8th Pay Commission: Which employees-pensioners will get benefit of 8th Pay Commission-Know

8th Pay Commission: With the announcement of the formation of the 8th Pay Commission, a wave of happiness has run among the lakhs of employees and pensioners of the Central Government in the country. The announcement, which was awaited for a long time, has been approved by the Union Cabinet today. The 8th Pay Commission is the committee which takes decisions related to the salary, allowances and other financial benefits of government employees. Although this announcement is a good for more than 1 crore employees and pensioners of the nation.

How many employees and pensioners may get the benefit of the formation of the 8th Pay Commission?

The formation of the 8th Pay Commission is going to benefit lakhs of government employees and pensioners of the country.

50 lakh central government employees: In this, different ministries, departments and Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) of the Central Government are going to get the benefit of this. Their total number is 49.18 lakh (about 50 lakh) employees.

Defense employees: The salary and allowances of the army and defense employees, which include members of the Army, Navy and Air Force, will see an increase.

65 lakh pensioners: Government pensioners, whose number will be 64.89 lakh (about 65 lakh) pensioners, also include retired employees who have retired from different government departments. They will also get the benefit of the new pay scale.

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When will the recommendations of the 8th Pay Commission be implemented

Although 8th Pay Commission recommendation will be implemented from the year 2026 and the previous pay commission was implemented in the year 2016 As today, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnav informed in a press meet that the report of the 8th Pay Commission will come in the year 2026 and after that it will be implemented.

Meanwhile the process from approval of the formation of the new pay commission to giving the recommendations to the government can take about one and a half years and since the year 2025.