8th Pay Commission: There is news of work for the central employees and pensioners waiting for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. A big increase can be seen in the basic salary and other allowances of central employees and pensioners.
8th Pay Commission: There is news of work for the central employees and pensioners waiting for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. A big increase can be seen in the basic salary and other allowances of central employees and pensioners. In fact, recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given big information in Parliament on the 8th Pay Commission.
What did Sitharaman say?
Responding to the discussion on the Appropriation (Number 3) Bill 2025 and Finance Bill 2025 in the House, Sitharaman said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved the establishment of the 8th Central Pay Commission in January 2025 to revise the salaries and benefits of central government employees and pensioners. He said that all central government pensioners who retired before January 1, 2016 are receiving pension equal to that of employees retiring after January 1, 2016. Keeping in view the recommendations made by the Sixth Pay Commission, the difference between pensioners is inevitable and it is being brought in the form of amendment and through validation. He said that the validation rules do not in any way change or modify the existing pension prescribed from the current stage for existing civil pensioners. The validation rules do not affect defense pensioners in any way as they are covered by separate rules. The Finance Minister said that this is not an amendment to any pension rule or instruction, but only a confirmation of the same. June 1, 1972, i.e. the date when the CCS (Pension) Rules were implemented.
DA has increased by 2%
Let us tell you that on Friday, the Central Government approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for its existing employees under the 7th Pay Commission. This will increase the DA of central government employees from the current 53% to 55% of their basic salary. Notably, the hike in DA, which is revised every 6 months, also increases other salary components like HRA (House Rent Allowance) and TA (Travel Allowance). Central government employees will get this increased DA for the months of January and February 2025 as arrears along with the salary of the month of March.
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