By Admin 
8th pay commission fitment factor: The Modi government made a big announcement in January 2024 that after completion of the tenure of the 7th Pay Commission in December 2025, a new i.e. 8th Pay Commission will be set up. As soon as this was confirmed, a question arose among crores of central employees and pensioners across the country, how much salary would increase this time? So far, the government has not announced the names of the Chairman and other members of the 8th Pay Commission, but the discussions are in full swing. Along with this, there is a discussion that what will be the fitment factor and whether DA (dearness allowance) will be merged in the basic pay or not.
How does fitment factor apply?
Now let’s talk about what this fitment factor is. Actually, it is a kind of multiplier, through which a new salary is fixed by multiplying the old basic salary. This factor is decided keeping in mind DA i.e. dearness allowance and current economic conditions. Its aim is that all employees get equal and equitable increase.
Talking about some of the last few pay commissions, it has been seen the trend that before increasing the salary, DA is merged into the basic salary and after that the fitment factor is implemented on that total yoga.
Understand by example
For example, when the 7th Pay Commission came into force in 2016, the employees were getting 125 percent DA. The Commission suggested a fitment factor of 2.57. That is, if the basic salary of an employee was 10,000, then 125 percent DA i.e. 12,500 is added to 22,500. The new salary was fixed at 25,700 by adding a real increase of 14.22 percent on this. That is, fitment factor = 25,700 / 10,000 = 2.57.
A similar pattern was seen in the previous pay commissions. The DA was around 74 per cent at the time of the 5th Pay Commission (1996) and the Fitment Factor 1.86 was kept. The DA was around 115 per cent in the 6 Contract Commission (2006) and the Fitment Benefit was 1.86x, including a concept of grade pay. In the 7th Pay Commission (2016), DA was 125 percent and the Fitment Factor 2.57 was fixed.
Fitment Factor 3.0 should be kept
This makes it clear that every time the Pay Commission is included in the basic pay and creates a complete salary base and then a new salary is fixed by adding one percent increase on it. In view of this trend, it is expected that the 8th Pay Commission will also move forward on this formula.
Currently, it is also under discussion that DA may increase very little for July-December 2025, as the recent inflation rate has seen stability. In such a situation, the staff organizations are expecting that this time the fitment factor should be kept at least 3.0 or more so that the benefit of the actual increment can be given.
Expected from 8th Pay Commission
Overall, the 8th Pay Commission is coming with great hope for crores of employees. If the government repeats the previous traditions and merges the DA in the basic and applies the appropriate fitment factor, then it can bring a big and positive change in the salary. It remains to be seen how much the government meets the expectations of the employees.
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