8th Pay Commission Updates: Will central employees get arrears of more than Rs 10 lakh? Learn complete mathematics here

8th Pay Commission Latest Update: About one crore government employees (including pensioners) across the country are keeping an eye on the updates related to the 8th Pay Commission. According to latest reports, central employees may get arrears between Rs 5 lakh to Rs 14 lakh under the 8th Pay Commission. This will depend on what the employee’s salary is. Arrear will be decided on this basis. This can be understood with an example.

Suppose the basic pay of an officer posted on the post of Cabinet Secretary is Rs 482400, obviously it is according to the 7th Pay Commission. If 3.68 fitment factor is implemented in the 8th pay commission, the basic pay will increase to Rs 920000. In such a situation, the monthly pay scale of the officer will increase by Rs 670000. If we talk about arrears, then the arrears of the Cabinet Secretary for 2 months will be Rs 1340,000.

This means that how much will the salary increase in the 8th Pay Commission? This will be decided on the basis of fitment factor. For information, let us tell you that during the 7th Finance Commission, the fitment factor was kept at 2.57. According to media reports, there may be a fitment factor of 3.68 during the 8th Pay Commission and the salary will also increase on this basis.

Deadline for giving suggestions extended again

Meanwhile, the latest update is that the 8th Pay Commission has once again extended the deadline for giving suggestions to the people. Now people will be able to give their suggestions and advice on this till June 15, 2926. Earlier the deadline for giving opinion was March 5, 2026. After this it was increased to April 30, 2026. On reading the need this was changed to 31 May. The latest update is that it has been extended once again to June 15, 2026. In such a situation, it is believed that it may take some more time for the pay commission to be implemented.

Also know

1. Pay Commission is constituted every 10 years.
2. The 7th Finance Commission ended on 31 December 2025.
3. The 8th Finance Commission has come into effect from 1 January 2026.
4. Once the 8th Pay Commission is implemented, employees will get the pay scale according to the 8th Pay Commission.
5. Pay commission is effective from January 1.
6. Employees will get it as arrears.

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