With the 8th Pay Commission busy putting together its recommendations, a key request form nearly all major employee and pensioner groups is to increase the number of family units. They argue that simply increasing the family units from the current range of 3 to 5 can significantly boost revised salaries in the 8th Pay Commission.
The National Council of the Joint Consultative Machinery, NC (JCM), which is the main representative of the central government employees, has put forth a memorandum to the 8th Pay Commission, asking for the minimum basic salary to jump from Rs 18,000 to Rs 69,000, emphasising that increasing the family unit to five is crucial for this change.
