India, June 13 -- The 8th Pay Commission was approved by the Union Cabinet on January 16 for revising the salaries of central government employees. However despite the government approval, an official announcement is still awaited.

Currently the salary structure for central employees follows the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission which came into effect in 2016. Several government employees are still waiting for the release of the terms of Reference for 8th Pay Commission.

A fitment factors points out to how much the revised salary will be on the base salary. It refers to the multiplication unit which is used for revising the base salaries and pensions of government employees.

A fitment factor of 2.57 means a 157 per cent increas...