New Delhi, March 6 (IANS). The 8th Central Pay Commission has invited suggestions and representations from all stakeholders. According to the official statement, these suggestions will be accepted till 30 April 2026.
The Commission has made available on its website an online structured format for receiving memorandums/representations from serving employees, pensioners’ organizations and unions, various institutions and individual employees and pensioners.
According to the Finance Ministry, “This structured format for submission of memorandum is also available on the MyGov.in portal (innovateindia.mygov.in).”
The Commission has requested all stakeholders to submit their suggestions and representations through this portal only. The Commission has also clarified that paper based copies, emails or PDF files will probably not be accepted.
More than 1.1 crore central government employees and pensioners of the country are waiting for signs of the soon implementation of the 8th Pay Commission.
However, according to reports, it is currently considered difficult to implement the full benefit of increase in salary and pension in the financial year 2027.
Actually, the commission has been given a deadline of 18 months to submit its report. For this reason, there is a possibility that the increase in salary and pension may not be implemented in the financial year 2027. In such a situation, the Commission can speed up the process of negotiations with key stakeholders and submit its report before the deadline of May 2027.
Usually when the recommendations of a new Pay Commission are implemented, Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) are first reset to zero and then increased again in a phased manner.
After the last revision, DA and DR have reached 58 percent. According to the report, the financial impact of the 7th Pay Commission was around Rs 1.02 lakh crore. However, after adjustment of DA/DR, the actual increase to the employees was less.
But it is estimated that the financial impact of the 8th Pay Commission may be much greater than this, which may reach around Rs 2.4 lakh crore to Rs 3.2 lakh crore. The reason for this is said to be the large number of employees and increasing number of pensioners.
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