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8th Pay Commission: Before the results of the Lok Sabha elections and the formation of the new government, the discussion on the 8th Pay Commission has intensified. This discussion is also happening because the Ministry of Labor has not yet released the AICPI index data for February, March and April. There is also confusion due to the rule of the Central Government that “DA will become zero when it reaches 50%”.
Here, after the letter of Indian Railway Technical Supervisor Association, now the National Council of Staff Side and All India Defense Employees Federation are also preparing to put forward the demand of implementing the 8th Pay Commission before the new government. If the government accepts this demand, then 1 crore 12 lakh employees and pensioners will get its benefit. However, the government has clarified several times in the Parliament that at present there is no thought about the next Pay Commission.
The union will put forward the demand for 8th pay commission before the new government
C. Srikumar, member of the National Council of Staff Side (JCM) and general secretary of the All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF), says that the current rate of DA for employees is 50 percent. It will increase by four percent from July 1. Inflation is constantly increasing. There is a difference of a few points in any month, but when the chart from January 2024 to June 30, 2024 will be made, on that basis, DA / DR is sure to increase by at least four percent. After the results of the Lok Sabha elections, the demand for the formation of the Eighth Pay Commission will be placed before the Central Government.
Recently the Railway Union had written a letter to the government
In fact, recently the Indian Railway Technical Supervisors Association (IRTSA) has written a letter to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) demanding the immediate establishment of the 8th Central Pay Commission.
Demanding the formation of a Central Pay Commission, IRTSA has written that the government should constitute a Pay Commission to remove the inequalities in the pay of different groups of employees and all the existing anomalies related to working conditions, promotion opportunities and distribution of posts with pay and allowances. Federation AIRF has also placed the demand for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission before the government and has also written a letter to the Cabinet Secretary.
Will there be a 44% increase in salary when the 8th pay commission is implemented?
In fact, a new pay commission has been formed every 10 years so far. The 7th Pay Commission was formed in 2013, while its recommendations were implemented in 2016. In this too, a 2.57 times increase was made on the basis of the fitment factor, which increased the salary by 14.29 percent and the basic salary became Rs 18000.
On this basis, if the 8th Pay Commission is implemented in 2025-26 as per the 10-year pattern after the formation of the new government, then the salary will increase by 44.44% and on the basis of increasing the fitment factor from 2.57 to 3.68, the minimum salary can be made Rs 26,000. It can be implemented from January 1, 2026. However, its official confirmation is yet to be done.
For example, if we talk about the fitment factor, if the basic salary of a central government employee is Rs 18,000, then his salary excluding allowances will be Rs 18,000 X 2.57 = Rs 46,260. When it becomes 3.68, the salary will become Rs 95,680 (26000 X 3.68 = 95,680), that is, there will be a benefit of Rs 49,420 in the salary.
