India, March 6 -- The 8th Pay Commission, which has been recently announced by the centre, will revise the salaries of all central government employees.

Though the formation of the 8th pay commission's particulars is still ongoing, the following is how the previous 7th pay commission introduced a new pay matrix.

The 7th pay commission replaced the 6th pay commission's grade pay system with a rationalised pay matrix, allowing anyone to understand all pay levels using just one simple chart.

The matrix helped employees to see their pay level as well as how their career can likely to progress over time.

There are two dimensions of the pay matrix:

Meanwhile, the starting point of the matrix reflects the minimum pay based on the Aykroyd fo...