The central government has approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, which has created a wave of happiness among the central employees. This commission will review the salary, allowance, pension, and other benefits of the employees and recommend salary hikes on that basis. It is expected that the 8th Pay Commission will submit its report to the government by 2026. This decision was taken in the cabinet meeting led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Employees' salaries and pensions will increase.

After the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, there is going to be a huge increase in the salary and pension of government employees. The recommendations of this commission are to be implemented from January 1, 2026, but if there is a delay in it, will the government employees get arrears? This question has now become a topic of discussion.

Usually, the Pay Commission is constituted to review the salary and pension of the employees every 10 years. The previous Seventh Pay Commission was implemented in 2016, and now the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission are expected to be implemented in 2026.

Will arrears be given if the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission is delayed?

Although the government has not given any specific date for implementing the recommendations of the commission, union leaders say that this change should happen within 10 years, as happened during the last pay commission. If there is a delay in implementation from the scheduled date, then usually this increase is implemented from the previous date, so that the employees can get arrears.

Two members of the National Council-Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM) have said that this time also the employees can get arrears. M Raghavaiya, who is the president of the Railway Employees Union and leader of NC-JCM (Staff Side), while talking to NDTV Profit said, "The Eighth Pay Commission may take time to submit its report, but the government should implement it from January 2026 and give arrears to the employees."

Employees expected to get benefits soon.

Raghavaiya also said that the Seventh Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014 and it took about 18 months to implement its report. Before the implementation of the report, the government reviews its recommendations, and this entire process takes about two years. However, this time it is expected that the process will be a little faster so that the employees can get benefits soon.

Employees likely to get arrears: Shiv Gopal Mishra

NC-JCM (Staff Side) Secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra also believes that this time too the employees should get arrears. He told NDTV Profit, "The formation of the Eighth Pay Commission has already been delayed. Even if the commission is formed soon, it will take time to submit the report. Due to this, employees are likely to get arrears." Shiv Gopal Mishra also said that the members of NC-JCM will demand a "fitment factor of 2.86" for salary and pension revision, which will be higher than the 2.57 of the Seventh Pay Commission. In such a situation, if the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission are delayed, then the employees will get the benefit of a salary increase from the previous date and they will be given arrears. Government employees hope that this process will be completed soon so that they can get the benefit soon.

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