8th Pay Commission Latest Update: Big news related to the 8th Pay Commission is coming out for central employees and pensioners. One year has passed since the formation of the commission, but the final decision on new salary, minimum basic pay and pension increase has not been taken yet. Most of the discussion is about the fitment factor. Employees want to know how much their salary will increase and how much the pension they receive after retirement will increase.
However, the Commission has taken several important steps in the last one year. Suggestions have been sought from employees and pensioners and meetings have also been held with different organizations. Let us know the 5 big updates of the 8th Pay Commission so far.
1. The Commission has to submit the report by May 2027
The Central Government constituted the 8th Pay Commission on 3 November 2025. It is being headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. Professor Pulak Ghosh has been made part time member and Pankaj Jain has been made member secretary. The commission has been given 18 months to prepare its recommendations. Accordingly, he has to submit the report by May 3, 2027.
2. Answers to 18 questions sought from employees
The Commission had released a questionnaire consisting of 18 questions on 5 February 2026. Through this, opinions were sought from government employees, pensioners and various organizations regarding salaries, allowances, pensions and work arrangements. The last date for submitting suggestions was kept as 31 March 2026.
3. Deadline for submitting memorandum of demands extended
The process of submission of memorandum started from 5 March 2026 to give employee organizations and pensioners an opportunity to present their demands. Its deadline was earlier 30 April, which was later extended to 31 May and then 15 June 2026. Through this, organizations presented their proposals related to changes in salary and pension before the Commission.
4. Demand for ₹69,000 minimum salary and 3.833 fitment factor
The biggest discussion in the 8th Pay Commission is about the fitment factor. NC-JCM in its proposal has demanded to increase the minimum basic salary to Rs 69,000 and implement 3.833 fitment factor. Along with this, there is also a demand to increase the minimum pension to 67 percent of the last basic salary and an annual salary increase of 6 percent. However, these are the demands of the employee organizations. The government or the commission has not yet approved these figures.
5. Meetings held with employees and pensioners
The Commission had started meetings with different stakeholders from Dehradun on 24 April 2026. In these meetings, employee organizations and pensioners put forth their problems and suggestions. Meetings were also held in Mumbai on 22 and 23 October 2026. The purpose of these discussions is to understand the needs of the employees and prepare recommendations.