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Centre Approves 8th Pay Commission

  • By Thetripurapost Desk, New Delhi
  • Jan 16, 2025
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The central government on Thursday approved the formation of the Eighth Pay Commission for central employees. The recommendations of the commission will be implemented from 2026. This information was given by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav after the cabinet meeting. He said - The Seventh Pay Commission was implemented in 2016, its recommendations will continue till 2026.

The 7th Pay Commission was implemented from January 1, 2016. About 1 crore people benefited from this. The Pay Commission is implemented every 10 years. It is expected that the Modi government will implement the 8th Pay Commission from January 1, 2026. This will increase the minimum salary and pension of central employees.

Apart from this, Vaishnav said that the central government will build a third launch pad at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) rocket launching center in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It will be built at a cost of Rs 3985 crore. This decision will help in advancing the new generation launch vehicle program. Historical missions like Chandrayaan and Mangalyaan have been launched from here.

What will happen with the implementation of 8th Pay Commission... Know through two questions...

Question: What difference will the introduction of the 8th Pay Commission make to the salary?

Answer: The central government brings a new pay commission every 10 years. Currently, the 7th Pay Commission is in operation, its term will end on 31 December 2025. The 8th Pay Commission will be implemented from the year 2026.

The pay matrix of the 8th Pay Commission will be prepared using a fitment factor of 1.92. Understand it like this - there are 18 levels of salary for central government employees. The basic salary of level-1 employees is Rs 18,000 with a grade pay of Rs 1800. This can be increased to Rs 34,560 under the 8th Pay Commission. Similarly, Cabinet Secretary level officers in the central government get a maximum basic salary of Rs 2.5 lakh under Level-18. This can increase to about Rs 4.8 lakh.

Question: How much will the pension increase due to increase in salary under 8th Pay Commission?

Answer: If the 8th Pay Commission is implemented in January 2026, then the minimum salary of central employees is estimated to be Rs 34,560. If we add the year 2004, then the first batch of employees who have completed 25 years in service will retire in 2029.

Now suppose after the implementation of the 8th Pay Commission, the basic salary of a level-1 employee has become Rs 34,560, then 50% of this amount is Rs 17,280. According to this, the employee will get Rs 17,280 + DR as pension. However, it will happen only in rare cases that an employee remains at the same level till retirement after joining the job at level-1. This level keeps increasing from time to time as per promotion and other rules. Therefore, the employee will get much more money than this as pension.

At the same time, the basic salary of level-18 employees will be Rs 4.80 lakh. 50% of this i.e. Rs 2.40 lakh + DR amount will be given as pension.

Ashwini Vaishnav said that under the Third Launch Pad Project (TLP), ISRO aims to establish infrastructure for next generation launch vehicles (NGLV) at Sriharikota. Another reason behind the launch of this project is that ISRO wants to keep the second launch pad of Sriharikota as a standby launch pad. It also aims to increase the launch capacity for future Indian human spaceflight missions.

The structure of the TLP project is designed to be universal and adaptable to support not only the NGLV but also the semi-cryogenic stage of the LVM-3 vehicles and larger versions of the NGLV. The Third Launch Pad Project is targeted to be established in a period of 48 months or 4 years.

The first launch pad was built 30 years ago, the second launch pad 20 years ago

The Indian Space Transportation System is completely dependent on two launch pads. First Launch Pad (FLP) and Second Launch Pad (SLP). First Launch Pad (FLP) was built 30 years ago for PSLV and is still being used to launch PSLV and SSLV. Second Launch Pad (SLP) was built primarily for GSLV and LVM3 but it also serves as a backup for PSLV.

SLP has been operational for the last 20 years and has successfully launched several commercial and national missions using PSLV and LVM3, including the Chandrayaan-3 mission. Now SLP is being prepared to launch the human rated LVM3 for the Gaganyaan mission.