The 8th Commission will not be like the 7th Pay Commission, the employees will not get their dues, the employees are worried about the role of the government.

8th Pay Commission: Are you also a government employee? Or is anyone in your family in government service? Then today’s news will be special for you. Right now, from the offices of the government employees to the AC office of the minister, there is a strong discussion of the new eighth pay commission.

The New Pay Commission is currently the most important issue for central government employees and pensioners. When will the 8th Pay Commission come into effect and will the arrears be received? This is also an important question before the employees. Meanwhile, an update is coming out in this regard which is increasing the concern of new and government employees as well as pensioners.

About 50 lakh employees and 69 lakh pensioners of the country were waiting for the eighth pay commission for many days and finally the terms of reference of the new pay commission has been approved and the work has also started through a three member committee.

The Eighth Pay Commission Committee has also been directed to submit its report to the government within 18 months. As the term of the 7th Pay Commission ends on 31st December 2025, it was expected that the new pay structure will come into effect from 1st January 2026.

However, the reply given by the government in the parliament has further increased the anxiety of the employees and now there is confusion among the employees whether the same benefits as the 7th Pay Commission will be available in the new 8th Pay Commission or not.

In the 7th Pay Commission, the central government employees as well as the pensioners got arrears benefits. But the new 8th Pay Commission doesn’t see anything like that happening and government employees are worried.

Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary explained the government’s position while replying to a question regarding the 8th Pay Commission in the winter session. He said that the government will take the final decision on the date from which the recommendations of the Pay Commission should be implemented.

It also stated that necessary funds will be provided for the accepted recommendations. However, no concrete assurance has been given that the arrears will be paid from January 1, 2026. The work of the 8th Pay Commission has just started and the committee is scheduled to submit its report by mid-2027.

After that the cabinet approval and notification process will take another five-six months. In short, concrete information is coming out that the eighth pay commission will be implemented at the end of 2027 or at the beginning of 2028.

Now if we consider the previous pay commissions, the employees have got the benefit of arrears. The 7th Pay Commission came into effect after January 2016 but in the previous pay commission, the employees were given back pay from January 1, 2016.