New Delhi, May 13 -- The National Council-Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) led by Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra, met with the 8th central pay commission (CPC) chaired by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and submitted a 51-page memorandum of their proposals.

A major demand among this, is for overall salary hike with basic pay increased to Rs.69,000, by recalibrating minimum pay based on "scientific living wage formula". According to the submitted memorandum, this will take into account "food, housing, education, health care, transport and the technological / digital needs".

As part of this, the body has also asked that family units for calculation be expanded from 3 to 5. Here's what this means:

According to the NC...