8th Pay Commission 2024: Earlier it was 11 thousand, now the salary of government employees will increase by this much with the eighth pay commission

8th Pay Commission Committee )  Discussion of the Eighth Pay Commission has now started in the country. The demand for the 8th Pay Commission for more than 1 crore employees of the Central Government has intensified. 

Employee organizations want the government to constitute the Eighth Pay Commission to review their salary, allowances and pension soon. Meanwhile, it is being speculated that the government may constitute the Eighth Pay Commission in the country on January 1, 2026.

New Pay Commission comes into effect after completion of ten years-

Actually, the central government implements the recommendations of the new pay commission every ten years. The 7th Pay Commission was implemented on 1 January 2016. 

In such a situation, there is a possibility that the 8th Pay Commission may be implemented from 2026 after its completion of 10 years.

This decision of the government will change the salary and pension of more than one crore central government employees and pensioners. However, no confirmation has been made by the government in this matter.

Manmohan government had formed-

The Seventh Pay Commission was constituted during the Manmohan Singh government. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh constituted this commission on 28 February 2014. 

The commission presented its report on 19 November 2015 and the recommendations of the commission were implemented on 1 January 2016 in the Modi government.

There was a profit of 11 thousand rupees-

In the 7th Pay Commission, the government had fixed a fitment factor of 2.57. This brought about a big change in the salary and pension of the employees. Due to this decision, the minimum salary of the employees reached Rs 18,000. In the 6th Pay Commission, it was Rs 7,000.

Apart from this, the minimum pension was increased from Rs 3,500 to Rs 1,000. The maximum salary reached Rs 2.5 lakh and the maximum pension reached Rs 1,25,000. Let us tell you that the fitment factor is used to calculate salary and pension.

Fitment for 8th Pay Commission-

The government can implement 1.92 fitment for the eighth pay commission. Due to this, the minimum salary can increase from Rs 18 thousand to Rs 34 thousand 560. Also, the minimum pension can also go up to Rs 17,280. Along with this, the maximum salary and pension can also increase.