Fitment factor is a figure used by 7th CPC with which the basic pay in 6th CPC regime (i.e Pay in Pay band + Grade pay) is multiplied in order to fix basic pay in revised pay structure (i.e 7th CPC). Fitment factor formulated by 7th CPC is 2.57. The Seventh Pay Commission had earlier recommended Rs 18,000 as the basic salary but the employees are demanding it to raise further to Rs 26,000. Also read 7th Pay Commission: PM Modi govt may give salary hike beyond recommendationsArun Jaitley in 2016 in Rajya Sabha promised to hike pay of the central government employees beyond the suggestion of the 7th Pay Commission. Earlier, a report had said that the change in the hike beyond what has been recommended in the 7th Pay Commission would affect “lower-level employees of pay matrix level 1 to 5”.

Source: dna February 27, 2018 05:15 UTC