New Delhi, May 21, 2025.
The government will implement the 8th Pay Commission from January 1, 2026. The Pay Commission was approved on January 16, 2025. Meanwhile, the government has been advised to merge the levels of employees. It is also expected that the Pay Commission may implement a fitment factor of up to 2.86.
This could increase the salary of central employees from ₹40,000 to ₹1 lakh . At the same time, the revision of salary, pension, and allowances will benefit more than 50 lakh central government employees and about 65 lakh pensioners.
This commission will assess adjustments in salary and pension. It will focus on important issues such as the fitment factor and minimum wage standards. Millions of employees and pensioners are waiting for the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission. They hope that changes will be made according to today’s economic realities.
On January 16, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Union Cabinet approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. However, the government has not yet published the terms of reference for the 8th Pay Commission. Meanwhile, several proposals have been put forward for taxpayers in the 2025 budget. However, the budget documents do not mention the costs to be incurred by the central government in implementing the 8th Pay Commission.
