Railway Technical Supervisors
Indian Railway Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA) has made a big proposal to increase the salary of employees for the 8th Pay Commission. Railway organization has demanded to implement different fitment factors for different levels of employees. This demand is for fitment factor ranging from 2.92 to 4.38. Whereas most employee and pension organizations have recommended the same fitment factor for all employees.
IRTSA suggested these fitment factors
IRTSA has asked the government to no longer adopt the one fitment factor approach for all as before. Instead, 5 different fitment factors should be implemented according to the salary level of the employees.
IRTSA’s proposed fitment factors
- Level 1-5: 2.92
- Level 6-8: 3.50
- Level 9-12: 3.80
- Level 13-16: 4.09
- Level 17-18: 4.38
IRTSA has also suggested a new cadre structure and starting salary for Railway Technical Supervisors.
- Junior Engineer (Level-7) Rs 1,57,400
- Senior Section Engineer (Gr-B, Level-8) Rs 1,66,800
- Assistant Manager (Gr-B, Level-9) Rs 2,01,600
- Manager (Gr-B, Level-10) Rs 2,13,000
- Senior Manager (Gr-A, Level-11) Rs 2,57,000
What is fitment factor?
Fitment factor is the multiplier through which the new salary of central government employees and pensioners is decided. In the 7th Pay Commission, a fitment factor of 2.57 was implemented for all employees. That is, the new salary was decided by multiplying the basic salary of the employees by 2.57.
How can salary increase?
For example, if the current basic salary of an employee is Rs 20,000 and fitment factor 2.92 is applied, then the new salary can be Rs 58,400. Similarly, the salary of an employee with basic pay of Rs 45,000 can be Rs 1,57,500 at 3.50 fitment factor. Whereas the salary of an employee with a basic pay of Rs 1.20 lakh can reach around Rs 4,90,800 according to the fitment factor of 4.09. However, these are just approximate calculations. There has been no official announcement from the government yet.
