8th Pay Commission: First DA will be ‘fused’ in the basic, then the fitment factor will give a ‘rocket boost’! Understand the complete math of salary

8th Pay Commission: Every confusion regarding the 8th Pay Commission will be cleared. What is the fitment factor, how will DA be added to the basic salary, and what is the correct calculation of your new salary? Understand the complete math in simple language and know how much salary can increase in your account.

8th Pay Commission: Lakhs of central government employees and crores of pensioners… the one news that you are keeping your eyes on is the 8th Pay Commission. From the tea stall to the corridors of the office, only one question is echoing – “How much will the salary increase this time?” The government has also started preparing for this and the panel of the commission may be formed soon. But this whole game of salary increase revolves around two words – ‘Fitment Factor’ and ‘DA Merger’. The half-baked formulas running on social media must have increased your confusion. So understand the real thing. This entire process of salary increase is completed in two stages.

The first is DA merger, that is, all your dearness allowance will be ‘fused’ into your existing basic salary forever. And the second is the fitment factor, which will give a tremendous ‘rocket boost’ to this new basic salary. So, today let us understand this entire mathematics in very simple language, so that each and every point becomes crystal clear to you.

First understand: What is this ‘fitment factor’?

Imagine that the fitment factor is a ‘magic number’ or a multiplier. Whenever a new pay commission is implemented, your current basic salary is multiplied by this ‘magic number’. The amount that comes out of this is your new basic salary.

What is its purpose?

Its main objective is to ensure that all employees get a uniform and rational increase in their salary. This one factor includes both the inflation of the last 10 years (which you kept getting in the form of DA) and a real salary increase.

Understand with an example

In the 7th Pay Commission, this fitment factor was 2.57. This meant that your basic salary (pay band + grade pay) under the 6th Pay Commission was directly multiplied by 2.57 and your new basic salary was fixed.

Now let’s solve the puzzle of DA merger

DA means Dearness Allowance. This is that part of your salary which the government gives to protect you from rising inflation. It is revised every 6 months.

Meaning of DA merger

Whenever a new pay commission comes after 10 years, it makes a new beginning. For this, whatever DA the employees were getting till the date of implementation is merged with the old basic salary. After this, the fitment factor is applied on this new amount or the new basic is decided by directly applying the fitment factor on the old basic. After this process, the DA meter starts again from zero.

What happened in the 7th Pay Commission?

When the 7th Pay Commission was implemented on January 1, 2016, till that time central employees were getting 125% DA. This entire 125% DA was subsumed in the old basic salary and then a fitment factor of 2.57 was used to decide the new salary.

The biggest question: How will your salary be calculated in the 8th Pay Commission?

Formulas like “Basic + DA = Total, then some % hike on it” running on social media and many news websites are completely misleading. This is not the way to calculate the fitment factor. Understand the correct way.

Correct formula:

New basic salary = current (7th CPC) basic salary x (8th CPC fitment factor)

This is a simple formula. This fitment factor itself includes DA and actual salary hike till that date.

Let us understand with a concrete example

Suppose, your current basic salary in the 7th Pay Commission is ₹30,000.

Now let us assume that the government decides the fitment factor for the 8th Pay Commission to be 3.00 (this is just an estimate, the actual figure will come only after the recommendations of the commission).

Then your new basic salary will be calculated like this

New basic salary = ₹30,000 x 3.00

Your new basic salary = ₹90,000

What does this mean?

This means that from January 1, 2026, your basic salary will be ₹90,000. On this, you will get DA, HRA and other allowances separately according to the new rates of that time. In this ₹90,000, both the estimated DA (about 60%) till January 2026 and an actual salary increase will already be considered included.

What are the expectations from the 8th Pay Commission?

1. DA merger

It is quite likely that whatever DA (which can be estimated to be between 60% to 65%) till January 1, 2026, will be included in the salary revision formula.

2. New fitment factor

Employee unions consider the 2.57 fitment factor of the 7th Pay Commission to be very low. Their demand is to increase it to 3.68 times. However, some government sources and experts believe that this time the fitment can be 1.90-1.92. Even if this happens, it will be a big gift for the employees.

Why is there a need for a new pay commission?

A new pay commission is constituted every 10 years so that:

The salary of government employees can be adjusted according to the increased inflation and cost of living over time.

The difference between the salaries of the government and the private sector can be reduced.

Employees can be motivated for better performance.

What is the conclusion of the whole news?

The wait for the 8th Pay Commission may be long, but it is certain that whenever it is implemented, it will bring a big jump in the salary of central employees. The entire responsibility of increasing the salary rests on the fitment factor. The higher it is, the more money you will get in your pocket. DA merger is a part of this process, which lays the foundation for the new basic salary. For now, we should wait for the formation of the commission and its official recommendations, but both expectations and mathematics are pointing towards a great salary hike.

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