8th Pay Commission: 14% Then, 140% Now? What Past Precedent Reveals About Current Salary Hike Demands

Published 19 Oct 2026, 21:20 IST

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Employee unions have reiterated the call for 3.833 as fitment factor under the 8th Pay Commission. When compared against the way the last pay panel measured its own award, that works out to about 10 times the real raise employees got in 2016.

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