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Over 1 crore central government employees and pensioners may face salary hike delays under the 8th Pay Commission.
The 8th Pay Commission is expected to fix a fitment factor between 1.92 and 2.86.
8th Pay Commission: Over 1 crore central government employees and pensioners may have to wait longer than expected to get their salary hike under the 8th Pay Commission. According to a report of Financial Express, the 8th pay commission’s recommendation could be implemented around the end of 2027 or the beginning of 2028, given the total time taken by the 7th pay commission to implement the recommendations since its formation.
The FE report said that it took about 2 years and 9 months from the announcement of the 7th Pay Commission to the implementation of the recommendations.
If the announcement of the 8th Pay Commission has been made in January 2025, it’s unlikely that it would make its recommendations in 2026 and be accepted by the government the same year, it added.
Looking at the delay in the notification of Terms of Reference (ToR) and the announcement of the chairperson and members, the logic seems reasonable.
More than six months after the Centre announced the formation of the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), there has been little to no progress on the ground. The expected timeline is now slipping, raising concerns among central government employees and officials alike.
However, the FE report cautioned that it is not necessary that the 8th Pay Commission will follow the exact same timeline as the 7th.
If the government constitutes the 8th Pay Commission now, the new recommendations may be implemented in early 2028, it added.
8th Pay Commission Progress
Earlier, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, said that the government has received inputs from various stakeholders and will announce the official notifications in “due course”.
Chaudhary noted that the 8th pay commission will make its recommendations within the stipulated timeline that will be given in the ToR.
The 7th Pay Commission was implemented in 2016, with revisions effective from January 1 that year. As per the 10-year cycle, the 8th CPC was expected in 2024–25, but delays have sparked concern among government staff and pensioners amid rising inflation.
This commission is set to guide future pay revisions for millions of central government employees and pensioners.
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