New Delhi. An important demand related to the 8th Pay Commission has come to light for central employees and pensioners. Till now, salary and pension revision has been done through Pay Commission usually every 10 years, but employee organizations are demanding to reduce this period to 5 years. He argues that due to continuously increasing inflation, it becomes difficult for the employees to depend on the old pay scale for a long time. In such a situation, the demand for implementing the system of reviewing salary and pension every five years is increasing.
Demand placed before 8th Pay Commission
Bharat Pensioners Society (BPS) had given many important suggestions in its memorandum submitted to the 8th Pay Commission on 7 August 2026. These also include the demand to revise salaries and pensions every five years. The organization believes that this can help in reducing the impact of inflation and maintaining better financial condition of the employees.
Other employee organizations also raised their voice
The staff side of the National Council-JCM and the Railway Senior Citizens Welfare Society have also expressed the need to reduce the review period of pay and pension. At the same time, the Federation of National Postal Organizations (FNPO) has suggested creating a permanent pay review body instead of constituting a new pay commission every 10 years.
Pensioners can also get relief
The benefit of this demand can also be important for pensioners. Employees get the benefit of salary hike every year, while pensioners are mainly given relief through Dearness Relief (DR). Bharat Pensioners Samaj has also suggested to review DA-DR every three months and take additional steps to compensate for the impact of inflation.
Will salary and pension increase every 5 years?
At present, it is important for central employees and pensioners to understand that the demand for salary-pension revision in five years is only a proposal of employee organizations. The 8th Pay Commission has not taken any final decision on this. The situation will become clear only after the recommendations of the Commission come and the approval of the Central Government. Therefore, it would not be right to say right now that a new rule for increasing salary and pension is going to be implemented every five years.