These days the market of discussions regarding the 8th Pay Commission is completely hot in the Indian administrative and financial circles. For the past few days, a news was becoming increasingly viral on various social media platforms which had given sleepless nights to crores of central employees of the country and especially lakhs of elderly pensioners. In this viral claim, it was being said that the government is soon going to stop the pension of some retired central employees forever or only those employees will get the benefit of pension revision under the new pay commission who have retired or will retire after the year 2026. Due to such misleading and sensational news, a situation of immense mental stress and confusion had arisen among the pensioners. Since lakhs of families across the country are completely dependent on this pension for their livelihood, the spread of such rumors had naturally become a matter of great concern.
NC-JCM staff side general secretary Shiv Gopal Mishra gave clarification
Amidst the increasing rumors and chaos, the situation has now become completely clear. Shiv Gopal Mishra, General Secretary, Staff Side, National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM), the largest representative forum of central employees, has issued an official statement refuting all these claims. He has clearly said that the news being spread on social media that the pension of retired employees will be stopped or they will be left out of the scope of pension revision is completely baseless, fabricated and false. Shiv Gopal Mishra released a special video message on Saturday and appealed to all the pensioners of the country not to believe any such misleading and unverified rumor at all. He told that for the last few days, he was receiving calls and messages from many pensioners from every corner of the country because mischievous elements were misusing their names and spreading false messages on social media.
Are old pensioners really being excluded from the benefits of the 8th Pay Commission?
One of the main claims going viral on social media was that only those people who will retire after 2026 after completing their service will get the benefit of the recommendations of the new Pay Commission, while the old and already retired employees will be deprived of it. Clarifying the situation on this important point, Shiv Gopal Mishra stressed that the cases of all the pensioners who have already retired under the ambit of the 8th Pay Commission are also being considered with full seriousness. No official decision has been taken by the government or the commission to prove that old pensioners will be kept out of the pension revision. The NC-JCM staff side has put forward a strong stand before the Commission that whenever recommendations for revision of pay and pension are prepared, the interests of all present and former pensioners should be kept in mind so that no injustice is done to anyone.
Structure of 8th Pay Commission and complete mathematics of data related to it
For your information, let us tell you that the 8th Central Pay Commission has been constituted by the Central Government to give recommendations for necessary changes and amendments in the pay scale of government employees and pension of pensioners. At present, more than 50 lakh serving central government employees of the country and about 69 lakh pensioners directly come under the purview of this commission, whose future and economic security depends on the report of this commission. This very important and prestigious 8th Pay Commission is being headed by former Supreme Court Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai. The Commission has been given 18 months time to prepare and submit its comprehensive report to the Central Government, during which continuous meetings and discussions are going on with various employee organizations, unions and pensioners’ associations.
Advice to pensioners: Trust only official sources and reliable information
This entire incident proves once again that in today’s digital age, spreading news without thinking on social media can prove to be dangerous. It is extremely important for pensioners not to blindly trust any unauthorized message or forwarded video. The authenticity of any serious news like closure of pension or change in rules should always be checked from official sources only. The NC-JCM leadership has also urged all pensioners to pay attention only to the information released through official union handles or trusted government channels. As far as the actual increase in pension is concerned, it is too early to give any definite figure in this regard because the final decision will be taken only after getting the formal approval of the government on the basis of the recommendations of the Commission.