Lakhs of employees waiting for the Eighth Pay Commission may get a shock! Know what is the whole matter.

Eighth Pay Commission: A report by Ambit Capital said that the Seventh Pay Commission is ending in December 2025. When it was implemented in 2016, there was an increase of 14.3 percent at that time.

8th Pay Commission: Central employees and pensioners are currently waiting for the Eighth Pay Commission. The formation of the commission was announced in January this year, but till now it has not been formally constituted. Meanwhile, a report has come out, indicating which the restlessness of about 33 lakh government employees and pensioners of the Central Government may increase a bit.

In fact, Kotak Institutional Equities has said in its latest report that the fitment factor of the Eighth Pay Commission may be less than that of the Seventh Pay Commission. It has been said that the fitment factor can be around 1.8, due to which only up to thirteen percent increase can be seen in the salary.

What is the fitment factor?

The fitment factor is calculated on the basis of the basic salary of any staff to find out their new basic salary. That is, it can be understood like this that the fitment factor for the Seventh Pay Commission was fixed at 2.57. In that case, if someone's basic minimum salary was Rs 20,000, then it increased to Rs 51,400.

One thing worth noting here is that the fitment factor is always applied on the basic salary. In such a situation, if a fitment factor of 1.87 is applied in the new salary, it does not mean that the total salary will increase by only 1.87 percent.

Earlier, a report by Ambit Capital stated that the Seventh Pay Commission is ending in December 2025. When it was implemented in 2016, there was an increase of 14.3 percent at that time. This does not include allowances. This increase was much more than the expected increase of the Eighth Pay Commission. With the title Eighth Pay Commission: One-time hike, Kotak Institutional Equities has also expressed hope in its report that this time a fitment factor of 1.8 will be applied to the basic minimum salary.

When will it be implemented?

It is worth noting that the appointment of the chairman and members of the Eighth Pay Commission has not been done yet. The Pay Commission is constituted every 10 years. After the recommendation of the Pay Commission, the government takes the approval of the cabinet on it. After the formation of the Pay Commission, they take opinion from the officials of the Central and State Governments, representatives of pensioners, experts and employee organizations and on that basis prepare a report and make recommendations to the government.

The Eighth Pay Commission will come into effect from January 2026. But if there is a delay in implementing it, then the pensioners and employees of the Central Government will be paid later with arrears.