7th Pay Commission: Central and state government employees had long demanded that their fitment factor should be increased from 2.57 per cent to 3.68 per cent.
7th Pay Commission: There is important news for the central employees seeking to change the fitment factor. If you or there is a central government employee in your family, then definitely read this news. After increasing the dearness allowance of the employees, the employees will be disappointed about the fitment factor. Sources say that the government is not considering the fitment factor.
3% DA hike already announced
The government has announced a 3 percent increase in Dearness Allowance (DA Hike). DA will also be available with three months arrears in the salary of April. But, no decision will be taken on the long-running demand to increase the fitment factor. That is, even in the year 2022, the fitment factor is not expected to increase. Actually, the revenue of the government has been affected due to Covid and inflation. Due to this, the government is not in a position to increase the additional financial burden yet.
Long standing demand
In fact, there was a long-standing demand of central and state government employees that their fitment factor should be increased from 2.57 per cent to 3.68 per cent. The employees expected that along with DA, there may be an announcement to increase the fitment factor.
How much will the salary increase
With the increase in the fitment factor, the minimum wage will also increase. At present, employees are getting salary on the basis of 2.57 percent fitment factor. There is a demand to increase it to 3.68 percent. On the demand of this demand, there will be an increase of 8 thousand rupees in the minimum salary. That is, the salary of Rs 18000 will increase to Rs 26000.
