8th Pay Commission: Since the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, a lot of agitation is being seen among the employees. While employee organizations have certain expectations from the Pay Commission, pensioners also have different expectations. After the demands of the employee organizations, now the pensioners’ organizations have also demanded changes in the pension structure from this Pay Commission. Now pensioners want that they should get increased pension as per their age.

Pension should be according to age
In the 8th Pay Commission, everyone from employees to pensioners have put forth their demands. Some have demanded increase in DA, some have demanded salary revision and some have demanded pension benefits. Apart from the demand of the employees, pension organizations are also demanding that retired employees should be given pension according to their age. The higher the age, the more he will get the same percentage of his salary during retirement as pension. It has been demanded to keep this structure as follows:

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• A 65 year old retired employee should get 70% of his last salary as pension.
• A 70 year old retired employee should get 75% of his last salary as pension.
• A 75 year old retired employee should get 80% of his last salary as pension.
• An 80 year old retired employee should get 85% of his last salary as pension.
• An 85 year old retired employee should get 90% of his last salary as pension.
• Retired employees aged 90 years or above should get their last salary in the form of full 100% pension.

Not only this, the employees have also put forth their demands regarding pension. In which:

• Increasing the minimum pension to 67% of the last drawn pay (LPD), or equal to the average pay drawn during the last 10 months of service.
• To amend the fitment factor used for pension calculation.
• To review the Dearness Relief (DR) structure and integrate it into pension benefits.
• To expand the scope of family pension benefits.

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Let us tell you that after the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, if the demands of the employees and pensioners are accepted, then about 50 lakh central employees will get the benefit. So about 56 lakh retired pensioners will also get its benefit, including retired defense and railway employees.

8th Pay Commission: The 8th Pay Commission was approved by the Union Cabinet in January. A commission was formed in October, which will now have to give its recommendations on the Pay Commission in the next 18 months. However, meanwhile there is a lot of confusion among the people regarding this. There are constant demands for changes in the Terms of Reference (ToR). Amid uncertainties regarding pension revision in the Eighth Pay Commission, an association representing central government employees has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to order changes in the ToR for the Eighth Pay Commission so that the revision in pension benefits can be allowed.

What is the demand of the union?

Central government employees are also demanding revision of pension and pension related benefits under the 8th Pay Commission and restoration of the Old Pension Scheme (OPS) as well as a comprehensive review of NPS/UPS. The union has demanded from the government the inclusion of autonomous bodies and rural postal employees in the Eighth Pay Commission so that they can get all the benefits related to retirement. Besides, there has also been a demand to give 20% interim relief to the pensioners immediately.

They are also demanding implementation of the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission from January 1, 2026 because there is an atmosphere of tension among crores of government employees and pensioners regarding this. In fact, recently the Union Cabinet has decided in the ToR who will oversee the recommendations for the 8th CPC, the lack of mention of the timeline in it has become a matter of concern for the employees and pensioners.

Timeline should be mentioned in ToR

Confederation of Central Government Employees & Workers has raised the question as to why the timeline for the implementation of the Eighth Pay Commission is not mentioned in the ToR. He says that earlier the recommendations of pay commissions were implemented at a gap of 10-10 years.
4th CPC – 01-01-1986
5th CPC – 01-01-1996
6th CPC – 01-01-2006
7th CPC – 01-01-2016

According to this, the Eighth Pay Commission is to be implemented from January 1, 2026 (01.01.2026). The Workers Union has requested PM Modi to mention this clearly in the ToR so that if there is any confusion among employees and pensioners regarding this, it can be removed.

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