By Admin 
8th Pay Commission: Six months have passed since the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. With this the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) has reached a decisive stage. Now there is a possibility of increase in salary and pension of government employees and pensioners, for which lakhs of people are waiting. The government had constituted the 8th Pay Commission in November 2025, which is expected to be effective from January 2026.
How much time is left now?
The Commission team is now holding meetings with unions at the grassroots level. This team will visit Hyderabad on 18-19 May and Srinagar on 1-4 June to take feedback from employee organizations. Meanwhile, the Commission has extended the last date for employee and pensioner unions to submit their demands and suggestions from 30 April 2026 to 31 May 2026.
Overall, the panel constituted on November 3, 2025, has now completed almost one-third of the allotted 18-month time frame for submitting its recommendations and the matter is now in the final stage. This means that now only 12 months are left for the report on the Eighth Pay Commission.
The Central Government had given 18 months i.e. 540 days time to the Eighth Pay Commission to submit its recommendations. Accordingly, the commission will have to submit its report to the central government by May 2027.
What will happen in the remaining 12 months?
- The Commission has extended the deadline for receiving suggestions online from employee unions and pensioners till May 31, 2026.
- Between June and December, the Commission will visit various states and talk directly to representatives of Railways, Defense and other central departments.
- A final draft on salary, pension and fitment factor will be prepared after assessing the suggestions received and the government’s revenue between January 2027-May 2027.
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