The Eighth Pay Commission is going to be implemented next year in 2026, for which preparations have started. Discussions have started on questions like what will be the salary structure in the new pay commission, how much will the pension increase, will the fitment factor increase or decrease, will dearness allowance (DA) be merged, or how much will be the change in other allowances.
Various employee organizations are demanding to increase the fitment factor, and some are demanding to keep it up to 2.86 so that there can be a good increase in salary and pension. So, if you are also a government employee, then this news is very important for you. Know all the big information related to the Eighth Pay Commission.
The tenure of the Seventh Pay Commission ends
The tenure of the Seventh Pay Commission is going to end on 31 December 2025. In such a situation, the Eighth Pay Commission is to be implemented from January 1, 2026. The new pay commission from January 2026 can likely be implemented anytime between April to June 2025. However, official confirmation has not been made yet! As soon as it is implemented, changes will be seen in DA, allowances, and fitment factor as well. So, government employees can get a big good news in the new year.
Fitment factor plays a big role in the Eighth Pay Commission
The fitment factor plays an important role in deciding the basic salary of central employees. It is used to calculate the revised basic salary of employees and pensioners. Due to this factor, the salary of the employees increases by more than 2.5 times.
The fitment factor is a coefficient number by which your old basic salary is converted into a new salary. In this, the old basic salary is multiplied by the fitment factor, and the number that comes out is the new salary. Its formula is- New Basic Salary = Old Basic Salary × Fitment Factor. So, this factor can bring a big change in your salary.
What will be the effect of the fitment factor on salary
When the Seventh Pay Commission was implemented in January 2016, a fitment factor of 2.57 was fixed, due to which the minimum salary of central employees increased from ₹ 7,000 to ₹ 18,000. According to media reports, the fitment factor in the new pay commission can be fixed between 2.28 to 2.86. However, former Finance Secretary Subhash Garg had recently said that such a big increase (2.86) is not possible.
If the salary of central employees increases by 40 to 50% after the implementation of the Eighth Pay Commission, then in such a situation, if the basic salary of the employee is ₹ 20000, it will reach ₹ 46,600 to ₹ 57,200. If the current basic salary of an employee is ₹25,000, then his new basic salary can be ₹25,000 × 2.86 = ₹71,500 if the fitment factor is fixed at 2.86 under the Eighth Pay Commission.
If the fitment factor in the Eighth Pay Commission is 1.92, then the minimum basic salary will increase from ₹18,000 to ₹34,560. So, the fitment factor can bring a big jump in your salary.
How much did the fitment factor increase in the Sixth and Seventh Pay Commissions
When the Sixth Pay Commission was implemented, the salary increased by 54 percent when the fitment factor was 1.86. In the Seventh Pay Commission, the minimum salary increased by 14.2 percent when the fitment factor was 2.57. In such a situation, it is clear that the salary doesn’t need to increase more due to the higher fitment factor.
If the fitment factor of 2.86 is implemented this time, there doesn’t need to be a big increase in the basic salary of the employees! However, when the fitment factor was changed in 2016, the Seventh Pay Commission was also implemented, which brought changes in DA and allowances. Now, we have to wait to see what the fitment factor is in the Eighth Pay Commission and how much the salary increase will be.