8th Pay Commission: There is good news for central employees and pensioners who are waiting for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. A big increase can be seen in the basic salary and other allowances of central employees and pensioners.
There is good news for central employees and pensioners who are waiting for the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. A big increase can be seen in the basic salary and other allowances of central employees and pensioners. In fact, recently Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has given important information in the Parliament on the 8th Pay Commission.
What did Sitharaman say?
Sitharaman, while replying to the discussion on the Appropriation (No. 3) Bill 2025 and Finance Bill 2025 in the House, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approved the establishment of the 8th Central Pay Commission to revise the salaries and benefits of central government employees and pensioners in January 2025. She said that all central government pensioners who retired before January 1, 2016 are receiving pension at par with employees retiring after January 1, 2016.
Taking into account the recommendations made by the Sixth Pay Commission, the difference between the pensioners is inevitable and it is being brought in as a revision and through validation. She said that the validation rules do not in any way change or modify the existing pension prescribed from the current stage for existing civil pensioners.
The validation rules do not affect defense pensioners in any way as they are covered by separate rules. The Finance Minister said that this is not an amendment to any pension rule or direction, but only a confirmation of the same. June 1, 1972, i.e., the date when CCS (Pension) Rules were enacted.
DA has increased by 2%
Let us tell you that last Friday, the Central Government approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) for its existing employees under the 7th Pay Commission. This will increase the DA of central government employees from the current 53% to 55% of their basic salary. Notably, the increase in DA, which is revised every 6 months, also increases other salary components like HRA (House Rent Allowance) and TA (Travel Allowance). Central government employees will get this increased DA for the months of January and February 2025 as arrears along with the salary of the month of March.
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