8th Pay Commission: The central government has announced the 8th Pay Commission. There is a wave of happiness among the central employees due to this announcement of the government. Since then the central employees are waiting for its implementation. However, it has been proposed to implement the Eighth Pay Commission from January 1, 2026, which will be the beginning of the last quarter of the financial year 2025-26
8th Pay Commission : The central government has announced the 8th Pay Commission. There is a wave of happiness among the central employees due to this announcement of the government. Since then, the central employees are waiting for its implementation. However, it has been proposed to implement the Eighth Pay Commission from January 1, 2026, which will be the beginning of the last quarter of the financial year 2025-26. The government has not yet issued the Terms of Reference for the Pay Commission. That is, till now the government has not clarified from its side when it will be implemented.
It is not written in the document when the 8th Pay Commission will be implemented
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav had said during the announcement that the announcement of the commission ahead of time would provide enough time to implement it. This indicated that it could be implemented from the proposed date itself. But no provision related to this was seen in the government document. This has caused some disappointment among the employees. Many schemes were announced for taxpayers in Budget 2025. There was no mention of the expenditure of the Pay Commission. This raises the question whether the government can implement it from any other month in 2026? Central employees are now waiting to know clearly about the situation from the government.
Will the 8th Pay Commission be implemented from January 1, 2026?
The recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission, constituted to revise the salaries and allowances of about 50 lakh central government employees and 65 lakh pensioners, are unlikely to be implemented from January 1, 2026. Let us tell you that earlier the recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission were implemented in 2016. Then there was a big increase in the salary of government employees. However, the final decision regarding the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission has not been taken yet. For this reason, there has been no official announcement on when it will be implemented.
Cabinet approved the 8th Pay Commission
On 16 January 2025, the Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. This commission will review the pay scale of central government employees and the allowances of pensioners. The government has indicated that the recommendations of this commission may see a major change in the salary structure. Employees and pensioners hope that this commission will give a good increase in salary, which will increase their purchasing power.
How much can the salary increase?
If the fitment factor is fixed at 2.08, then the minimum basic salary of central employees can increase from Rs 18,000 to Rs 37,440. At the same time, the pension can increase from Rs 9,000 to Rs 18,720. But if the fitment factor goes up to 2.86, then the salary can increase by 186%. If this happens, the minimum salary can increase to Rs 51,480 and the pension can increase to Rs 25,740.
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