8th Pay Commission – Central employees are eagerly waiting for the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission. The 7th Pay Commission is ending this year. The 8th Pay Commission is expected to be implemented from next year. On 16 January 2025, the Modi government at the Center approved the formation of the 8th Pay Commission. After this approval, there was a wave of happiness among lakhs of central employees and pensioners.
This commission will recommend changes in the salary, allowances and pension of the employees. The salary will be increased only on the basis of recommendations. But the question is, after the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, how much will be the salary of a peon to an IAS officer. Let’s try to find out.
It will be implemented after the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission. It is expected that it will be implemented from 1 January 2026. However, some experts say that there may be a delay in it. But still it is expected to be implemented by 1 January 2026. Earlier, the 7th Pay Commission was implemented in 2016 and it is going to end on 31 December 2025. Now it will be replaced by the 8th Pay Commission which will decide the new salary.
8th Pay Commission: Fitment factor will decide the salary
In the 8th Pay Commission, the fitment factor will decide the salary. This is a method of increasing the existing salary, which the commission has used. In the 7th Pay Commission, it was 2.57, which increased the minimum salary from Rs 7,000 to Rs 18,000. Now in the 8th Commission, the fitment factor can be 2.86. However, it depends on the commission how much it does. The employee organization NC-JCM has demanded 2.86 or more. But experts believe that it can be between 1.92 to 2.86.
How much will be the salary after the 8th Pay Commission is implemented?
If we estimate the salary according to 2.86 fitment factor then it may be like this.
Peon (Level-1): Currently Rs 18,000, new salary Rs 51,480. Pension increased from Rs 9,000 to Rs 25,740.
Level-2 employee: Current salary Rs 19,900, new salary Rs 56,914.
Level-6 (middle level): Currently Rs 35,400, new salary Rs 1,01,244.
IAS/IPS (Level-10): Currently Rs 56,100, new salary Rs 1,60,446.
This is just an estimate. The salary will increase based on the recommendations of the commission. Many brokerage agencies have also estimated the fitment factor to be around this.