Central government employees and pensioners are currently focused on the Eighth Pay Commission. Consequently, employees' and pensioners' organizations are making a number of demands regarding salary, pension, fitment factor, and annual salary increment. The Karnataka Posts and Telecommunications Pensioners' Association has also placed some important proposals before the Commission. These include a basic salary of ₹69,000, a minimum pension of ₹34,470, and an annual salary increment of 6%. However, these demands remain in the form of proposals and have not yet received final approval.

Demand for a basic salary of ₹69,000:
According to the Seventh Pay Commission, the basic salary of central government employees is currently ₹18,000. The organization has demanded that this salary be increased to ₹69,000. A fitment factor of 3.833 has been proposed for this purpose.

The proposal to increase the minimum pension to ₹34,470
is to increase the minimum pension for pensioners from ₹9,000 to ₹34,470. A fitment factor of 3.833 has been used as the basis for this increase. However, the exact amount of pension increase will only be clear after the Commission's recommendations and final decision.

The organization has proposed replacing the current 18 pay levels
with 7 pay levels in the pay structure. The organization believes this will simplify the pay structure and make it more systematic. It also calls for the implementation of standard pay scales for different levels.

Demand to increase annual pay increment from 3% to 6% There
is a proposal to increase the current 3% annual pay increment given to the employees to 6%. The organization has said that the purpose behind this is to promote the work, skills and performance of the employees. A change has been suggested in the formula for determining the minimum wage. Changes have also been demanded in the Acroyd formula used for determining the minimum wage as per today's needs.

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