7th CPC Pay Matrix Table for Defence Force Personnel 
Demand of Central Govt employees to increase the Fitment Factor recommended by 7th CPC
The demand to increase the 2.57 Fitment Factor along with the hike of 14.29 percent is growing among the Central Government employees
The 900-page long report of the 7th Pay Commission was submitted to the government on November 19. One of the most important recommendation on the report is the Fitment Factor. It is the most important factor deciding the hike of salaries of the Central Government employees.
Fitment Factor is used to calculate the revised basic pay of existing employees with effect from the implementation of 7th CPC. The new revised basic pay of a Central Government employee is calculated by multiplying his/her current (Pre-revised) basic pay with the Fitment Factor.
The 7th Pay Commission has recommended a uniform Fitment Factor of 2.57 for all. The actual raise/fitment recommended by the Commission is 14.29 percent only. The report says that the fitment includes a factor of 2.25 on account of DA neutralisation, assuming that the rate of D.A. would be 125 percent at the time of implementation of the new pay.
The 7th Pay Commission has evolved a new pay fitment table by merging the existing Grade Pay and Pay Bands for all group of Central Government employees, which is called as Pay Matrix Table. The Pay Matrix comprises two dimensions. It has a “horizontal range” in which each level corresponds to a ‘functional role in the hierarchy’ and has been assigned the numbers 1, 2, 3, and so on till 18. The “vertical range” for each level denotes ‘pay progression’ within that level. These indicate the steps of annual financial progression of three percent within each level. The starting point of the matrix is the minimum pay which has been arrived based on 15th Indian Labour Congress (ILC) norms or the Aykroyd formula
On recruitment, an employee joins at a particular level and progresses within the level as per the vertical range. The movement is usually on an annual basis, based on annual increments till the time of their next promotion. When the employee receives a promotion or a non-functional financial upgrade, he/she progresses one level ahead on the horizontal range.
The Pay Matrix chart has included a number of Fitment Factors. 6 types of Fitment Factor, including 2.57, 2.62, 2.67, 2.72, 2.78, and 2.81, have been listed. Under the heading of ‘Index,’ all the Central Government employees have been divided into 18 categories. Since different Fitment Factors have been used for all these categories, it leads one to believe that the new factor will apply for the existing employees too.
Criticism has come from all the circles over the addition of a mere 14.29%, leading to 2.57, while the employees were currently drawing a dearness allowance of 125% of their basic pay. The minimum wages have been decided on this criterion alone (the 6th Pay Commission had fixed the minimum wages as Rs.7000. The 7th CPC minimum wages of 18,000 has been arrived at by multiplying the previous number by 2.57).
One might remember that similar requests were presented at the time of the 6th Pay Commission too. The commission had recommended the Fitment Factor of 1.74, but, due to constant pressure from the NC JCM Staff Side members, it was increased to 1.86. The demand to increase the 2.57 Fitment Factor along with the 14.29 percent hike is growing among the Central Government employees.
[First published this article in this website on 27.12.2015 11.25 pm]
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Respected sir,
Ex-Naik Muralidhara K I am retired in 31/12/2005 (out in 01/01/2006) 16 years service and Battle casualty in J & K so how much 7th CPC and one rank one pension please inform to my mail address.
Thanking you sir.
Mr.M.C Sharma has well said ..Really the Government Servants are the backbone in the Govt .machinery.Then why the govt.is hesitating to fulfill their justified demand.s.
Grade pay 2000/- and 2400/- should be merged with 2800/-
Fitment factor should be same for all categories of government employees.
I don’t know why there is much noise over the once-in-ten-year increase in the salary of a poor babu who toil for whole life/youth and remains just away from the starvation line . Whenever there is a talk of wage revision the poor babu is always made to feel humilated/insulted. All the governmens/netas/public in general think as if the governemnt servants are looting the govt. treasury. On one hand an MP/MLA is eligible to get pension within a period of just five years whereas a govt servant serve for over 35 years(on an average) then only is able to get a peanut called pension to live for his remaining life. Our legislators enjoy so many perks during and after their stints for whole life and sermonise the govt employees. Can’t our Govt give a decent wage and pension to the govt servants to live respectfully!