The government has received two representations for the constitution of the 8th Central Pay Commission, but no such proposal is currently under consideration, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
The 8th Pay Commission is due for implementation from January 1, 2026.
“Two representations have been received for constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission in June 2024. No such proposal is under consideration of the government, at present,” Chaudhary said.
Usually, the pay commission is constituted by the Central Government every 10 years to revise the remuneration of government employees. The 7th Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014. Its recommendations were implemented from January 1, 2016.
On June 29, 2016, the Cabinet accepted the pay commission’s recommendations on pay and pension. The minimum pay for the lowest level staff was fixed at Rs 18,000 per month (Rs 7,000 earlier); while the real increase in pay/pension was 14.3%.
In order to compensate central government employees for erosion in the real value of their salaries on account of inflation, dearness allowance (DA) is paid to them and the rate of DA is revised periodically every six months on the basis of rate of inflation.
