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35 lakh employees and 67 lakh pensioners of the Central Government may have to wait a little longer for the Eighth Pay Commission (8th Pay Commission 2025). With the discussion on how much increase the new pay commission will recommend in salary and pension, now the possibility of delay in its implementation (8th pay commission delay) is also gaining momentum.

The recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission are to be implemented from January 2026, but the government has not yet constituted the commission. Employee organizations have urged the government to constitute the commission as soon as possible so that the uncertainty in the minds of employees and pensioners is removed.

The recommendations of the Seventh Commission came before the date of implementation.
A new pay commission is constituted every 10 years for the employees and pensioners of the Central Government and its recommendations are implemented. The recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission were implemented in January 2016. That commission was constituted in February 2014 and submitted its report on 19 November 2015. But this time, despite only six months remaining for implementation, neither the commission has been formed nor its terms of reference have been decided.

The commission takes one and a half to two years to give recommendations.

According to media reports, senior officials have said that discussions are going on, but given its slow pace, it is believed that it will not be possible to implement it from January 1, 2026. Even if the formation of the commission and its terms of reference are announced in the next few days, the history so far shows that every commission has taken one and a half to two years to give its recommendations. If the Eighth Pay Commission also continues at the same pace (8th pay commission delay), then its recommendations will be implemented only at the end of 2026 or the beginning of 2027.

The question of fitment factor is the most important
The most important among the recommendations of the Pay Commission is the fitment factor. The new basic salary of an employee is obtained by multiplying his old basic salary by the fitment factor. The Seventh Pay Commission had fixed the fitment factor at 2.57. Then the minimum salary increased from Rs 7000 to Rs 18000.

Employee organizations and other experts estimate that this time the fitment factor can be between 2.5 to 2.86. On this basis, the minimum salary will be between Rs 40 thousand to Rs 45 thousand. If the fitment factor is fixed at 2.86, then the minimum basic salary will become Rs 51 thousand. At the time of the Sixth Pay Commission, the fitment factor was fixed at 1.86 and the basic salary increased from Rs 2,750 to Rs 7,000.

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