By Admin 
The job of Postal Department has been the center of attraction among the youth for a long time. The biggest reason for this is stability, fixed salary, timely payment and future security. The postal department has a strong hold from village to city. In such a situation, every year a large number of youth dream of getting a job in this department. Now that the discussion about the 8th Pay Commission has intensified.
For the job of Babu i.e. clerk in the postal department, generally at least 12th pass or graduation qualification is required. Computer knowledge is also necessary for many posts. In today’s time the importance of education has increased further. Candidates who have good education and know computer and typing get advantage in selection. Therefore, if any youth wants to work in this department, then he should pay full attention to studies.
What is the current salary?
According to the report, the Babu of Postal Department comes in Level-2 of the pay matrix. Its grade pay is Rs 1900. According to the 7th Pay Commission, Babu’s basic salary has been fixed at Rs 19,900. But in a government job, not only the basic salary is given, but many allowances are also added to it.
These allowances include Dearness Allowance (DA), House Rent Allowance (HRA), Traveling Allowance (TA) and other departmental allowances. When all these are added, the total in-hand salary of a Babu comes to approximately Rs 37,120 to Rs 39,370. This is the reason why this job remains popular among the youth.
What is fitment factor?
Whenever a new pay commission comes, the most talked about thing is the fitment factor. Fitment factor is a kind of multiplying figure, on the basis of which the new salary is decided. While deciding this, the government looks at how much inflation has increased in the country, what are the needs of the employees and how much expenditure the government can bear. The fitment factor in the 7th Pay Commission was 2.57 times. On this basis, the new salary of the employees was decided. Now it is expected that in the 8th Pay Commission this factor may go up to 2.86.
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