8th Pay Commission: Projected Salary Hike and Fitment Factor Explained

Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chairperson of the 8th Pay Commission, following the Cabinet's approval of the Terms of Reference (ToR).

The most crucial element of a Pay Commission’s work is determining the Fitment Factor, a uniform multiplier applied to the existing basic pay to calculate the new basic pay under the revised structure. 1. Projected Fitment Factor & Minimum Pay The fitment factor under the 7th CPC was 2.57 Current expert speculation for the 8th … Read more