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8th Pay Commission Updates: The decision to freeze the DA/DR from January 2020 to June 2021 was taken in wake of the pandemic slump.
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8th Pay Commission Updates: While there has been some delay in the past between announcement of the CPC and its constitution but this time around, the delay has stretched too far. The present delay of 203 days has crossed pervious timelines of other CPCs.
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8th Pay Commission Updates: If one looks at the past records, it has taken somewhere around 1.5 years for a pay commission to be implemented from the date of announcement.
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In January, the Cabinet approved setting up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of nearly 50 lakh central government employees and allowances of about 65 lakh pensioners.
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8th Pay Commission: Since the January 16 announcement by Vaishnaw, it has been more than 160 days, and there is no buzz on the ToR so far.
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8th Pay Commission: Though central government employees may desire a higher fitment factor for more hikes, the fiscal concerns would force the CPC to look at more doable range between 2.6 and 2.7.
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8th Pay Commission: It should be noted that there were reports earlier this year that the terms of reference were said to get clearance by March-end.
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Under the 7th Pay Commission, which will expire in December this year, the officials had fixed 2.57 as the fitment factor.
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8th Pay Commission Formation Update: The Department of Expenditure also said that this was an “open-ended circular."
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The CGHS is a comprehensive medical care programme that covers all central government staff, their dependents as well as pensioners.
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8th Pay Commission: The term of 7th Pay Commission will end in 2026
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While the Centre has confirmed the decision of constituting the 8th Pay Commission, there has been no official timeline regarding when this Central pay Commission will be set up.
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8th Pay Commission News: The finance minister made the statement in Lok Sabha during the ongoing budget session of Parliament. The statement comes amid latest DA hike for the central govt staff
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The finance ministry is waiting for final inputs from key departments before sending the terms of reference for cabinet approval, paving the way for the commission’s formation.
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8th Pay Commission: While there has been no official announcement, latest buzz suggests that the fitment factor for the 8th Pay Commission will increase somewhere between 1.92 and 2.86.
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8th Pay Commission Update: It should be noted that while the 8th Pay Commission has been announced by the Centre, it remains to be formally set up.
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8th Pay Commission Latest News: Since India's independence in 1947, the country has seen seven Pay Commissions.
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Pay commissions have seen a rising difference between between maximum and minimum pay. While the difference had declined to 10.2 times by the fifth pay commission, it had increased to 11.4 times by the sixth pay commission and 12.5 times by the seventh pay commission
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With the constitution of the Eighth Central Pay Commission in 2025, increases in salary and pension expenditures for central government employees will start reflecting in the central budget from FY 2026-27.
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The Union Cabinet has approved the setting up of the 8th Central Pay Commission for central government employees, following the end of the 7th Pay Commission in 2026. Learn more about the expected changes in salaries, pensions, and benefits for govt employees and when the new commission will be formed.
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The pay commissions are, notably, set up once in 10 years to recommend the government on changing the pay structure and scale of its employees
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On the Finance Ministry stating that there is no proposal under consideration to set up the 8th pay panel, the government sources said it was "premature" to ask at this point of time.
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The government is not considering setting up the 8th Pay Commission for central government employees, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed Lok Sabha on Monday.
