Central Government Employee: More than 1.2 crore employees and pensioners working in the central government are eagerly waiting for the eighth pay commission. Earlier it was expected that the next Pay Commission would start its term from 1 January 2026, but now it does not seem because there is not much progress in the appointment of members. But meanwhile, there is a good news that according to a recent report by brokerage firm Embit Capital, central government employees and pensioners may get a salary increase of up to 34 per cent according to the Eighth Pay Commission. The report also said that after the implementation of the recommendations of the Commission, it will not only increase the salary of government employees, but will also give a tremendous boost to consumption expenditure in the country. This major factor determines the salary and pension of government employees. This is decided keeping in mind various factors such as inflation, employees’ needs and government capacity. Currently, the salary structure of central employees is based on the Fitment Factor of the 7th Pay Commission implemented in 2016. The report said that the fitment factor in the 8th Pay Commission may be between 1.83 and 2.46. How much this fitment factor employees and pensioners will get an increase, will play an important role in this. Effect of FTIME Factor? The current Pay Commission implemented a fitment factor of 2.57 per cent. However, this does not mean that the salary has increased by 2.57 times, as it was only added to the original salary, making it at least ₹ 18,000. The actual growth in the salary component was 14.3 percent. Significantly, at the beginning of the new Commission, dearness allowance has been reduced to zero, as the index is again based. The same is expected to happen under the Eighth Pay Commission. Salaries of government employees include basic salary, dearness allowance (DA), house rent allowance (HRA) and transport allowance. The basic salary of employees is 51.5 percent of their total income.