New Delhi. There are only a few days left in the new year. The Seventh Pay Commission will end on 31 December 2025 and the 8th Pay Commission is expected to be implemented from 1 January 2026.
Due to this, the expectations of central employees and pensioners are skyrocketing. The discussion about the Eighth Pay Commission is in full swing across the country. The biggest question of the employees is what will be the fitment factor and how much is being demanded from them.
On this, National President of All India NPS Employees Federation, Manjit Singh Patel has clearly said that he has demanded 2.64 fitment factor from the government. Now the question arises that if this demand is accepted then how much will the salary increase? Let us understand that with 2.64 fitment factor, what will be the basic salary from level 1 to 18, i.e. from peon to IAS level?
| level | current basic pay | Estimated New Basic Pay (2.64 times) |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 | ₹18,000 | ₹47,520 |
| Level 2 | ₹19,900 | ₹52,536 |
| Level 3 | ₹21,700 | ₹57,288 |
| Level 4 | ₹25,500 | ₹67,320 |
| Level 5 | ₹29,200 | ₹77,088 |
| Level 6 | ₹35,400 | ₹93,456 |
| Level 7 | ₹44,900 | ₹118,536 |
| Level 8 | ₹47,600 | ₹125,664 |
| Level 9 | ₹53,100 | ₹140,184 |
| Level 10 | ₹56,100 | ₹148,104 |
| Level 11 | ₹67,700 | ₹178,728 |
| Level 12 | ₹78,800 | ₹208,032 |
| Level 13 | ₹118,500 | ₹312,840 |
| Level 13A | ₹131,100 | ₹346,104 |
| Level 14 | ₹144,200 | ₹380,688 |
| Level 15 | ₹182,200 | ₹481,008 |
| Level 16 | ₹205,400 | ₹542,256 |
| Level 17 | ₹225,000 | ₹594,000 |
| Level 18 | ₹250,000 | ₹660,000 |
The tenure of the Seventh Pay Commission ends on 31 December 2025. Therefore, the new salary is likely to be implemented from January 1, 2026. However, it may take about two years for the government to accept the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission. In such a situation, there is hope for the employees to get their arrears also.
Fitment factor is a kind of multiplier, by which the new basic salary is decided by multiplying the existing basic salary. The higher the fitment factor, the higher the salary and pension will increase.
According to experts, many economic and other factors are taken into consideration while determining the fitment factor. Generally, the necessary increase is calculated on the basis of basic pay + grade pay.
If the current basic salary of an employee is ₹18,000 and the fitment factor is fixed at 2.64, then:
₹18,000 × 2.64 = ₹47,520
That means the basic salary will directly become ₹ 47,520.
If current basic salary is ₹50,000:
₹50,000 × 2.64 = ₹1,32,000
Meaning the new basic salary can reach ₹ 1,32,000.
Not only the basic, there will be a good increase in the total income also because the allowances will also be calculated on the new basic.
National President of All India NPS Employees Federation, Manjit Singh Patel said in an interview that the fitment factor in the Eighth Pay Commission should be more than 2.64. According to him, having such a high fitment factor will be considered fair by the employees and will be happily accepted. Otherwise there will be criticism and the discussion will continue that some governments really think about the welfare of the employees, while some just talk but do not act.
