UP News: 8th Pay Commission benefits won't be available from January, salary hike issue stuck here
UP News: Every 10 years, the Uttar Pradesh government constitutes a new Pay Commission and implements its recommendations. According to the rules, the Eighth Pay Commission was to be implemented from January 2026. However, a major update has recently emerged regarding the Eighth Pay Commission, under which employees are unlikely to receive the benefits of the 8th Pay Commission from January.
Breaking News: (UP News) The term of the Seventh Pay Commission is set to expire in December 2025, followed by the Eighth Pay Commission, which is scheduled to be implemented in January 2026.
However, the commission has not yet been formed. Employees have been eagerly awaiting the implementation of the Eighth Pay Commission, as the implementation of the new Pay Commission (8th Pay Commission 2025) will result in a significant increase in their salaries. However, the implementation process for the Eighth Pay Commission remains complicated.
Growing concerns among employees
As time passes, discussions are raging among employees about the salary and pension increases the new Pay Commission will recommend, and now fears of a delay in its implementation (8th Pay Commission delay) are gaining momentum.
While the recommendations of the Eighth Pay Commission are scheduled to be implemented in January 2026, the government has not yet constituted it.
It takes so long to make recommendations.
The recommendations of the current Seventh Pay Commission were implemented in January 2016. That commission was formed in February 2014 and submitted its report on November 19, 2015.
However, this time, despite being in place for three months, neither the commission has been formed nor its terms of reference have been determined.
When will the 8th Pay Commission be implemented?
Senior officials say that discussions are underway on the Eighth Pay Commission (8th CPC updates), but given its slow pace, it appears unlikely that it will be implemented by January 1, 2026.
Even if the commission's formation and terms of reference are announced in the next few days, the pattern is that each commission has taken one and a half to two years to submit its recommendations.
If the Eighth Pay Commission continues at a similar pace (8th pay commission delay), its recommendations are likely to be implemented by the end of 2026 or early 2027.
How is the salary of employees calculated?
The fitment factor plays a crucial role in employee salary revisions. For example, multiplying an employee's old basic salary by the fitment factor results in a new basic salary.
The current Seventh Pay Commission set the fitment factor at 2.57, which meant that the minimum wage of employees increased from ₹7,000 to ₹18,000.
What can be the fitment factor?
Employee organizations and other experts say that the fitment factor in the Eighth Pay Commission (8th CPC updates) could also be between 2.5 and 2.86. Accordingly, the minimum salary would be between 40,000 and 45,000 rupees.
If the fitment factor is set at 2.86, the minimum basic salary for UP employees would increase to 51,000 rupees. Previously, during the Sixth Pay Commission, the fitment factor (Fitment Factor Hike Updates) was set at 1.86, which increased the basic salary from 2,750 rupees to 7,000 rupees.