8th Pay Commission 2025 : The 8th Pay Commission will be holding its recommendations for government employees announced soon by the central government. With the advent of the 8th Pay Commission a lot of big decisions can be taken regarding the salary of central government employees. Members will be constituted for the 8th Pay Commission from April 2025. Let’s discuss more about it.
Details about the establishment of the members of the 8th Pay Commission will arrive quite shortly for the central employees. Constituents will be formed in the new commission for this pay commission on April 2025. This new pay commission can have some decisions made regarding the allowances drawn in the salary of central employees. Going by the hearsay in the media, this new pay commission can make the dearness allowance null and void. This speculation is, however, not confirmed yet. Currently, centremployees are entitled to 53 percentage of their basic salary as DA.
Changes Will Be Made Regarding Allowances
This is the news taken in further studying, which states that a significant decision will probably be taken regarding Dearness Allowance within 8th Pay Commission. The sources inform that dear allowance is going to be completely eliminated. The government used to make an increase in dearness allowance twice a year. Normally, dearness allowance would see an enhancement of about 3 to 4 percent.
When Will The Recommendations Of 8th Pay Commission Be Issued
As per the information that has come about sources, the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission can be effective from January 2026. Among these recommendations, one is the possible making the DA to zero. However, it includes changing many allowances which the central government employees currently draw in their salaries.
What Is Dearness Allowance?
Currently, central employees get 53% of their basic salary as Dearness Allowance. To put it simply, Dearness Allowance is given to employees as an addition to their basic salary. For the present, the calculation is based on the basic salary.
There Used To Be A Time With No Dearness Allowance
Feedback received states that during the Covid-19 time, the central government stopped paying due allowances to all employees. The central employees were deprived of any Dearness Allowance for a period of eighteen months, from January 2020 to June 2021. After this, employees have demanded the payment of arrears for this period. The government raises the due allowances two times during a year: once between January and June and thereafter from July to December. Apart from that, it has been seen that the dearness allowance from January to June is declared around March, while the additional dearness allowance from July to December is declared in July.
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