8th pay commission reaches close to one year since constitution — ToR, members, feedback, states visits — Top 10 updates

The 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) is in its consultation stage, gathering input from central government employees, pensioner groups, unions and other stakeholders before it makes its final recommendations in May next year.

Established by the central government every 10 years to revise the allowances, pay and pensions of its employees, the pay commission or CPC, is responsible for decisions on contributions, retirement benefits and government spending.

The decisions are set to benefit more than 1 crore people, including around 50 lakh central government employees and about 65 lakh pensioners, including personnel and retirees in the defence and railway ministries.

8th CPC: Top 10 updates so far

• Responding to questions in the Parliament earlier, Minister of State (MoS) for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the 8th CPC has been given 18 months from its date of constitution to submit its recommendations.
• The panel is expected to examine and recommend changes that are desirable and feasible in the emoluments, including pay (usually includes salary structure, pay matrix), allowances (usually include DA, Dearness Relief, HRA), other facilities/benefits, in cash or kind (includes increments, promotions, etc.), having regard to rationalisation, contemporary functional requirements and specialised needs.
• The current panel is the Centre's eight since Independence. It was constituted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last year and issued its Terms of Reference (ToR) in November.