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8th Pay Commission: After the increase in Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) and dearness allowance, central employees and pensioners may get another gift. According to media reports, in the new year 2025, Modi government can take a big decision regarding the 8th Pay Commission. Since usually the Central Government constitutes Pay Commission every 10 years to revise the salaries of government employees.
The Seventh Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014, but its recommendations were implemented from January 1, 2016, which are going to end on December 31, 2025, on this basis the 8th Pay Commission is to be implemented in January 2026, so from now on The movement has intensified. If the new pay commission is implemented then the salary may increase by 44.44 percent.
Can a decision be taken on the new pay commission in 2025?
There is also a possibility that the central government may consider the 8th Pay Commission in Budget 2025, as after its formation the commission takes some time to finalize its recommendations before submitting its report to the government.
Earlier, the 7th Pay Commission took more than 18 months to finalize its report and it was implemented in 2016. Talking about the 10 year pattern, the 8th Pay Commission is to be implemented in January 2026, hence it should be considered to be implemented from 2025 itself, because in the new Pay Commission, the salary and pension of government employees will be based on various economic parameters, special It is regularly revised according to inflation.
Till now many employee organizations had sent proposals
It is noteworthy that in the last months, many employee organizations have written several letters to the Center regarding the 8th Pay Commission. During the budget session, various employee organizations including Employees Federation, National Joint Consultative Machinery Council and Indian Railway Technical Supervisors Association had written a letter to the Central Government demanding implementation of the Eighth Pay Commission.
All India Railway Employees Federation chief Shiv Gopal Mishra has expressed hope that the 8th Pay Commission will recommend that the basic pay be increased if DA exceeds 50%. The 7th Pay Commission had proposed this, but later the Center did not approve it. Now this demand will also be placed before the Eighth Pay Commission. The employees' forum has also submitted a memorandum to Union Cabinet Secretary TV Somanathan, requesting him to expedite the formation of the Eighth Pay Commission.
Recently, during the monsoon session, Rajya Sabha MPs Ramjilal Suman and Javed Ali Khan had raised questions in this regard. On this, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Choudhary had said that at present there is no proposal for consideration of the 8th Finance Commission before the Central Government, the government has received only 2 memorandums, hence there is no consideration regarding its formation.
What will be the impact on fitment factor after implementation of 8th Pay Commission?
The special thing is that once the 8th Pay Commission is implemented, the fitment factor will also increase from 2.57 to 3.68. Due to this, there is a possible increase in the salary of employees by ₹ 20,000 to ₹ 25,000. At present the fitment factor is 2.57 times and the basic salary is Rs 18000. If the fitment factor is increased from 2.57 per cent to 3.00 or 3.68 per cent.
After the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission, the salary can be fixed at Rs 34,560 and the minimum pension at Rs 17,280. Before this, the Central Government had last increased the fitment factor in 2016 and the 7th Pay Commission was also implemented from the same year. This will benefit about 48.62 lakh employees and 67.85 lakh pensioners.