Central govt employees’ pay structure should be revised every 5 years, says union as 8th Pay Commission demand grows

8th Pay Commission: With delays in its announcement, the Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately constitute the 8th Central Pay Commission to address the concerns of central government employees and pensioners.

The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers, represents about 7 lakhs central government employees working in various departments like Postal, Income tax, AG’s, Audit Departments, Survey Departments, Census, GSI, CPWD, CGHS etc. There are about 130 associations and federations which are affiliates of Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers.

In its letter, the confederation has said that central government employees’ wages were last revised w.e.f. 01.01.2016, as on 01.07.2024, the percentage of DA entitlement crossed over 53%. “During the past nine years the erosion of the real value of wages has become enormous especially after the Pandemic COVID19. The depreciation of money value has come down very much,” it said.

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Pay structure should be revised every 5 years, writes Confederation

It has requested that “the pay structure of the central government employees should be sound enough to attract the best talent of our country, it should be revised every five years. The best talented employees would be instrumental in providing good leadership and good governance”.

The confederation sid that the Government of India is a model employer and it should take care of its employees to provide a comfortable living so that they work more effectively for implementation of the programmes and policies of the Central Government.

The wage revision of central government employees is due from January 1, 2026, as past trends show that a new pay commission is set up every 10 years to revise the pension and salary of over 1 crore central government staff.

The confederation argued that the earlier central pay commissions have all along been taking about 2 years for submitting their reports and another six months or more government to consider it and to implement the same.

‘It is high time that the 8th Central Pay Commission is constituted’

“Hence, the confederation requests that it is high time that the 8th Central Pay Commission is constituted without any further delay, necessitated due to higher inflation levels and depreciation in money value, so that the central government employees and pensioners could lead a decent life and work more effectively to implement the programmes and policies of the central government, so that its benefits reaches the common man,” it said.

Meanwhile, the Union Finance Ministry, through Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, informed the Rajya Sabha that the government currently has no plans to set up a new pay commission, causing disappointment amongst employees and pensioners.