8th Pay Commission: Railway Federation NFIR Seeks ₹69,000 Minimum Pay and 3.833 Fitment Factor

The National Federation of Indian Railways (NFIR) has set out a list of demands for the 8th Central Pay Commission, led by a call to raise the minimum basic pay of central government staff from ₹18,000 to ₹69,000.

To reach that figure, the federation wants a fitment factor of 3.833. The fitment factor is the multiplier applied to an employee’s existing basic pay to arrive at the revised pay. Multiplying today’s ₹18,000 minimum by 3.833 gives ₹68,994, or roughly ₹69,000.

NFIR has also asked for the annual increment to be doubled from 3% to 6%, with a minimum benefit of ₹10,000 through this revision. It wants Dearness Allowance to be merged with basic pay once DA reaches 25%, and for every employee to get at least five promotions over a career.

For retired staff, the federation has proposed a pension of 67% of last-drawn pay and a family pension of 50%. It has also asked that the period for restoring a commuted pension be cut from 15 years to 11 years.

These are proposals from an employees’ body. Neither the 8th Pay Commission nor the government has accepted any of them, and the final fitment factor, pay matrix and allowances will depend on the Commission’s recommendations and the government’s decision on them.

Featured image: Rail Bhavan in New Delhi 01.jpg by Pinakpani, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources

• The Sunday Guardian — Railway employees raise 3 key demands under 8th Pay Commission