7th Pay Commission Update: If you or there is a central employee in your family, then this news is useful. Yes, right now the central employees are waiting for the increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for July by the government.
But before this, the government has cleared the situation on the 8th Pay Commission (8th Pay Commission). It is often a matter of discussion among the Central Employees whether the government will constitute the Eighth Pay Commission or not. The Eighth Pay Commission and salary hike were explained in detail by the government in Parliament.
Answered questions related to salary, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary answered questions related to salary of government employees in a written reply in Lok Sabha. Chaudhary said that no proposal is under consideration with the Central Government regarding the formation of the Eighth Pay Commission. In some media reports, it was being said that it would be implemented from January 1, 2026.
Dearness Allowance will increase every six months
The Union Minister also clarified that the Eighth Pay Commission will not be constituted. Let us tell you that the government had constituted the Seventh Pay Commission in February 2014. Whose recommendations were implemented from 1 January 2016. When Chowdhary was asked how the salary of government employees would increase in the midst of inflation. On this, he said that dearness allowance will be given to the employees every six months.
Like the existing rule, the dearness allowance of the employees will be increased on the basis of the AICPI index . Let us tell you that at present, the central employees are getting 34 percent Dearness Allowance (DA). On behalf of the government, it was increased in March on the basis of January. Dearness Allowance for July is yet to be announced. Based on the data of the AICPI index, it is expected that this time it can increase by 4 percent.
