8th Central Pay Commission

The 8th CPC official website is now live.
(https://8cpc.gov.in)

The 8th Central Pay Commission solicits views/opinions/inputs for being better informed. These inputs are being sought in a structured manner through a Questionnaire with 18 questions hosted on the MyGov.in web portal. Responses are invited from Ministries, Departments, State/UTs, employees of Government, employees of Union Territories, Judicial Officers, officers/employees of Courts, Members of Regulatory Bodies, Associations or Unions of serving or retired employees, pensioners, researchers, academicians and individuals.

Names of respondents shall not be revealed and responses to the Questionnaire will be analyzed/disclosed on an aggregate non-attributable basis.

1. Employees of Ministry/ Department, Union Territories, Judicial Officers, officers/employees of Courts, Members of Regulatory Bodies, Associations or Unions of serving or retired employees, pensioners, researchers, academicians and individuals may access the Questionnaire and submit responses on the link below:

https://www.mygov.in/mygov-survey/8th-central-pay-commission-questionnaire/

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2. Authorized Nodal/ Sub-Nodal Officers of Ministries, Departments, UTs and offices under their administrative control may access the Questionnaire and submit responses on the link below:

https://www.mygov.in/mygov-survey/8th-central-pay-commission-questionnaire-ministries-departments-and-uts/

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Last date for submission of responses is Monday 16th March, 2026. All responses should be through the MyGov portal. Paper based physical response, emails or pdf response are not being considered by the Commission.

Cabinet approves Terms of Reference of 8th Central Pay Commission

The Union cabinet approved the Terms of Reference (ToR) of 8th Pay Commission. 

• Former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai will be heading the Commission as the chairperson.  

• Professor Pulak Ghosh will be the member, and 

• Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas Secretary Pankaj Jain as the member-secretary of the Commission 

In January, the Cabinet approved setting up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of of central government employees and allowances of pensioners. The pay commission is usually constituted by Centre every 10 years to revise the remuneration of government employees. The 7th Pay Commission was constituted in February 2014 and its recommendations were implemented from January 1, 2016. The 8th Pay Commission will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution and the due for its implementation is January 1, 2026.

 CABINET 

Cabinet approves Terms of Reference of 8th Central Pay Commission

Posted On: 28 OCT 2025 3:03PM by PIB Delhi

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, today approved the Terms of Reference of 8th Central Pay Commission.

The 8th Central Pay Commission will be a temporary body. The Commission will comprise of one Chairperson; One Member (Part Time) and one Member-Secretary.  It will make its recommendations within 18 months of the date of its constitution. It may consider, if necessary, sending interim reports on any of the matters as and when the recommendations are finalized. While making the recommendations the Commission will keep in view the followings:

i.   The economic conditions in the country and the need for fiscal prudence;

ii. The need to ensure that adequate resources are available for developmental expenditure and welfare measures;

iii. The unfunded cost of non-contributory pension schemes;

iv. The likely impact of the recommendations on the finances of the State Governments which usually adopt the recommendations with some modifications; and

v. The prevailing emolument structure, benefits and working conditions available to employees of Central Public Sector Undertakings and private sector.

Background:

The Central Pay Commissions are periodically constituted to go into various issues of emoluments structure, retirement benefits and other service conditions of Central Government employees and to make recommendations on the changes required thereon. Usually, the recommendations of the pay commissions are implemented after a gap of every ten years. Going by this trend, the effect of the 8th Central Pay Commission recommendations would normally be expected from 01.01.2026.

The Government had announced formation of the 8th Central Pay Commission in January, 2025 to examine and recommend changes in the Salaries and other benefits of Central Government employees.

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MJPS (Release ID: 2183289)

Source: https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2183290

8th Central Pay Commission – Parliament Question

QUESTION

(a) whether Union Cabinet has approved constitution of 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC) for Central Government employees and pensioners during January, 2025;

(b) if so, the details thereof:

(c) by when the Chairperson and Members of the 8th CPC would be appointed and by when notification for it’s constitution would be issued; and

(d) the timeline for 8th CPC for submission of it’s report to the Government?

ANSWER

(a) & (b): The Government has approved constitution of the 8th Central Pay Commission.
(c) & (d): Will be decided in due course.

Cabinet approved 8th Central Pay Commission for Central Government Employees

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