This is important news for employees. Since the announcement of the Eighth Pay Commission on January 15, 2025, over 10 million employees and pensioners across the country have been discussing salary increases. The Commission's official notification was published in October 2025, and the Terms of Reference were announced in November. Since then, the Commission has begun holding meetings in various cities across the country to understand the demands of employee organizations. Therefore, even though the Pay Commission's work is progressing rapidly, the final report is still awaited.

Dr. Manjeet Singh Patel, National President of the All India NPS Employees Federation, outlined the key issues raised before the Commission. According to him, the most important issue of the Eighth Pay Commission is the fitment factor, and employees' basic salaries will be increased based on this. Keeping rising inflation in mind, different employee organizations have presented different proposals to the Commission.

Although some organizations have cited gold prices when setting salaries, Dr. Patel clarified that basing salaries on this is inappropriate, as gold prices fluctuate daily. Instead, he stated that the most important component of salary changes is dearness allowance (DA).

Additionally, the current three-member family concept has been changed to five members and a basic salary has been fixed. It has also been recommended that annual salary increments, including DA, be increased to 6-7 percent, and that employees' salaries be increased by at least 10 percent each year.

PC: India today