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Fitment Factor Calculator
Type your basic pay and a fitment factor. See your new basic pay, and what it would be worth if DA starts again at 0, as it did in 2016.
DA is 63% from 1 July 2026 (Cabinet decision of 28 October 2026). The 8th Pay Commission has not made its recommendations yet, so its factor is not decided (Lok Sabha, 10 August 2026). Checked 28 October 2026.
What each factor would give you
The numbers below are the ones in the news. Only 2.57 was ever decided: it was the 7th Pay Commission’s, in 2016. The others are what staff bodies have asked for or said, or what analysts and a former Finance Secretary have guessed, as reported in the news. The table follows the basic pay you typed above.
| Factor, and what the number is | New basic pay | Compared with today’s basic + DA |
|---|---|---|
| 1.80 A brokerage’s forecast (2025) | ₹1,00,980 | ₹9,537 more |
| 1.83 Low end of a brokerage’s range (2025) | ₹1,02,663 | ₹11,220 more |
| 1.92 Low end of a former Finance Secretary’s guess (2025) | ₹1,07,712 | ₹16,269 more |
| 2.08 High end of the same guess | ₹1,16,688 | ₹25,245 more |
| 2.46 High end of the brokerage’s range (2025) | ₹1,38,006 | ₹46,563 more |
| 2.57 The 7th CPC’s factor, in force since 2016 | ₹1,44,177 | ₹52,734 more |
| 2.86 What the NC-JCM staff side’s secretary said in an interview (2025) | ₹1,60,446 | ₹69,003 more |
| 3.00 Demand of the postal federation FNPO (2026) | ₹1,68,300 | ₹76,857 more |
| 3.833 The NC-JCM staff side’s demand to the Commission (2026) | ₹2,15,031 | ₹1,23,588 more |
- 1.80: Kotak Institutional Equities, a brokerage, expected a factor of 1.8 (as reported in July 2025).
- 1.83: Ambit Capital, a brokerage, put the range at 1.83 to 2.46 (as reported by the Financial Express and Outlook Business in 2025).
- 1.92: Subhash Chandra Garg, a former Finance Secretary, said in January 2025 that the factor was likely to be between 1.92 and 2.08 (as reported by News24).
- 2.08: The top of Mr Garg’s range of 1.92 to 2.08.
- 2.46: The top of Ambit Capital’s range of 1.83 to 2.46.
- 2.86: Shiva Gopal Mishra, secretary of the staff side of the National Council (JCM), said in an interview in January 2025 that the factor should be “at least 2.86” (as reported by News24); in March 2025 he was reported as saying “at least 2.57, or higher”. The staff side’s formal demand to the Commission is 3.833.
- 3.00: The Federation of National Postal Organisations asked, in a letter of 7 January 2026 to the NC-JCM staff side, for a minimum pay of ₹54,000 and a factor of 3.00.
- 3.833: The staff side of the National Council (JCM) asked the 8th Pay Commission, in its memorandum of April 2026, for a minimum pay of ₹69,000, and wrote that “the Fitment Formula for the existing employees and pensioners will be 3.833” (₹69,000 ÷ ₹18,000). Bharat Pensioners Samaj, a pensioners’ body, asked for 3.83 in August 2026.
Is the 8th Pay Commission’s fitment factor decided?
No. The 8th Central Pay Commission has not made its recommendations, and no fitment factor has been announced. On 10 August 2026 the Government told the Lok Sabha: “The 8th Central Pay Commission has not submitted its recommendations to the Government yet” (answer to question 3571).
The Commission has 18 months from its setting up on 3 November 2025 (Gazette resolution). That is about May 2027, by our count. The date from which new pay will apply “shall be decided by the Government” (Lok Sabha, 8 December 2025).
January 2025
The Government announces that it will set up the 8th Central Pay Commission. (PIB)
17 March 2025
The Finance Minister tells the Lok Sabha: “It has been decided by the Government to constitute the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC).” (answer)
28 October 2025
The Cabinet approves the Commission’s terms of reference. (PIB)
3 November 2025
The Commission is set up: Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai (Chairperson), Prof. Pulak Ghosh (Member, part-time), Pankaj Jain (Member-Secretary). It has 18 months to make its recommendations. (Gazette)
8 December 2025
The Government tells the Lok Sabha that the date of implementation “shall be decided by the Government”. (answer)
5 February to 31 March 2026
The Commission’s questionnaire is open on MyGov. (Commission)
5 March to 15 June 2026
Unions, associations and ministries send memoranda to the Commission. (Commission)
May to October 2026
The Commission meets staff associations in Delhi and visits states; the latest visit listed is to Mumbai on 22 and 23 October 2026. (notice)
10 August 2026
The Government tells the Lok Sabha: “The 8th Central Pay Commission has not submitted its recommendations to the Government yet.” (answer)
28 October 2026
The Cabinet raises DA and DR from 60% to 63% of 7th CPC pay and pension, from 1 July 2026: the 8th Pay Commission’s pay has not started, so DA keeps rising on today’s pay. (PMIndia)
About May 2027
Eighteen months from 3 November 2025, by our count. The Government then decides what to accept and from when.
How a fitment factor works
A pay commission recommends new pay scales, and the Government decides what to accept. On the day new scales start, each employee’s basic pay is multiplied by one number, the fitment factor, to find the new basic pay. In 2016 that number was 2.57, and the rule was to round to the nearest rupee and then move up to the next cell of the new pay matrix if there was no cell at exactly that figure (Rule 7, CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016).
The lowest pay then was ₹7,000 (pay in the pay band ₹5,200 plus grade pay ₹1,800). ₹7,000 × 2.57 = ₹17,990, and the next cell of Level 1 was ₹18,000: the minimum pay of the 7th Pay Commission.
The new basic pay looks like a big rise, but in 2016 DA started again at 0 on it. Whether that happens again is not decided. If it does: someone on ₹56,100 today also gets ₹35,343 DA at 63%, and at 2.57 their new basic pay would be ₹1,44,177: ₹52,734 more than basic pay and DA together, not ₹88,077.
| Pay commission | From | Factor | How pay was fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6th CPC | 1 January 2006 | 1.86 | Basic pay on the 5th CPC scale × 1.86, rounded up to the next ₹10, plus the new grade pay. The Commission had proposed 1.74; the Government raised it. (Rule 7, 2008 pay rules; Government’s resolution of 29 August 2008) |
| 7th CPC | 1 January 2016 | 2.57 | Pay in the pay band plus grade pay × 2.57, rounded to the nearest rupee, then that cell of the new pay matrix or the next higher one. Of the 2.57, 2.25 merged basic pay with DA of 125%; the rest was the rise. (Rule 7, 2016 pay rules; 7th CPC report, para 4.2.9) |
| 8th CPC | Not decided | Not decided | The Commission has not made its recommendations yet. (Lok Sabha, 10 August 2026) |
More calculators and tables
- Salary calculatorBasic pay, DA, HRA and TA today and in the first month after
- Pension calculatorBasic pension, DR and the extra from 80, today and after
- Pay matrixEvery level and cell of the 7th CPC pay matrix, times any factor
- DA ratesEvery DA rise since 2016, each with its order
- 8th Pay CommissionWhat is decided, what is not, and the dates so far
Questions people ask
What is the fitment factor of the 8th Pay Commission?
It has not been decided. The Commission has not made its recommendations yet (Lok Sabha, 10 August 2026), and the Government decides after it does. Figures such as 1.92, 2.86 or 3.833 in news reports are guesses, opinions or demands, not decisions.
What was the fitment factor of the 7th Pay Commission?
2.57. From 1 January 2016, basic pay (pay in the pay band plus grade pay) was multiplied by 2.57 and rounded to the nearest rupee, then set at that cell of the new pay matrix or the next higher one (CCS (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016).
How do I work out my new basic pay?
In 2016, basic pay was multiplied by the factor and rounded to the nearest rupee. Done the same way, ₹56,100 × 2.57 = ₹1,44,177. Basic pay means the pay in your Level and Cell only, without DA or any allowance.
Does DA become zero after a new pay commission?
It did last time: the order for the 7th Pay Commission’s DA says it “shall be zero from 01.01.2016” (Finance Ministry order). Whether it will under the 8th Pay Commission is not decided. DA today is 63%; if it starts again at 0, a factor of 1.63 would only make up for today’s DA, and only the part above it would raise pay.
When will the 8th Pay Commission be implemented?
No date has been decided. The Government said in 2025 that by the usual ten-year pattern its effect “would normally be expected from 01.01.2026” (PIB, 28 October 2025), and told Parliament that the date of implementation “shall be decided by the Government” (Lok Sabha, 8 December 2025).
What would the minimum pay be?
Nobody knows yet. Arithmetic only: the minimum basic pay today is ₹18,000 (Level 1), and ₹18,000 × 2.57 = ₹46,260. Try any factor in the calculator above.