8th Pay Commission Likely to Be Discussed in November, JCM to Raise Issue: Report – News18

Last Updated:October 28, 2024, 12:39 IST

The JCM meeting will take place next month, and clarity on 8th Pay Commission’s formation is certainly expected, says the Joint Consultative Machinery’s secretary.

The Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM), a platform for dialogue between the government and employees’ representatives to discuss issues related to service conditions, will reportedly hold a meeting next month and discuss the 8th Pay Commission, according to an NDTV Profit report.

“The meeting will take place next month, and clarity on 8th Pay Commission’s formation is certainly expected. We will definitely raise this matter,” said All India Railwaymen’s Federation chief Shiv Gopal Mishra, who is the secretary of JCM’s National Council, according to the report.

An official announcement in this regard has not yet been made.

Mishra said, according to the report, that the employees unions have already submitted two memorandums before the government, requesting them to constitute the 8th Pay Commission at the earliest.

The current 7th Pay Commission was formed in 2014 and its recommendations came into effect in 2016. As a result of it, salaries of central government employees were increased by around 23 per cent. Usually, a central pay commission is formed every 10 year, though is it not mandatory by law.

The pay commission examines, reviews, evolves and recommends changes regarding the principles that should govern the emoluments’ structure including pay, allowances, and other facilities/benefits/ of central government employees and pensioners.

The First Pay Commission was set up in 1946.

In April, the Indian Railways Technical Supervisors’ Association sent a letter to the government urging it to constitute a new central pay commission. It also wants the government to correct disparities and anomalies present in the salaries of various groups of employees.

The IRTSA said, “3rd, 4th and 5th CPCs recommended for constituting permanent machinery to undertake periodical review of the pay, allowances and conditions of service of the central government employees. 6th CPC recommended for implementing its recommendations w.e.f. 01.01.2006, ten years period since the implementation of 5th CPC.”

Moreover, it also said the 7th Central Pay Commission said the pay matrix be reviewed periodically without waiting for the long period of 10 years.

Significant changes have been witnessed in government operations, the economy, tax collections, service and demands, and poverty levels since the implementation of the 7th CPC recommendations in 2016, IRTSA said.

“New pay commission needs to be constituted for elimination of disparities/anomalies in salaries between different groups of employees and the reasons explained above. Sufficient time should be given to the Pay Commission to study all principles relating to pay & allowance, working conditions, promotional avenue, classification of posts, etc., and to hear the views of every stakeholder, including the staff side,” according to the letter.