By Admin 
8th pay commission: Central employees and pensioners are currently waiting for the Eighth Pay Commission. The formation of the Commission was announced in January this year, but it has not been formally formed till now. Meanwhile, a report has come out, which may increase the restlessness of about 33 lakh government employees and pensioners of the central government.
In fact, Kotak Institutional Equities have stated in its latest report that the fitment factor of the Eighth Pay Commission may be less than the Seventh Pay Commission. It says that the fitment factor can be around 1.8, due to which only up to thirteen percent can be seen in salary.
What is fitment factor?
The fitment factor is calculated to withdraw new bassic salary based on the basic salary of any staff. That is, it can be understood that the fitment factor 2.57 was fixed for the Seventh Pay Commission. In that case, if someone’s original minimum wage was Rs 20,000, then it increased to Rs 51,400.
One thing is worth noting here that the fitment factor is always on the basic salary. In such a situation, if the fitment factor of 1.87 is found in the new salary, then it does not mean that the total salary will increase by 1.87 percent.
Earlier, a report by Ambit Capill stated that the seventh pay commission is ending in December 2025. When it was implemented in 2016, it increased by 14.3 percent at that time. It does not include allowances. This increase was much higher than the expected increase of the Eighth Pay Commission. Eighth Pay Commission: With the title of lump sum increase, Kotak Institutional Equality has also expected to install a fitment factor of 1.8 in the original minimum wage after this in its report.
How long will it be implemented?
Significantly, the chairman of the Eighth Pay Commission and its members have not been appointed yet. The Pay Commission is formed every 10 years. After the recommendation of the Pay Commission, the government takes the approval of the cabinet on this. After the formation of the Pay Commission, they take opinion from the officials of the Central and State Government, the representatives of pensioners, experts and employees organization and recommend the government by making a report on that basis.
The Eighth Pay Commission will come into effect from January 2026. But if there is a delay in implementing it, then the pensioners and employees of the Central Government will be paid later with arrears.
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