8th Pay Commission: The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission for central government employees and pensioners will be presented soon. The members of the new pay commission are expected to be constituted in April this year. This commission will work to change the salary and allowances of central employees.
8th Pay Commission: The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission will be presented soon for central government employees and pensioners. The members of the new pay commission are expected to be constituted in April this year. This commission will work to change the salary and allowances of central employees. If reports are to be believed, the Dearness Allowance (DA) may be zero in the 8th Pay Commission. Currently, central employees get 53 percent DA of the basic salary.
There will be changes in allowances in the 8th pay commission
The biggest impact of the 8th Pay Commission will be on the Dearness Allowance (DA), which will be made zero. It is expected that when the recommendations of the new Pay Commission are implemented, the existing DA can be merged into the basic salary. And then the calculation of DA will start from zero. That is, after that the government will increase DA twice a year. Every year, DA will be increased by an average of 7 to 8 percent.
When will the new pay commission be implemented?
According to experts, the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission can be implemented from January 2026, after which DA will be made zero. After this, new DA will be added from July 2026 on the basis of AICPI index. That is, the first increase in DA will be on July 1, 2026.
Will DA and DR be added to the basic salary?
Earlier, the 5th and 6th Pay Commission reports (para 105.11) had recommended merging DA with the basic salary and terming such merger as dearness pay. Following this recommendation, in 2004, 50% of the DA of the basic salary was merged to form dearness pay for the purpose of calculation of allowances and retirement benefits. But later this was changed. However, this change will not happen automatically. The government will have to take a decision on this. It is expected that DA will be zero in the 8th Pay Commission. The earlier DA will be linked to the basic salary.
The government said this
Central Government Employees are currently getting dearness allowance at the rate of 53 percent. They will get it. When DA increased to 50 percent, it was believed that it would now be added to the basic salary and DA would be calculated separately. However, the government did not do so. Now it is expected that DA will be merged when the 8th Pay Commission is implemented.
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