8th Pay Commission: The Central Government has given gifts to lakhs of central employees across the country. Recently, the Central Government has approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. This announcement has been made 10 years after the Seventh Pay Commission and the central employees were waiting for it for a long time. About 50 lakh central employees and 65 lakh pensioners of the country will get the benefit of the Eighth Pay Commission.
The central government will soon appoint a chairman and two members for the 8th Pay Commission, who will review the salaries of central employees and implement new recommendations. The Central Government has announced that the Eighth Pay Commission will be implemented from 2026. Actually, the Seventh Pay Commission is ending on December 31, 2025, the Center can implement new recommendations even before that. Central employees are expected to get a bumper increase in their salaries due to this.
Seven pay commissions have been implemented so far
The central government constitutes a commission every ten years to review the salaries of central employees. After the independence of the country, they have been formed from time to time. Till now seven Pay Commissions have been formed, in which the first Pay Commission was formed in 1946-1947 and its Chairman was Srinivas Varadacharya. This commission had introduced the principle of living wage, the commission had recommended a minimum salary of Rs 55 per month for central employees, the benefit of which was given to 15 lakh employees.
When was the second pay commission imposed?
Ten years after the first Pay Commission, the second Pay Commission was formed in August 1957 and its tenure was for two years. This commission was headed by Jagannath Das. The Second Pay Commission introduced the concept of socialist principles. The emphasis of the Commission was on striking a balance between the cost of living and the economy. This commission had recommended increasing the minimum wage of central employees to Rs 80 per month, its financial impact was Rs 1.44 billion.
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