One year has passed since the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, whose draft and recommendations have to be submitted to the government within 18 months. After which the government will increase the salary and dearness allowance of central employees. In such a situation, the Indian Railway Technical Supervisors Association has put forward some proposals regarding salary increase before the 8th Pay Commission, discussions regarding which have become quite intense.
Indian Railway Technical Supervisors Association has demanded different fitment factors for employees of different pay levels. If the government accepts these demands, the salary of some senior employees may increase by up to 400 percent. Let us know in what way the salary of the employees of Indian Railway Technical Supervisor Association can be increased by up to 400 percent.
What is the whole game of fitment factor?
Fitment factor is the coefficient through which the new salary is decided by increasing the existing basic salary. To put it in simple words.
New Basic Salary = Existing Basic Salary × Fitment Factor
In the 7th Pay Commission, the fitment factor was kept at 2.57. But this time the employee organizations are demanding a much higher increase than this.
According to IRTSA proposal
- Fitment factor for level 1 to 5 employees 2.92
- 3.50 for level 6 to 8
- 3.80 for level 9 to 12
- 4.09 for level 13 to 16
- 4.38 for level 17 and 18
If this is implemented, then the new basic salary of a senior employee getting a basic salary of Rs 2.5 lakh can reach around Rs 10.95 lakh. At the same time, the salary of a mid-level employee getting a basic salary of Rs 45 thousand can increase to around Rs 1.57 lakh.
What are the other demands of the employees?
Employee organizations say that in the current salary system, the difference between the salaries of junior and senior employees has reduced significantly. Especially a demand has been raised to give separate salary structure to the technical employees of Railways. Apart from this, demands like 5 percent annual increment, adding 50 percent dearness allowance to the basic and faster promotion have also been made.
Why did the difficulty increase for the government?
Experts believe that such a huge salary increase can increase financial pressure on the government. Because with the increase in salary, expenses related to pension, allowances and retirement will also increase rapidly. Not only this, after the Central Government, many state governments also revise the salaries of their employees, due to which the total financial burden increases further.
Debate on OPS and family unit also intensifies
The debate regarding the old pension scheme i.e. OPS has also intensified again. Many employee organizations are demanding restoration of OPS. However, now some organizations are demanding protection like OPS instead of full refund. Along with this, the demand to increase the family unit formula from 3 to 5 is also gaining momentum. Employee organizations say that due to rising inflation, education, treatment and household expenses, the financial pressure on families today is greater than ever.
The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission are expected to impact more than 1.1 crore employees, pensioners and their families. In such a situation, the entire country will keep an eye on the meetings and decisions of the Commission in the coming months.