Great news for government employees: Salaries could rise by up to 186% by 2025

In October, the central government gave a generous gift on Diwali by increasing the Dearness Allowance (DA Hike) for its employees by 3 percent.

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At the same time, there have been reports of a significant increase in salaries for central government employees next

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year, which the central government is expected to announce shortly.

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Several media sources indicate that implementing a fitment factor of 2.86 in the 8th Pay Commission has

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the potential to increase the minimum salary of employees by 186%, as per the government.

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At present, employees are paid Rs 18,000 monthly as their initial salary as per the 7th Pay Commission,

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which can be increased to Rs 51,480 per month.

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This will exceed slightly the fitment factor of 2.57 recommended by the 7th Pay Commission.

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