New Pay Commission: Usually the central government constitutes a new pay commission every ten years. At present, the 7th Pay Commission has been implemented, which was implemented by the NDA government in 2016 and now preparations are on to implement the next pay commission from January 2026.
8th Pay Commission: After the announcement of the formation of the 8th Pay Commission by the Central Government, now lakhs of central employees and pensioners are waiting for its implementation. It is reported that the 8th Pay Commission can be implemented from January 1, 2026 as the tenure of the 7th Pay Commission is going to end on 31 December 2025.
After the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, there is a possibility of a significant increase in salary and pension. If for any reason it takes time to implement the 8th Pay Commission, then the Central Government will pay by adding the increased amount from January 1, 2026 itself, that is, the employees will get the arrears. Its benefit will be available to 50 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners. The 8th Pay Commission will not have any financial impact on the financial year 2026.
The process of implementing the new Pay Commission will start from April
According to many media reports, the Finance Ministry will start the work of the 8th Pay Commission from April 2025, while Shiv Gopal Mishra of Joint Consultative Machinery says that the 8th Pay Commission can be constituted by February 15, 2026 and its final report will be submitted by November 30. After this, the government will review it in December 2025, and it can be implemented from January 2026.
8th Pay Commission: How much will salary and pension increase
- According to media reports, the fitment factor in the new pay commission can be fixed between 2.28 to 2.86, which will increase the basic salary by 40-50%.
- If the current salary of an employee is Rs 20,000 and after the implementation of the new pay commission, the salary can be between Rs 46,600 to Rs 57,200.
- The minimum basic salary is expected to increase to Rs 40,000. Apart from this, allowances and performance-based bonuses will also be available.
- If the fitment factor is set at 2.0, the basic salary can increase to Rs 36,000 – which is a huge increase of 100%.
- A fitment factor of 2.08 can increase the minimum basic salary to Rs 37,440, which shows an increase of 108%.
- The minimum pension of pensioners will potentially increase to Rs 18,720.
NC-JCM made this demand
The National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) is in talks with the 8th Pay Commission to establish a uniform fitment factor for revision of pay of central government employees across all pay bands.
The employees union demands that the fitment factor should be uniform across all pay bands, be it pay band 1 or pay band 4, before the 8th Pay Commission. Under the 7th Pay Commission, a fitment factor of 2.57 was adopted for revising the pay of employees in pay band 1. The 7th Pay Commission has suggested a fitment factor of 2.81 for top level pay revision keeping in view the rationalization index.
