If the implementation of 8th Pay Commission and the demand of increasing the fitment factor is accepted, then the minimum salary of the employees will increase from Rs 17,990 to Rs 51,451.
Central Employee Fitment Factor Hike 2025: There is good news for central employees. Before the new year, the discussion of increasing the fitment factor with the 8th Pay Commission has also intensified. The Secretary of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery has demanded to increase the fitment factor. It is believed that if the 8th Pay Commission is implemented in 2025-26, then the fitment factor can increase from 2.57 to 2.86 percent, due to which the minimum salary can be up to ₹ 51,451.
Actually, at present the fitment factor of central employees is 2.57 and the basic salary is 18000. For a long time, the employees of the Center have been demanding to increase the fitment factor to 3.68. The Secretary of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery says that we are considering a fitment factor of at least 2.86. This amendment happens only once in 10 years and after the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, we will demand its implementation. If this demand is accepted, the minimum salary of the employees will increase from Rs 17,Why is there a demand for increase in fitment factor?
Fitment factor is the coefficient through which salary and pension are revised.Fitment factor is considered to play an important role in deciding the basic salary of central employees. Due to this factor, the salary of central employees increases by more than two and a half times. On the basis of fitment factor, the revised basic pay is calculated from the old basic pay. Fitment factor is an important recommendation in the report of the previous pay commission, on this basis the salary hike will be decided.
If the basic salary of a central employee under the 7th Pay Commission is Rs 20,000, then his salary excluding allowances will be Rs 20,000 X 2.57 = Rs 51,400. If it is increased to 2.86 in the 8th Pay Commission, then the same salary will become Rs 20,000 x 2.86 = Rs 57,200.
Usually, the central government constitutes a new pay commission every 10 years to revise the salaries of government employees. The 7th Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014, but its recommendations were implemented from 1 January 2016, which is going to expire on 31 December 2025, on this basis the 8th Pay Commission is expected to be implemented in January 2026.990 to Rs 51,451, although no official statement has been issued by the government in this regard yet.
