7th Pay Commission: If you are a central employee, then the month of August is going to bring you good news. In fact, after the government gave a gift of 3 percent of the DA for the month of August to the central employees, another gift was announced. Let us tell you that the government has announced increasing the fitment factor along with the DA of the employees. Employees unions have been demanding an increase in the fitment factor for a long time. At present, the government is giving a fitment factor of around 2.57% to the employees. But according to the employees union, it should be increased to 3.68%. If the government agrees with the point of the union. So a big increase in the salary of the employees can be seen.
What is the Fitment Factor?
The fitment factor is a figure used by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC) along with the Basic Pay (Pay in Pay Band + Grade Pay) in the 6th Central Pay Commission regime to fix the basic pay in the revised pay structure (7th CPC). ) is multiplied. , The fitment factor prepared by the 7th Central Pay Commission is 2.57.
Entry Level Salary
If you add the basic salary as per 7th Pay Commission, the fitment factor will be 2.57%. Means if the salary of an employee is 18 thousand, then multiplying the fitment factor 2.57% in it will be Rs 46,200 excluding the remaining allowance. On the other hand, if the fitment factor is increased by 3.68 percent, the salary of the employees will increase further.
Pensioners will also get Benefits
In view of the ever-increasing inflation, it is being speculated that the central government may increase the da of central employees by 4 to 5 percent. But till now no such announcement has been made from the government side. Keeping the inflation in mind, if the government increases the allowance, then about 50 lakh employees and 65 lakh pensioners will get its benefit.
Outstanding DA to be paid soon
According to media reports, during the Corona period, the allowance which has not been paid by the government. That can be paid off soon. Let us tell you that about Rs 2 lakh DA has been stopped. This can be paid for simultaneously. The employees are demanding DA payment for the period January 2020 to June 2021.
