The dearness allowance (DA) is paid by the Indian government to help its employees manage the rising cost of living. Under the 7th Pay Commission, DA growth remained slower than what was seen in ...

Central government employees may soon see progress on the long-awaited 8th Pay Commission, with fresh updates fuelling ...

DA for central government employees is likely to rise to 60 per cent from January 2026, while attention now shifts to Union ...

8th Pay Commission: Although the 8th Pay Commission is widely expected to be implemented around mid-2027, revised salaries ...

If the fitment factor in the 7th Pay Commission was 2.57, so a Rs 7,440 basic pay in the 6th Pay Commission increased to Rs ...

Similar to previous Pay Commissions, the new salary structure under the 8th Central Pay Commission (8th CPC) will be determined by the fitment factor, which was fixed at 2.57 in the 7th Pay Commission ...

As the 8th Pay Commission gathers pace, the fitment factor has become the key talking point. From conservative estimates of 1 ...