There are a lot of anticipations going on about the possibility of 8th Central Pay Commission, which could mean a significant salary hike. Over 1 crore central government employees and pensioners are anxiously waiting for their updated pay packages. The Confederation of Central Government Employees and Workers wrote a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to set up a new Pay Commission as soon as possible. The worker’s body argued that the central government employees haven’t received a pay hike since 2016.

It is worth noting that the union finance ministry recently said that it has no plans to form a new Pay Commission as of now. The central government implemented the 7th Pay Commission in 2016. Notably, that Pay Commission had increased the minimum monthly salary of the employees from a mare Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. However, recent media reports suggests that the central government is planning to introduce a new mechanism to raise the salary and pensions of the employees and pensioners.

8th Pay Commission: Performance Based Salary Hikes?

According to media reports, the central government is eying on a new approach for salary revisions. The reports suggest that the government link the salary hike for the central government employees to performance metrics or inflation rates. This means that salaries could be adjusted more often on its own, without having to wait for a new pay commission. Furthermore, this would help ensure that government employees’ salaries keep pace with rising inflation. However, full details remain unclear, leaving employees in uncertainty.

Anticipations

Previously, Shiv Gopal Mishra, secretary of the staff side of the National Council of Joint Consultative Machinery (NC-JCM), said that the upcoming 8th Pay Commission will propose a fitment factor of “at-least 2.86”. If the government were to approve this fitment factor, central government employees could see a massive salary hike. Likewise, the minimum basic pay would jump from Rs 18,000 to Rs 51,480. This is an impressive 186% pay hike.

Moreover, the minimum pension for central government pensioners could also see a significant increase. Pensions would have risen from Rs 9,000 to Rs 25,740, if the proposed fitment factor was to be implemented.