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The establishment of the 8th Pay Commission in 2025 ensures sufficient time for recommendations to be implemented before the 7th Pay Commission period ends, according to Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw.
8th Pay Commission: When Will It Be Implemented?
8th Pay Commission Implementation Date: Even as the Union Cabinet, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the 8th Pay Commission last week to revise the salaries of central government employees, there have been discussions around the amount of the salary hike and its implementation data. According to reports, the basic pay will increase from Rs 18,000 per month to Rs 51,480 per month. When will government employees receive this?
8th Pay Commission: When Will It Be Implemented?
The current 7th Pay Commission’s tenure will conclude on January 1, 2026, which comes 10 years after its implementation on January 1, 2016.
As far as the 8th Pay Commission is concerned, Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw while announcing the 8th Pay Commission said, “The establishment of the 8th Pay Commission in 2025 ensures sufficient time for recommendations to be implemented before the 7th Pay Commission period ends.”
So, the 8th Pay Commission is expected to be implemented on or before January 1, 2026. It means the central government employees might start receiving their increased salaries from February 2026 (which will be the salary for the month of January 2026).
Central government pensioners will also receive higher pension with effect from January 2026.
The central government typically constitutes a pay commission every 10 years. The current 7th Pay Commission was formed in 2014 and its recommendations were implemented from January 2016, exactly 10 years after the 6th Pay Commission implementation on January 1, 2006.
8th Pay Commission: What’s The Status Now?
The 8th Pay Commission has not yet started functioning as the members have not yet been appointed.
Last week, Vaishnaw said, “The chairman and two members of the 8th Pay Commission will be appointed soon.”
Will State Govt Employees Also Receive 8th Pay Commission Salaries?
In India, the implementation of the recommendations of the latest Pay Commission for state government employees is not automatic. State governments have the discretion to decide whether or not to adopt the Pay Commission recommendations implemented by the Central Government.
The Central Pay Commission (e.g., 7th Pay Commission) issues recommendations primarily for Central Government employees. States may choose to follow the same recommendations, but they are not obligated to do so.
For instance, after the 7th Pay Commission, states like Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu implemented the recommendations with some modifications, while others took longer to roll them out.
However, states generally adopt the latest Pay Commission sooner or later.
8th Pay Commission: How Much Is the Salary Hike Expected?
Under the 7th Pay Commission, the fitment factor was set at 2.57, which increased the minimum basic pay from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. The fitment factor is a multiplier applied to the current basic pay to calculate the new salary under the revised Pay Matrix.
For the 8th Pay Commission, it is widely expected that the fitment factor will rise to 2.86, potentially increasing the minimum basic pay to Rs 51,480, a jump of 186 per cent over the current Rs 18,000.
