WHAT NEXT FOR CENTRAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES? 7th Pay Commission: No hike in minimum pay, No change in fitment factor and No change in retirement age [Modi’s I Day speech] There was a bitter disappointment in store for fifty lakh Central government employees and an equal number of retirees, who have been waiting for a hike in minimum pay and fitment factor beyond the 7th Pay Commission recommendations. There was lot of speculation that PM Narendra Modi may give some good news in his last Independence Day budget in this term as PM. Many believed that looking at good monsoon and positive economic factors, a positive announcement may come months before the general elections. While PM Modi spoke about how Indian economy will be a powerhouse in next three decades, he didn’t have any news to offer for the government employees. Minister of State for Finance P. Radhakrishnan earlier in Lok Sabha had said that the Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi government is not planning to give any...

Increase of fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC – Latest official statement before PM’s Independence Day speech GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE RAJYA SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2273 ANSWERED ON-07.08.2018 Increase of fitment factor under 7th CPC 2273 . Shri Ravi Prakash Verma Shri Neeraj Shekhar (a) whether Government is contemplating to increase fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68 under 7th CPC to all pay levels, as demanded by employees associations; (b) if so, the details thereof and by when it would be announced; and (c) if not, the reasons for betrayal from assurances given by Home Minister and Railway Minister etc. to employees associations in 2016? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI P. RADHAKRISHNAN) (a) to (c): The Minimum Pay of Rs. 18,000 p.m. and Fitment Factor of 2.57 are based on the specific recommendations of the 7th Central Pay Commission in the light of the relevant factors taken into account by it. Therefore...