Inside news about the eighth pay commission! Will the arrears benefit be given in 5 installments in the new commission? Read in detail

8th Pay Commission : There is important news for the government employees and pension holders of the country. In fact, the focus of central employees and pensioners is currently on the 8th Pay Commission.

8th Pay Commission Announced Later in November the commission was officially constituted and now the commission has started functioning at war level. The commission has to submit its report to the government in 18 months and because of this the commission is working on a war footing.

But until the new commission is implemented, the discussions will continue continuously. Meanwhile, for the past few days, the discussion regarding the arrears of the 8th Pay Commission has been going on in the new commission.

A big question is being raised by the employees whether they will get arrears in the new commission or not. Meanwhile, a new update has come out in this regard. In fact, after the implementation of the new pay commission, there will be a huge increase in the salary, pension and allowances of the employees and pensioners.

There will be major changes in the pay structure in the coming months. However, the central government will take the complete decision on how much the increase will be and when it will be implemented. Still some claims are being made in this regard in media reports.

According to this claim, the new Eighth Pay Commission will be deemed to be effective from January 1, 2026. According to the information given by the Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in the Lok Sabha, the 8th Pay Commission has been established on November 3, 2025.

Former Justice Ranjan Prabha Desai has been appointed as the Chairman of this Commission. So Prof. Pulak Ghosh will be the part-time member and Pankaj Jain will be the member secretary. The commission has been given around 18 months to submit its report, so the report is likely to come around 2027.

The increase in salary and pension of the employees will mainly depend on the fitment factor. If the fitment factor is set at around 2.15, the basic pay of many employees may double or more.

This will affect not only salary, but also HRA, pension and other allowances. Meanwhile, the Finance Ministry has put an end to the discussions on social media about merging Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) into Basic. The government has clarified that there is no such proposal at present.

DA and DR will continue to increase every six months based on AICPI-IW index as before. Meanwhile, if the new wages are considered effective from January 1, 2026, the actual implementation may be delayed till 2028.

In that case, the employees and pensioners are likely to get arrears from January 2026. Importantly, this arrears can be distributed to government employees and pensioners in five equal installments.

Of course, no official information has been given by the government about this yet, but looking at the history of previous pay commissions, the same is likely to happen.

But due to the new pay commission, there will be a huge financial burden on the government exchequer, according to experts, this burden may go from 4 lakh crores to 9 lakh crores.