8th Pay Commission: Fun for government employees! There will be a bumper jump in salary with the departure of 7th Pay Commission

8th Pay Commission Latest Update: A big news is coming for central government employees and pensioners. The 7th Central Pay Commission is going to complete its glorious 10 years on 31st December 2025. You would remember that when it was implemented on January 1, 2016, there was a revolutionary change in the salary structure of government employees. Now that its time is about to end, everyone’s eyes are fixed on the 8th Pay Commission, which is highly likely to be implemented from January 1, 2026.

Mathematics of Fitment Factor and Pay Matrix

During the 7th Pay Commission, the government had fixed the fitment factor at 2.57. Along with this, the ‘Grade Pay’ system that had been running for years was abolished and a new ‘Pay Matrix’ was introduced. The biggest advantage of this change was that the salary structure of the employees became easier and more transparent than before. Now similar big expectations are being placed from the 8th Pay Commission, which can provide great relief to the employees in this era of inflation.

Journey from 6th to 7th Pay Commission

If we look back, at the time of the 6th Pay Commission, inflation was skyrocketing. By December 2015, Dearness Allowance (DA) had reached the level of 119%. At that time, the total basic pay and grade pay of a Level-1 employee was Rs 8,800, on which the total salary after adding DA and HRA was around Rs 22,000. That is, at that time DA had handled the impact of inflation to a great extent.

What is the situation now after DA becomes zero?

DA was again reduced to zero as soon as the 7th Pay Commission was implemented, but instead the basic pay was directly increased to Rs 18,000. Today after 10 years the situation is that DA has reached 58%. That means, on a basic salary of Rs 18,000, employees are getting only dearness allowance of about Rs 10,440. If we add the HRA of

How much will the salary increase due to the 8th Pay Commission?

In comparison, from 2016 till now there has been an increase of about 55% in the total salary. Basic pay increased from Rs 8,800 to Rs 18,000 and HRA also increased more than double. However, the main concern of the employees is that there has been no increase in the minimum basic pay since 2016. Now that DA has crossed the 50% limit, employee organizations are strongly demanding a new fitment factor and higher minimum wage. With the arrival of the 8th Pay Commission, there is once again a huge jump in the salary.