8th Pay Commission for defence employees: Rs 69,000 minimum pay and massive cadre restructuring; what defence employee body wants from 8th CPC

The All India Defence Employees Federation (AIDEF), which represents the defence civilian employees of the central government, has submitted its memorandum to the 8^th Pay Commission. In this document, they have outlined several requests, including a minimum pay of Rs 69,000, a fitment factor of 3.833, risk allowance for those in hazardous industrial jobs, revised cadre structures, and higher starting pay based on qualifications, among other things.

AIDEF’s requests to the 8^th CPC are for defence civilian employees working as technicians, stenographers, accountants, private secretaries, translators, and more, who work across different defence departments.