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The salary of central employees and pensioners can increase from 30% to 34% when the 8th Pay Commission is implemented. According to the report by the brokerage firm Ambit Capital, the new fitment factor can be between 1.83 and 2.46, which will increase the basic salary of the employees.
Revision of salary, pension and allowance (allowances) will benefit more than 50 lakh central government employees and about 65 lakh pensioners. The government will implement the 8th Pay Commission from 1 January 2026. The Pay Commission was approved on 16 January 2025.
However, the names of the committee chairman and its members have not been approved so far. Usually the committee is formed between two and two months, but this time it is being delayed.
Proposal to merge the level
Recently, the Advocates, who proposed by the staff, suggested to the government that Level 1 should be merged with Level 2, Level 3 with Level 4 and Level 5 with Level 6. These advocates suggest to increase salary of employees with lower pay scale and increase career growth opportunities.
Currently the monthly basic salary of Level-1 employee is Rs 18,000. At the same time, Level-2 employee gets Rs 19,900. After the merger, Level-1 employee can get more benefit, as the new salary structure will start from this level.
The formation of Pay Commission was approved on 16 January 2025
On 16 January 2025, the Union Cabinet approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. However, the government has not yet published the terms of references for the Commission.
These commissions will especially focus on big issues like fitment factor and minimum veg standards. Millions of government employees and people receiving pension hope that changes will be made only keeping in mind the economy and inflation of today.
Pay Commission is set up to review the salary structure of government employees and recommend changes in it. It works under the Expenditure Department. It is usually formed every 10 years.
