8th Pay Commission: Big news for government employees and pensioners, these great demands were placed before the 8th Pay Commission

A very important news is coming for central employees and pensioners. After the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, now the employee organizations have tightened their belts. A long bundle of demands has been placed before the Commission, which if accepted, will change the fate of lakhs of people. In fact, in these proposals, major changes have been advocated ranging from changing the method of pension calculation to amendment in fitment factor and dearness relief (DR). Apart from this, there is also an interesting demand that as the age increases, the pension amount should also increase.

It is being told that all these suggestions have been submitted just before the Pay Commission’s upcoming state visits. You can gauge the seriousness of this entire matter from the fact that the acceptance or rejection of these demands is going to have a direct impact on about 65 lakh central and defense sector pensioners and about 50 lakh existing central employees of the country.

Employee organizations opened the box of demands

This time the employee organizations seem to be in a see-through mood. Many leading organizations including National Council-Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM), All India Defense Employees Federation (AIDEF) and Maharashtra Old Pension Organization have jointly submitted their proposals to the Commission. In fact, the biggest demand of the organizations is that the minimum pension should be fixed at the last basic salary drawn or directly at 67 percent of the average salary of the last 10 months of employment. Along with this, there has been talk of increasing the maximum limit of gratuity and reviewing the dearness relief system afresh. Another big demand has also been raised that pensioners should have complete freedom to choose the option of their choice among Old Pension Scheme (OPS), National Pension System (NPS) and Unified Pension Scheme (UPS).

Will pension increase with increasing age? Understand new slab

The most unique proposal that has emerged on the pensioners’ front is the gradual increase in pension according to age. Organizations say that as the age of the elderly increases, their medical and other needs increase, hence the pension should also increase in the same proportion. The proposal demands that when an employee reaches the age of 90 years or more, he should get full 100 percent of his last salary as pension.

You can understand this proposed pension slab placed before the Commission in this way:

• At age 65: 70% of last salary
• At the age of 70: 75% of last salary
• At age 75: 80% of last salary
• At the age of 80: 85% of last salary
• At age 85: 90% of last salary
• When 90 years and above: Full 100% of last salary

8th Pay Commission is going to tour the states

The Eighth Pay Commission headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has now started preparations for its next phase. In the month of June, the work of taking suggestions from the general public and different organizations has been completed. Now is the time of real test, because the members of the Commission themselves are going to visit the states and communicate directly with the employees and pensioners. As per the schedule, the Commission will be in Bhubaneswar on July 6 and 7, while it will visit Kolkata on July 9 and 10. Apart from this, a visit to the Central Railway Zone of Mumbai is also proposed, where the working conditions and working conditions of the employees will be closely assessed by visiting ground zero.

When will the new recommendations be implemented?

Now the biggest question is that when will this increased money come into the pockets of the employees? So let us tell you that right now these are just demands, which are yet to be finalized. The Commission is currently studying all these suggestions in depth and will then prepare its final recommendations. If we look at the history and working style of previous pay commissions, it is believed that the commission can submit its final report to the government by mid-2027.

After this, the phase of government approvals and administrative files will begin, which usually takes two to three years. According to local experts and experts, even if the government gives green signal to all these proposals, the real benefits to the central employees and pensioners will be available only till the year 2029 or 2030. Till then the employees will definitely have to wait for a while.