the actual salary hike in the seven pay commissions so far, the highest was in the sixth pay commission. Whereas the fitment factor was less. 

In such a situation, it is clear that it is not necessary that the salary hike will be good just by increasing the fitment factor. Inflation also matters for this. Even if the government implements 2.86 fitment factor this time, it is not necessary that the salary hike will be good.