New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- The 8th Pay Commission recently successfully concluded its Bengaluru meeting on 8 October. Now the commission is gearing up for its key consultative meeting in Mumbai starting on 22 October. The commission is currently primarily focused on reviewing proposed changes to the salaries, allowances, fitment factors, and pensions of central government employees and pensioners.

One of the most important issues under consideration of the 8th Pay Commission is the fitment factor. In earlier commissions, the multiplier was 1.86 and 2.57 for the 6th and 7th Pay Commissions, respectively. This is a very important metric as it is used to calculate the revised basic pay from the existing basic salary.

The 8th Pay Commission, cha...