By Admin 
8th pay commission: The central government is preparing to give a big relief to the pensioners under the 8th Pay Commission. Now the demand to reduce the restoration period of commuted pension from 15 years to 12 years has been thrust. This demand is part of the Charter of Demand given to the government by the National Council of Representative of Employees. If this demand is considered, then millions of retired employees will start getting full pension soon.
What is a communed pension?
When a government employee retires, he gets an option to take a part of his pension lump sum (lump even). This is called Competition of Pension. In return, a fixed amount is deducted from the pension received every month, so that the government can compensate for that lump. At present, this deduction is up for 15 years, that is, only after 15 years, the employee gets his full pension.
Why should you be restored in 12 years?
Employees’ organizations and pensioners say that the 15 -year period is very long and financially harmful. In today’s time, interest rates have reduced considerably, while the cut formula is old. Due to this, retired employees lose a large part of their own pension.
If this period is reduced to 12 years, then retired people will get full pension quickly. This will improve their economic condition, especially when health, inflation and family responsibilities are increasing.
What does Charter of Demand say?
The National Council (JCM) has recently submitted a list of key demands of employees to the cabinet secretary. This is the biggest demand in this, the restoration period of the communicated pension should be reduced from 15 years to 12 years. There are indications from the government that this issue can be included in the TRMS of Reference of the 8th Pay Commission. This has strengthened that this change may really apply.
The issue also arose in the scova meeting
The issue raised loudly in the 34th meeting of SCOVA (Standing Committee on Voluntare Agencies) held on 11 March 2025. The meeting was chaired by the Union Minister of State (Personnel, Pension and Public Grievance). Officials of the Ministry of Finance also admitted that there is a need to make the existing system more equitable and practical. After this it was decided that this demand would be included in the agenda of the Pay Commission.
What is the status of the 8th Pay Commission?
At present, the government has not made any official announcement so far regarding the 8th Pay Commission. The term of the 7th Pay Commission ends on 31 December 2025. According to tradition, the new Pay Commission should be implemented from 1 January 2026. But the names and tors of the members of the Commission have not been decided yet. This is indicating that there may be some delay. But the issue of communication restoration has now come into priority.
What will be the benefit if this rule is implemented?
If the government reduces the restoration period of the communicable pension to 12 years, then it will be a sigh of relief for millions of pensioners. Even though the process of the 8th Pay Commission is taking time, but every step taken in this direction will be a symbol of respect and rights of people who have given government services. Apart from this, the retired employees will get the entire pension soon. They will be helped in independent economic status. It will be easy to meet health, family expenses and social responsibilities and can also provide relief to retired pensioners (if the rule was implemented from behind).
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