Uniform Fitment Factor recommended by 7th Pay Commission
The existing PB-1, this index is 2.57,
increasing to 2.62 for personnel in PB-2 and further to 2.67 from PB-3.
The rationalised entry pay so arrived has been used in devising the new
pay matrix.
The 7th Pay Commission recommended
uniform fitment factor for all group of Central Government employees.
The commission says that the fitment recommended by the VI CPC was in
the form of grade pay. Any inconsistency in the computation of grade pay
or in the spacing between pay bands has a direct bearing on the quantum
of fitment benefit. Therefore, these issues have also been raised by
numerous stakeholders. It has been demanded by a majority of the
stakeholders that there should be a single fitment factor which should
be uniformly applied for all employees.
The 6th CPC had mentioned that grade pay
would be equivalent to 40 percent of the maximum of the pre-revised
scale and that the grade pay will constitute the actual fitment, yet the
computation varied greatly. After the implementation of
recommendations, the difference became more pronounced in Pay Band 4 as
compared to the other three pay bands. This resulted in varying fitment
factors for various levels and promotional benefits that were perceived
to be rather differentiated. The same pattern was discernible in the
pension fixation too.
And also explained in its report that
the starting point for the first level of the matrix has been set at
Rs.18,000. This corresponds to the starting pay of Rs.7,000, which is
the beginning of PB-1 viz., Rs.5,200 + GP1800, which prevailed on
01.01.2006, the date of implementation of the VI CPC recommendations.
Hence the starting point now proposed is 2.57 times of what was
prevailing on 01.01.2006. This fitment factor of 2.57 is being proposed
to be applied uniformly for all employees. It includes a factor of 2.25
on account of DA neutralisation, assuming that the rate of Dearness
Allowance would be 125 percent at the time of implementation of the new
pay. Accordingly, the actual raise/fitment being recommended is 14.29
percent.
Finally, the fitment of each employee in
the new pay matrix is proposed to be done by multiplying his/her basic
pay on the date of implementation by a factor of 2.57.
Source: 7thpaycommissionnews.in
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