Increase of Fitment Factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC?

Increase of fitment factor under 7th Pay Commission Increase of fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC? 

Is Government Contemplating to Increase Fitment Factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC? – Parliament Q&A

Increase of fitment factor under 7th CPC

RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2273 ANSWERED ON-07.08.2018

Shri Ravi Prakash Verma Shri Neeraj Shekhar

(a) whether Government is contemplating to increase fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC to all pay levels, as demanded by employees associations;

(b) if so, the details thereof and by when it would be announced; and

(c) if not, the reasons for betrayal from assurances given by Home Minister and Railway Minister etc. to employees associations in 2016?

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ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c): The Minimum Pay of Rs. 18,000 p.m. and Fitment Factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore, no change therein is at present under consideration.

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