New Delhi, June 13 -- The Indian Railways Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA), in its meeting with the 8th Pay Commission (8th CPC), has demanded an increase in the minimum pay to Rs.52,600, a fitment factor of up to 3.80, and better pay levels and allowances for employees. In an official release the employees' group added it has submitted a comprehensive memorandum to the panel pertaining to the issues.

Here's what the employee representative group has demanded when it comes to fitment factor and how this could increase salaries of Railway employees.

IRTSA has demanded higher indexing of fitment factor according to an employee's level for safety category posts, as follows:

Fitment factor is a mathematical multiplier used by the ...