What is the 8th Pay Commission?
A Central Pay Commission is set up roughly every ten years to review the salaries, allowances and pensions of central government employees and pensioners. The 7th CPC pay matrix took effect on 1 January 2016. The 8th Pay Commission, announced by the government in January 2025, will recommend the next revision — covering roughly 50 lakh serving central employees and around 65 lakh pensioners. Once its recommendations are accepted and notified, every cell of the 7th CPC pay matrix is replaced by a revised matrix built on a new minimum pay and a fitment factor.
Where things stand (as of June 2026)
The commission has been constituted and is at the stage of gathering inputs; its recommendations are expected before implementation. No fitment factor, effective date or revised pay matrix is official yet. This calculator therefore works on scenarios — the publicly discussed fitment factors from 1.83 to 2.86 — applied to your current 7th CPC basic pay. Whatever the commission finally recommends, and the government accepts, will override these projections.
How the fitment factor works
The fitment factor is a single multiplier: new basic pay = current basic pay × fitment factor. It looks dramatic, but remember that on revision your DA resets to zero — the dearness allowance you currently draw gets absorbed into the new basic. The 7th CPC used 2.57, yet because 125% DA was merged at the time, the real increase worked out to about 14.3%.
The same logic applies now: at the current 58% DA, a 2.28 fitment factor means roughly a 44.3% rise over your present basic-plus-DA — not a 128% raise. That is why the gross-salary comparison above matters more than the multiplier itself.
Worked example: Level 6, basic ₹35,400
Take a Level 6 employee at the entry basic of ₹35,400 in an X-class (metro) city, with DA at 58% and transport allowance of ₹3,600:
- Current gross: basic ₹35,400 + DA ₹20,532 + HRA 30% ₹10,620 + TA ₹3,600 = ₹70,152
- At fitment 2.28: new basic = ₹80,712; DA resets to 0; HRA 30% on the new basic = ₹24,214; TA ₹3,600 → projected gross ₹1,08,526
- Monthly hike: ₹38,374 — about 54.7% over the current gross
Allowances such as HRA percentage slabs and TA rates are themselves reviewed by every pay commission, so the projected gross is indicative — the new basic pay is the firmer number in any scenario.
New basic pay at different fitment factors
Computed from the 7th CPC entry basic of each level (new basic = basic × fitment, rounded). 2.57 is shown because it was the 7th CPC factor; 1.92 and 2.28 are the most commonly discussed 8th CPC scenarios.
| Level (current entry basic) | × 1.92 | × 2.28 | × 2.57 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Level 1 (₹18,000) | ₹34,560 | ₹41,040 | ₹46,260 |
| Level 4 (₹25,500) | ₹48,960 | ₹58,140 | ₹65,535 |
| Level 6 (₹35,400) | ₹67,968 | ₹80,712 | ₹90,978 |
| Level 7 (₹44,900) | ₹86,208 | ₹1,02,372 | ₹1,15,393 |
| Level 10 (₹56,100) | ₹1,07,712 | ₹1,27,908 | ₹1,44,177 |
Scenario projections, not official figures — the 8th CPC has not recommended any fitment factor as of June 2026.
Using this calculator well
Enter your actual current basic pay (from your pay slip) rather than the entry basic if you have moved up the matrix with increments — the direct input overrides the level dropdown. Keep DA at the latest notified rate (58% as of the Jul-2025 order; the DA rate table tracks revisions, including the expected January 2026 change). Pensioners should use the dedicated pension calculator, which models basic pension × fitment with dearness relief notes.